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Symon
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Symon - ‘One And One Makes Three’ You have to admit: add up one and one and the right answer doesn’t seem to be three, right? But when you leave those cold hard facts out of the equation and apply this sum to that broad spectrum of human emotions, the answer that first pops into your mind isn’t necessarily correct. The answer could very well be three, according to Simon Binkenborn, the 28 year old singer-songwriter whose band Symon is about to release its excellent debut album in spring 2010. “If you look at a relationship between two people and take their passion, their arguments and their other emotions into account, the answer to that mathematical question is always more than just two.” His previous single ‘Superstitious’ (2008) showed the shape of things to come. The song became a hit on national radio and leading Dutch magazine REVU called Simon ‘Talent for 2009’. On his debut album the German-born, Amsterdam-based Binkenborn shows himself as a singer who can write about every aspect of life. The result is an incredibly varied record [album?]. There’s some extraordinarily catchy indie rock to be heard, which could set a dance floor on fire, but Simon also leaves a lot of room for ballads that are extremely carefully crafted and some more than just decent pop-rock tunes. The variation in musical styles and lyrics can be traced back to Binkenborn’s personal life. “Writing allows me to take a good look at myself, my feelings and my emotions. It enables me to learn and gro
