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After two groundbreaking and successful albums in the early 2000s, musical mastermind Tim Vanhamel shifted his focus to a more intimate solo record and a string of side projects, including Broken Glass Heroes (with Pascal Deweze), Eat Lions, The Hickey Underworld en Tom Barmans Magnus. He ended up with his first love Millionaire in 2017 though, after a twelve year hiatus. Out of nowhere, he released the magnum opus Sciencing in 2017, getting rave reviews all over the place and putting Millionaire back on the map. The band kicked off a sold out release tour on Best Kept Secret Festival in the summer of 17. Three years later, Vanhamel is back with a new record. We leave it up to him to introduce you to the thrilling new album APPLZ APPLZ, due March 6 on Unday Records:

Dearest,
I am honoured and proud to present to you APPLZ APPLZ (pronounced apples not apples), the brother to my previous album SCIENCING. Sciencing was female, APPLZ APPLZ is male, they are brother and sister, and turned out to be related in more ways than I couldve imagined. If Sciencing was the mother, giving birth and taking care of her babies, then APPLZ APPLZ is the father, going out for the hunt and taking care of the family and the planet. The record practically wrote itself and expressed a sound that felt reflective of these crazy times. Crazy times that have always been and probably always will be. I love albums like Theres a riot going on by Sly & the Family Stone, Whats Going On by Marvin Gaye, anything by Curtis Mayfield, Public Enemy, Jimi Hendrix If this album shares even the slightest hint of those great contemporary political albums, I am a happy man. Consider this a tribute to those kinds of records, with a tongue in cheek nod and celebratory flavour. I always stayed away from politics because I feel it is an unnecessary evil existing only through mans incapability to love himself. A wise man once said: One has as great a chance of meeting a politician who loves himself, as of being hit by a comet. Never trust people who dont love themselves, especially if they have to take care of their own people. Politics were born the very moment the apple got bitten and thats what this album is about. We are 7000000000 apples trying to get along on one big apple and if sometimes, we could just get a little bit out of our own way, it would be one tasty yummy fresh golden apple. Now, please forget every word I wrote, they are all absolutely irrelevant, just put on your dancing shoes and boogie your ass down to the ground like this moment is the only one you got! Enjoy!

Warmly yours, Love Timmy