Isle Of Men - The Soul Of Kindness

Release date: 01/05/26 – shipping from 27/04/26

The Vinyl LP includes a CD with a bonus track. This CD is for sale separately as well.

Isle Of Men is the band formed around former music journalist, guitarist and songwriter Dirk Fryns, pianist Tom Van der Schueren and singer, songwriter and guitarist Gunther Verspecht (Stash). The group made their debut ten years ago with the well-received ‘Voluntary Blindness’, which managed to reach a loyal following without much fanfare.

Songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Herman ‘ht Roberts’ Temmerman was responsible for a particularly organic production. ‘The Soul Of Kindness’ is not an album to be consumed in one go; the longer you savour it, the richer the flavour becomes. Enjoy it.

Here’s what the press had to say about their debut: 

De Morgen: **** “Subtle night music that inhabits the same world as David Sylvian, The Blue Nile, Ray Lamontagne… an excellent debut.

Focus: *** “A fine Belgian debut with an album that willingly lets itself be enveloped by the quiet twilight of the night.

Het Nieuwsblad/GVA: *** “Refined, intimate songs carried by the deep voice of Gunter Verspecht”.

RifRaf: “An impressive night-time record for those who love, for example, Talk Talk, Tindersticks, Nick Cave or Nick Drake. Welcome to the fragile world of Homo Melancholicus”.