Warhaus Releases New Live Album
The Karaoke Show (Live at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, 2025)
Out Now via Play It Again Sam
To celebrate the first anniversary of his critically acclaimed 4th studio album Karaoke Moon, Warhaus shares new live album The Karaoke Show (Live at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, 2025).
The live album is available on all streaming platforms, and released alongside a full video of the show on YouTube. The performance was captured at Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, earlier in 2025 during Warhaus’ Karaoke Moon tour, where the band played back-to-back sold out shows.
Maarten Devoldere — the master of ceremony, sometimes crooner, sometimes preacher — is joined by long-time collaborator Jasper Maekelberg on guitar (he also produced Karaoke Moon), Tijs Delbeke on piano and trombone, Michiel Balcaen on drums, and Sander Verstraete on bass. The recording showcases how tight and cohesive the five-piece has become on stage, delivering an energetic, musically rich, and emotionally resonant hour-and-a-half-long show.
Warhaus returns to the road this winter for 14 shows across Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.
About Karaoke Moon: Devoldere had more than 50 songs on the shelf after two years of disciplined monk-like work. What did the producer say when he submitted those demos? “You can do better“. With time, Devoldere has learnt that it pays off to trust the right people, and by right people he means producer Jasper Maekelberg. The two musical soulmates spent nine months together in a close-knit collaboration in an attic studio in Bruges. The result is the most exciting Warhaus album to date.
Karaoke Moon connects passion and playfulness with a mysterious intensity. In “Zero One Code”, the German novelist Herman Hesse makes an appearance, accompanied by wailing horns and a resounding bell that recalls “Red Right Hand” by Nick Cave. In “Hands of a Clock”, Devoldere conjures poetic imagery until he joins the choir in the richly orchestrated finale, where it gloriously merges with a piano melody.
It seems like Devoldere is shadowboxing with his own thoughts, juggling the concoctions of his subconscious. But dark soul-searching is not all of it. Evidence of this is the stunner “No Surprise”, initially a pumping disco track in the demo version, but transformed by Jasper Maekelberg into a sultry nightclub tune.
The singalong factor is high. Maybe not in Devoldere’s parlando, which sometimes borders on rap, but in the catchy melodies those rants are interspersed with—a dynamic you often hear in hip-hop but rarely as swinging as here, supported by falsetto choirs; that can be as expansive as staccato, as sexy, or provocative. It’s these clever—and often humorous—contrasts that turn Karaoke Moon into an album that grows with each listen, seducing
the listener to delve deeper, layer after layer, line by line, into Warhaus ’unique universe. And yes, it’s an extraordinarily interesting place to be.
1.Intro
2.I’m Not Him
3.I Want More
4.Popcorn
5.Jim Morrison
6.Shadow Play
7.No Surprise
8.Hands Of A Clock
9.Time Bomb
10.Love’s A Stranger
11.Zero One Code
12.Beaches
13.Where The Names Are Real
14.The Best
15.Mad World
16.Open Window
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