Yours and Yours Alone Hairbaby

• 1 A Funny Thing To Not Know 02:22
• 2 I'm In Love With My Band 02:05
• 3 Summer Sun 04:48
• 4 Drag 02:32
• 5 The Occasional Bad Day 04:58
• 6 Die In Time 03:15
• 7 Waiting For The Day 03:45
• 8 Be A Little Different 02:35
• 9 As Long As You Don't Kick Me Out 03:22
• 10 Four Times Better 06:40
• Total Runtime 36:22

Info for Yours and Yours Alone

Yours and Yours Alone is Hairbaby's debut album. Unlike the EP ‘Let's See Where What If Gets Us’ (2022), which was largely recorded at home, Otto-Jan Ham wanted to make full use of his excellent band this time. They are great musicians as well as being all fun, witty and social people. Where do you find this unique combination these days? Not with Oasis at least, don't be fooled.

Together with producer Bert Vliegen (Whispering Sons, Teen Creeps, Sophia) the band recorded a lot of songs in early 2024, 10 of which eventually ended up on Yours And Yours Alone. 10 is a perfect number. The best records are not coincidentally records with 10 songs; Heroes by Bowie, The Blue Album by Weezer, Aladin Sane by Bowie ... er ... Lodger by Bowie. Now we think about it; mainly albums by David Bowie actually. Scary Monsters by Bowie, too. Anyway. Yours and Yours Alone is a joyfully melancholic piece of work. A labour of love, as they say. An ode to the music of Brian Wilson, Belle and Sebastian, The Kinks and probably Bowie too. A record for and about less perfect people like you and me. A record that has heart and soul and where every band member (both loose and permanent) gets a place in the spotlight.

Otto-Jan Ham (Hairbaby), vocals
Matthieu Vanherpe, backing vocals, keyboards, hammered dulcimer
Wim Berchmans, bass
Matthias Bastiaens, guitar
Thomas Deckx, drums, percussion
Lara Chedraoui, vocals, backing vocals

Hairbaby
was born during the first lockdown in 2021. Otto-Jan Ham saw the weekly rehearsals with the band he played guitar in get canceled and decided it was time to start his own group - one where he could write all the songs himself. No more of that democratic nonsense! He had already had a name in mind for a while: Hairbaby (after a song by Scissor Sisters, unsurprisingly one of his favorite bands).

With 'Yours and Yours Alone', Hairbaby is now gearing up for its debut album. Unlike the 'Let’s See Where What If Gets Us' EP (2022), which was mostly recorded at home, Otto-Jan Ham wanted to fully utilize his excellent band this time around. They’re not only great musicians but also witty, sociable, and all-around good people. And where do you find that rare combination these days? Certainly not in Oasis - don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

Together with producer Bert Vliegen (Whispering Sons, Teen Creeps, Sophia), the band recorded a bunch of songs in early 2024, with ten ultimately making it onto 'Yours and Yours Alone'. Ten is the perfect number. The best albums just happen to have ten tracks: 'Heroes' by Bowie, 'The Blue Album' by Weezer, 'Aladdin Sane' by Bowie… uh… 'Lodger' by Bowie. Now that we think about it, mostly albums by David Bowie. 'Scary Monsters' by Bowie, too. Anyway, 'Yours and Yours Alone' is a joyfully melancholic record. A true labor of love. An ode to the music of Brian Wilson, Belle and Sebastian, The Kinks, and probably Bowie as well.

It’s an album for and about imperfect people like you and me. A record filled with heart and soul, where every band member - both core and guest - gets a moment in the spotlight. Hairbaby is Otto-Jan Ham, but also and especially Matthieu Vanherpe (backing vocals, keys, hammered dulcimer), Wim Berchmans (bass), Matthias Bastiaens (guitar), Thomas Deckx (drums, percussion), and Lara Chedraoui (Lara). Kirsten Lemaire can be heard on 'Waiting For The Day' and 'Summer Sun'. Brass duties are handled by Marc De Maesseneer and Yves Fernandez.

This album contains no booklet.