On May 31st Dutch indie rock band FIEP released their new self-released EP FRIED RICE. In doing so, FIEP announces the diptych FRIED RICE, MOON BLISS, which will be released in its entirety later this year. The EP was co-written with Willem Smit (Personal Trainer) and recorded with Casper van der Lans at MRF Recordings.
FIEP is the the project around musician and songwriter Veerle Suzanna Driessen. She writes witty and evocative indie rock songs that dig beyond just your catchy hook and cunning melody. Her songs don’t just pierce skin-deep but reveal all that lies beneath the surface of the proverbial iceberg: the restlessness, the doubts, the reflections and the dreams. A surprising twist and a playful observation is always lurking around the corner.
Since FIEP’s breakthrough with combustible indie rock earworms like Nightshop and Daydreaming, the project has only become more playful, impulsive and unruly. Much of the joyful energy on FRIED RICE MOON BLISS is summoned by the live energy FIEP developed over the past few years as a five-piece band. After a successful Popronde as an OOR talent in 2022, Veerle and her band were booked for Eurosonic Noorderslag. In March 2023, FIEP released its debut EP 77 Stokes Croft, a reference to the British city of Bristol where Veerle got the inspiration to form the project.