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White Sands

About Me

Brewing their very own version of Americana noir as an improbable mix between Steve Earle and Nick Drake, White Sands started as a solo project from singer/songwriter Pascal Hallibert (Grote Prijs van Nederland 2001 finalist, Templo Diez, Praise the Twilight Sparrow), quickly moving to a duo format with multi-instrumentist Hans Custers and reaching the Grote prijs van Nederland finals in late 2004.After playing Crossing Border 2005 and several dates in Canada and the USA, they released their debut EP 'Alma' in 2006, garnering great reviews from the Dutch music media. With drummer Daan van Diest completing the core lineup, White Sands evolved towards a fuller but always intimate sound, dedicated to their cinematic tales of long-gone hopes and redemption set in half-dreamt desert towns and myth-laden megalopoles.Their full-length debut CD 'Deseronto' is now available on cdbaby.com or plato.nl!I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

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Member Since: 13/02/2006
Band Website: www.whitesandsmusic.com
Band Members: Jan v. Bijnen (pedal steel, mandoline, accordion), Hans Custers (bass), Daan van Diest (drums, harp, trumpet), Pascal Hallibert (vocs, guitars), Simone Manuputty (violin, glockenspiel)
Influences: many, none very clear (apart from the obvious musical forefathers). Dawn in the woods, night in Texas, day in NYC.
Sounds Like: Mix of British folk and Alt.country, with spashes of californian sound for good measure.
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

2 takes from the new album

We're currently fine tuning the mixes for the new album. As an appetizer, here are 2 new songs for you (see the myspace player), we hope you'll like them!
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:32:00 GMT

New CD in the works + gig coming up

Hi all,We're currently working on our second album and it's very promising so far. We should be able to put some sonic appetizers on line in the coming weeks! No album title yet (and we might even cha...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:35:00 GMT

Binnenach festival 29 april 08

Well have the pleasure to play again the Binnenach festival in The Hague on april 29th 2008. We got great reviews for our debut CD Deseronto (apart from a single one actually, so we wont complain......
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:19:00 GMT

debut CD Deseronto out!

Our debut CD 'Deseronto' is (at last!) out. Twelve great tracks with the musical contributions of Jan van Bijnen and Eva Meijer.  For now, you can get it at www.plato.nl (for the Dutch and Europe...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:22:00 GMT