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White Circle Crime Club
12+ albums
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White Circle Crime Club is a four-piece band from Antwerp (Belgium) consisting of Jelle De Cremer (vocals/guitar), Jan Matthé (bass/vocals), Sis Matthé (vocals/guitar/piano/organ) and Krist Torfs (drums). Around since 2001 and with a background in fast punk/hardcore bands at the end of the nineties, White Circle Crime Club so far have released These Are The Secret Sounds Of Fear (e.p., 2003), Written In Black (2005) and A Present Perfect (2006). Their third full-length effort is called Pictures Of Stares (2008) and was again recorded in their own Blue Hotel studio in Chimay (B) by Bert Aerts and mastered by Alan Douches. With the album, White Circle Crime Club have finally come home and for the first time musically succeeded in making a record that breathes one atmosphere throughout, in contrast with the eclectic, unfinished schizophrenia of a group still finding its feet on earlier efforts. Still, it's the unmistakable sound of these four people playing together. Each song on Pictures Of Stares paints a pretty, abstract and dreamy picture, eloquently streamed consciousness full of love for time, travel and unreality. Before and after releasing A Present Perfect in September 2006, White Circle Crime Club joined TV On The Radio twice on a European stint. They also played a VPRO radio session and successfully toured on their own, celebrated for the honesty and ferocity shows are delivered with on stage. Early 2007, White Circle Crime Club toured the larger part of Western Eu
