Intergalactic Lovers is a Belgian

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band consisting of Lara Chedraoui, Brendan Corbey, Maarten Huygens and Raf De Mey.

History

Intergalactic Lovers was founded in the summer of 2008. A couple of its members already participated in the Humos' Rock Rally 2008 under the name "''Free Zamunda!''" without success. Afterwards, the band was restructured and the current name adopted. In 2009 Intergalactic Lovers won the ''Oost-Vlaams Rockconcours'' and ''Rock Rally De Beloften''. Afterwards, their first successful single, "''Fade Away''", reached the playlists of radio channels

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and

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. Intergalactic Lovers then released "''Delay''", which was chosen as "Hotshot" by

. The song also made it to the number 1 spot in

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. On 25 March 2011 they released their first album entitled "'' Greetings & Salutations''", after releasing the title track of the album for download. The album was produced at the band's own expense and received a lot of positive coverage in ''

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''. On 10 December 2011 the band received a MIA ( Music Industry Award) for 'Best Breakthrough Band' Their second album "''

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''" was released on 14 February 2014 by

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in Belgium, the

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and

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and by German indie label

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in Germany,

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and Switzerland. After the release of the album, the band started touring intensively, playing venues & music festivals in Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland,

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, Japan and Russia. Their musical style has been compared to Feist,

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and

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.ZAGERS, G., 'Intergalactic Lovers', ''Focus Knack'', 12 (2011), 22–23. In July 2013, it was announced that Intergalactic Lovers will provide the soundtrack for the film Code 37.

Members

* Lara Chedraoui (vocals) * Brendan Corbey (drums) * Maarten Huygens (guitar) * Raf De Mey (bass guitar) * Philipp Weies (guitar)

Discography

Albums

*'' Greetings & Salutations'' (2011) *''

'' (2014) *''Exhale'' (2017) *''Liquid Love'' (2022)

Singles

References

External links

Official website
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