Everlasting Happyland
Surprising alternative indie rock. Hard as nails, sweet as a donut.

Facts
    - Belgian indie rock
    - Two-piece band
    - Mastermind and drummer: Benny Willekens
        - Drummer of The Candy Men (Humo's Rockrally 1990 final)
- Collaborated with roaring rock names such as Luc Van De Poel (The Kids),
          Serge Feys (TC- Matic)
        - Lots of experience on major Belgian stages, e.g. On tour with Noordkaap,
           The Scene, TrÖckener Kecks...
        - Graphic jack-of-all-trades: e.g. national and international band-art
        - Visual artist aka Benny Wi
    - Bassist and singer: Kathleen Swaans
        - Musician in heart and soul
        - Self-taught vocalist
        - Vocal coach
        - Self-taught bass
        - Classical guitar training
        - "Word and drama" training
        - Local radio: presenter
    
    - Active together for many years in various bands:
      Spleen - Benzedrine - Blæŋk - Green Light Dynamite - Diligitis
- Artists pur sang - rock solid live performance - solid on record
    - Everlasting Happyland brings lived-in songs, true emotions,
      a dynamic sound, universal loves and sufferings straight to the heart and soul.
    
- Spring and summer 2023:
    - New songs live set
    - Recording first EP in Trix (Panda studio) Mixing (Frank Rotthier)
       Mastering (Jens Larsson) (btw : fabulous people!)

Story

- A nine-year-old boy bought a record by Helen Shapiro,
  a four-year-old girl came home from the fair with a plastic recorder...
... and everything from then on was on the way to Everlasting Happyland.
Benny and Kathleen have each swum through many musical waters ,
but from the moment they first played a song together,
it was clear...

Everlasting Happyland is a story of two heart friends
who grow (only closer together) on a stage
Magic in Music. Kathleen and Benny possess that kind of chemistry
that a band needs live to make the difference between good and better.
They understand each other without words, they breathe each other.
And that shows on stage.

A story of true lived themes, relatable, to the point.
A story poetically told, the beauty of language highlighted in musical images.
A story translated into a sound born of a determined intuitive process
of creating. A story of strong simplicity, of powerful interpretations.