V2 records news – Lenny Lenny Announces Debut Album, "The Ballad of Lenny Lenny"
And Shares His "Soft Spot" Soft Spot - Single by Lenny Lenny | Spotify
ALBUM OUT 26 FEBRUARY 2027
After releasing two successful singles, the bouncing "Tambourine" and the summery "She Only Loves You (In The Summertime)", Lennert Coorevits is happy to announce he will be releasing a full studio album beginning of next year. While Compact Disk Dummies were tearing up festival stages year after year with their punchy electro-pop-punk, Lennert secretly accumulated a collection of sparse, soulful songs that didn't fit the Dummies' all-defining four-to-the-floor beat. With the brothers deciding to take a sabbatical from the band, Lennert saw the right time to focus on his alter ego Lenny Lenny and produce a personal, eclectic and yet highly danceable full-length album: "The Ballad of Lenny Lenny", set for release on February 26 via V2 Records.
About the new single "Soft Spot", which releases today, Lennert explains the following: "It's the first time I've felt somewhat hesitant about releasing a song. Precisely because the lyrics are so close to my skin. The birth of my son turned my life upside down. I'll never forget the moment I drove home from the hospital in the middle of the night, at ten kilometres per hour, occasionally checking the rear-view mirror to make sure the speed bumps wouldn't wake him."
I watch you through the mirror
Sleeping like a rose
How can I freeze time
And still watch you grow
Against the backdrop of a destabilised climate, chaos and genocides, uncertainty and a deep urge to protect also begin to surface. The "soft spot" referred to is a tender place that makes the body vulnerable and, at times, inspires fear.
At the beginning of 2025, excited and nervous, Lennert played a series of demos to Tobie
Speleman, producer and mixer for bands such as The Haunted Youth and Dressed Like Boys.
Speleman saw the potential in this material, and together they broke free from existing conventions.
The result is striking in its simplicity: eclectic yet controlled, completely free from expectations. Working on this record became a gentle way out for Lennert as the world around him was changing. He is no longer the boy he was in 2012, when he and his brother won Humo's Rock Rally, a musical contest. There is now a home, a child, a new phase, a new life. In his solo work, the sun seems to shine surprisingly often.
The Ballad of Lenny Lenny isn't afraid to strip down themes as masculinity, fatherhood and relationships. It's a trip, and along the way he is more than once nudged forward by his own conscience. "Wake Up, Lenny! Hold On, Lenny!" it echoes in his head. Interludes that give the album its unique flow.
His DIY spirit meant that he initially recorded the demos himself in his studio. He cut and pasted his way towards a new story, drawing inspiration from heroes of the sixties and seventies: Carole King, Paul McCartney, Elton John, as well as Shuggie Otis and Labi Siffre. But he also nods to the present: think of the playfulness of Beck and Childish Gambino or the wonky beats of Kaytranada.
Although he played most instruments himself, Lennert also received some musical reinforcements. David Poltrock re-recorded several synth parts using a vintage Mellotron, Minimoog and Farfisa organ, while Victor Defoort and Klaas De Somer handled bass and drums throughout the album. Luuk Cox contributed a few arrangement ideas at an early stage, and eventually Tobie Speleman mixed and produced the entire album.
Lennert always kept a tight grip on the reins. He oversaw the sound, the visuals; the whole picture. But nobody does everything entirely alone. His wife, Ymke Vansteenbrugge, created the complete artwork, including the styling and the photo on the album cover, taken on a French pebble beach.
Tracklist
1. Wake Up, Lenny
- Tambourine
- Fruit
- Tell You The Truth
- Soft Spot
- Songbird
- Livin'
- Bitch To Blame
- Keep Your Lighters Up
- Hold On, Lenny
- You Can't Keep Running Away
- She Only Loves You (In The Summertime)
- Better Man
- Sleep Tight, Lenny
In light of a triumphant festival summer with shows at Pukkelpop, Crammerock, Campo Solar, Rijvers Festival, Lokerse Feesten and more, Lenny Lenny also announces a new club tour in the beginning of spring 2027. Backed by an incredible band, Lennert makes sure to treat his audience on an entertaining, danceable and feel good live show. All club dates below.
Club Tour 2027
3/03/27 live @ De Roma, Antwerpen
11/03/27 live @ Club AFF, Hasselt
12/03/27 live @ Wilde Westen, Kortrijk
18/03/27 live @ De Casino, Sint-Niklaas
22/03/27 live @ Het Depot, Leuven
25/03/27 live @ Club Wintercircus, Gent
27/03/27 live @ KUUB, Turnhout
Tickets and info on Vitrine Agency