“Certain people decide to be songwriters, but these guys just have to write songs,” said drummer Convertino about the brothers. He was speaking to Jeroen Willems, who was making a documentary about the recordings. “If you have songs that are so complete and so natural,” Convertino added, “it’s easy to play to.” Joey Burns also praised the brothers: “They are very talented as songwriters, singers and performers.”
During their show at Paard, Arnout and Sander will draw on the music from their latest album, and also tell the audience about its creation. Earlier this year, they went on a major road trip across the United States: from the craziness of New York to the poverty of Chicago to the desert splendor of Texas. They wanted to escape the hectic pace in the Netherlands, and get back to the basics of their musical existence: the simplicity of two voices and two guitars.