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Wonderlust

About Me

Wonderlust hails from Amsterdam and was founded by Marike Groot (ex- Gathering / Little Mary Big / Mae West) in 2005. She is accompanied by Sander Brink and Mike Voors -- who knew each other from their teens and were somehow brought together again.The band set off to Spain the next year, for a week's long rehearsal session at Jan Pijnenburg's (from Doe Maar fame) residence... And a surprise gig at a local bar.What they play is rock alright, but with influences ranging from new wave to punk to shoegaze to pop music. Earlier this year, they recorded four songs that capture their broad palette of musical tastes. The Butterflies EP is where hopes, dreams and sadness meet.

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Member Since: 11/04/2007
Band Website: http://www.myspace.com/marikegroot
Band Members: Marike Groot - vocals, guitar
Sander Brink - bass guitar, backing vocals, grande clavier
Mike Voors - drums
Influences: Beatles, Kinks, Patti Smith, Kate Bush, Clash, Joy Division, Catherine Wheel, Ride, Posies, Afghan Whigs.
Sounds Like: Joni Mitchell on acid.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

And then the drummer left...

Mike Voors left Wonderlust to pursue other musical ambitions, which effectively means the band won't be active for a while. "Inconvenient" and "Gorilla" are still in the mixing stage though, and ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:15:00 GMT

Inconvenient / Gorilla

Wonderlust are wrapping up the recording of two songs, "Inconvenient" and "Gorilla". Basics were taped last summer (!) at the SAE studios in Amsterdam, and now the band are in te p...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 02:02:00 GMT

So-so review of "Butterflies" in Fret magazine

Wonderlust is de band rondom de Amsterdamse Marike Groot van voorheen Little Mary Big en The Gathering. Middelmatige rock met centraal de snerpende, onvaste stem. Komt waarschijnlijk mooier uit in sin...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:36:00 GMT

Great review in LiveXS

Wonderlust - Butterflies maandag 08 oktober 2007 (m-CD, eigen beheer,  myspace.com/marikegroot) Marike Groot kennen we nog van een vroege incarnatie van The Gathering, maar daar heeft haar nieu...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:55:00 GMT

The Butterflies EP

Hi folks, The first bunch of our debut EP are ready! We recorded the four songs in February and mixed them in March. They were already online (as you can obviously hear), and now on CDR as well. ...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 02:12:00 GMT