Reflection by Hooverphonic

Reflection, the eighth studio album from Belgian band Hooverphonic, arrived on 15 November 2013 through Columbia Records/Sony Music, with bassist and founding member Alex Callier producing. Callier and guitarist Raymond Geerts, both there since the start, were joined by Noémie Wolfs, and rather than booking a studio they recorded in a string of private homes, from Gentbrugge and Boom to Hasselt, Hoeselt and Rachecourt-Suzémont.

That homemade setting suits the music: sleek, cinematic pop with a soft-focus glow, the kind of thing that sounds best with the lights low. It threw off five singles, "Amalfi", "Ether", "Boomerang", "ABC of Apology" and "Gravity", with "Amalfi" the one that made the countdowns. At home it was a smash, going to number one on the Flanders album chart, number six in Wallonia, and platinum by January 2014.

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