Handsome Poets - Metamorphosis-EP (2009).

Band: Handsome Poets.
Title: Metamorphosis.
Released: March 2009.
Label: Self Released.
Genre: Indiepop

Personell:  Tim van Esch (Vocals, Keyboards), Gerard Trouborst (Guitars, Keyboards), Ruben Trouborst (Bass), Jan-Jaap Bakker (Drums).

Additional personell: Theo Nap (Backing Vocals)
Production, recording: Theo Nap & Gerard Trouborst @ Wooden Cup Studio, Wilnis.
Mix & mastering: Erik Schurman @ Studio Gouderock!, Gouderak.

Tracklisting:
1. Kite Flight.
2. Metamorphosis.
3. Take A Walk (With Me).
4. Joy To The City.
5. This Train.

Notes:
Early 2008 keyboard player Rex Wierenga left then Gospel-outfit ‘Higher Purpose’, followed in the summer by singer Tabitha Kraaijeveld (Studies). The rest of the band decided to change direction into a more worldly one. In this transitional period they changed their name to ‘Handsome Poets’ and mixed more and more new material into their old setlists. A neighbour from their rehearsal space, former ‘Suburbs-’, ‘Jaya The Cat-’ and The Hague area session guitarist Eric Schurman, liked what he heard and offered to mix and master their EP. Which was released in a cardboard sleeve, designed by the band themselves. Following the release of the EP, Nils Davidse on keyboards was added and they played numberous gigs, both in worldly and in religious surroundings. The titletrack was co-written by former ‘Higher Purpose’ bandmate Tabitha. In late summer 2010 the EP was withdrawn and radio-deejays were asked to stop playing the EP, as the band felt the music no longer suited their new direction.
Known unreleased (and probably unrecorded) tracks from this period are:
- The Blues.
- Attitude.
- Carry The Day.

Website: www.handsomepoets.nl.