About: The imaginary suitcase
The imaginary suitcase is the one we carry along throughout
our lives, the one that contains our dead or barely breathing illusions and the
images of our life as we fantasize it.
The Imaginary Suitcase is also the solo avatar of
Laurent Leemans, singer and guitarist in the acoustic folk-rock combo Ceilí
Moss since 1996, and before that in La Vierge du Chancelier Rolin in
the 90s.
Cracker sang "what the world needs now is
another folksinger like I need a hole in my head" and they were not
wrong, but in 2010, after 14 years spent in a band of 5 to 8 musicians playing
full throttle Poguesey folk-rock, the desire to bring to life songs that didn’t
fit in the Ceilí Moss sound got stronger than the fear of becoming the
1001st whining brat who strums two and a half chords and moans his small time
existentialism, so that everyone understands what Schopenhauer meant when he
wrote that boredom could be a metaphysical experience…
Whereas this project began as a mere recreation, and Laurent
expected not much except the selfish satisfaction of seeing some personal songs
come to life, The Imaginary Suitcase grew way beyond it's founder's
wildest expectations with gigs (awkward at first to find yourself alone on
stage when you've always had half a dozen excellent musicians behind your
back...), praise and enthusiastic comments from the blogosphere and occasional
cooperations with Marc Gunn (of the Brodbingnagian Bards), Jessica
Kilroy, Seesayle or Marieke Lightband.
Soulful and ultra melodic songs built round a deep and
versatile voice (think of the son Suzanne Vega and Nick Cave
would have had) at times caressing, at times ominous, and deceptively simple
guitar chords, lightfooted but equivocal. Can you say The Imaginary Suitcase
is a sort of Belgian counterpart to The World Of Skin or maybe Joseph
Arthur’s evil twin? Why not? And the listener will probably also perceive
the influence of The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smiths, Nick Cave, Rowland
S. Howard, 16 Horsepower/Wovenhand, Joy Division, Paul Roland, Brendan Perry,
Death In June, Hugo Race, The The or Swans.
In little more than two years, The Imaginary Suitcase
has already released four self-produced records: Here’s to those we could
not save in march 2012, Putting things on top of other things in
february 2013, Full moon fever in september 2013 and the brand new Driftwood
in march 2014. Live, Laurent uses different electric or acoustic guitars, an
autoharp and some percussion to bring a surprisingly full, varied and generous
performance for a guy alone.
The Imaginary Suitcase – Official Website
http://www.theimaginarysuitcase.be/The Imaginary Suitcase - Reverbnation
http://www.reverbnation.com/theimaginarysuitcase
The Imaginary Suitcase - Soundcloud
https://soundcloud.com/the-imaginary-suitcase
The Imaginary Suitcase – Last FM
http://www.last.fm/music/The+Imaginary+Suitcase
The Imaginary Suitcase - Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/theimaginarysuitcase
The Imaginary Suitcase - Twitter
https://twitter.com/laurentleemans
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The Imaginary Suitcase - YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/theimaginarysuitcase
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The Imaginary Suitcase - Bandcamp
http://theimaginarysuitcase.bandcamp.com
The Imaginary Suitcase – CD Baby
http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TheImaginarySuitcase
The Imaginary Suitcase - iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-imaginary-suitcase/id514065048
The Imaginary Suitcase - eMusic
http://www.emusic.com/artist/the-imaginary-suitcase/13728810/
The Imaginary Suitcase - Amazon
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