Money

Ghent, September 2003. A scout is looking for bands to play on a mini-festival at the Museum voor Schone Kunsten. One of the acts that weekend is Your Everyday Music, an temporary name for a temporary band. At least that was the expectation of the band: Bart Bauters (drums), Joris Decaesstecker (bass), Steven Heene (voice, guitar) and Ben Van Camp (guitar). But the chemistry is there – on and off stage. The songs that especially Heene wrote serve as material for a new repertoire: ‘a mixture of Prefab Sprout and ZZ-Top’ as the band says... We also hear the better parts of Masters Of Reality in their music, which is quite a compliment. Ghent, December 2003. Money – a tribute to the late Johnny Cash – records a demo in their home studio. In two days time three tracks are recorded: Barefoot In Better Times, a melancholic ex-rocker; A So-Called Observation, a bittersweet miniature about infidelity at work; and What She Wants, potent straight pop starring a whistling cattle. All three announce an exciting set that is getting better even while you’re reading this.