Lander Vervaet - musician producer songwriter performer

My Demons Are Organized

Indie pop with a noir edge
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Brainchild of producer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Lander Vervaet working alongside guest artists from the jazz and indie music scene.
My Demons Are Organized is blending pure acoustic instruments with spacious guitar dirt and analogue electronics with poetic lyrics.
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Debut album 'Orange Juice & No More Laughter' is echoing melancholy of the great songwriters of our time, injected with a touch of darkness lyrically and production wise.

My Demons Are Organized: Indie pop with a noir edge.
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Maya Teklal - vocals, guitar, piano
Lander Vervaet - vocals, all instruments
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​1. LOCKED ONTO YOUR BEAT
2. THE DOOR
3. ITALIAN BEACH HOUSE
4. ANAËL
5. GET OFF MY CLOUD
6. HALFWAY THERE
7. SEE FOR YOURSELF
8. THAT SUDDEN COLD

Liner notes.

​1. LOCKED ONTO YOUR BEAT
Lander Vervaet: lead vocals, drums, bass, EBow, electric and acoustic guitars, tambourine
Maya Teklal: background vocals

2. THE DOOR
piano, lead vocals, el. guitar and electronics: Lander Vervaet

3. ITALIAN BEACH HOUSE
Maya Teklal: lead vocals & ac. guitar
Lander Vervaet: drums, el & ac guitars, prophet 6, harmony vocals & all additional instruments

4. ANAËL
Lander Vervaet: nylon string guitars and background vocals
5. GET OFF MY CLOUD
Maya Teklal: lead & harmony vocals
Lander Vervaet: drums, bass, electric & acoustic guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, harmony vocals, percussion & handclaps


​6. HALFWAY THERE
Maya Teklal: lead vocals
Lander Vervaet: drums, bass, fender rhodes, electric guitars, piano, strings and additional programming

7. SEE FOR YOURSELF
Lander Vervaet: lead & harmony vocals, drums, bass, acoustic and nylon string lead and rhythm guitars, c
eleste, piano & all additional instruments

8. THAT SUDDEN COLD
Lander Vervaet: lead & harmony vocals, piano, synth, Lyra 8, drums, bass, electric guitars
Maya Teklal: backing & angelic vocals

all songs WORDS & MUSIC by L. Vervaet, 
except 
Italian Beach House: words & music by M. Teklal
Get off My Cloud: words & music by M. Teklal & L. Vervaet
PRODUCED BY LANDER VERVAET & MAYA TEKLAL 
(except Italian Beach House, Anaël, See for Yourself: produced by Lander Vervaet)
Recorded, mixed and mastered at The Mechanized Hum, BE between april 2023 and september 2024

Lyrics.


LOCKED ONTO YOUR BEAT
I met a rock
You crushed me down
Into the earth beneath my feet
How can I return back home
When you got me locked onto your beat

You wiped the mud out of my eyes
I woke up to a different world
Who was the bleep when someone cursed
Who was the censor of a voice
Beggin’ for these words

Well, all my thoughts became a mess
All that’s left is what I see, in front of me
I been driftin’ far too long
Holding on, holding on

I’m holding on, holding on
Locked onto your beat


© & ℗ L. Vervaet
THE DOOR
One thing you should know before i leave you
One thing you should know before I go
You’ve never been inside me, baby
You never opened the door

There were times you were afraid of me
Times I thought: what are we living for
No one could help me
That was my own choice
I was lonely behind the door

My heart is burning for you
My head keeps on spinning around
And I feel like I’m going insane

But don’t you say that I don’t love you, baby
Don’t make it hard for me no more
I will never ever forget you baby
And if you need me
Just knock on the door

My heart is burning for you
My head keeps on spinning around
And I feel like I’m going insane
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© & ℗ L. Vervaet

ITALIAN BEACH HOUSE
Waking up to the sound of the birds 
It's not even noon
And the sun is already giving 
All our skins her energy 

Butterflies flying high around my fingers
Thinking it's XTC 
Blossoms are saying hi to the rayons of sun
They’ve missed so much

Come and see it, come and see it
The world is restoring
People are nice and not boring
I just wish you'd see it…

While drinking your coffee 
On the terrace 
Of our Italian beach house

Even the neighbours said Hi to me
The sky never turns grey anymore
I've kept the dress you always wore
It reminds me of you

And then there's dawn 
When stars come through
And they look at us
Like we're wild animals in a zoo 

Come and see it, come and see it
The world is restoring
People are nice and not boring
I just wish you'd see it…

While drinking your coffee
On the terrace of our Italian beach house
Oh, I wish you could see it
I think you wouldn't believe it

But the world is not restored 
Without you


© & ℗ M.Teklal
GET OFF MY CLOUD
Came to be on top up from ground
Queue for cure you wander around
Gaze up small clown
Best trip, big frown

You wanted my hand
To help you climb up high
And looked surprised
When you saw me touch the sky

Get off my cloud
Don’t you steal my sun
Get off my cloud
Get down

Lift your glass from the countertop
Orange juice and no more laughter
Be more subtle as you try to eavesdrop
You’ll regret it all the morning after

Get off my cloud
Don’t you steal my sun
Get off my cloud
Get down

Wry grin when the girl’s approaching
Dry gin when the party’s over
Gaze up small clown
Best trip, big frown
Can’t give what you’re looking for
Adoration or is it something more
I’m thrilled to dance alone

(Get off my cloud, Get off my cloud now, Get off my cloud)

Get off my cloud
Don’t you steal my sun
And drown, drown, drown, drown, drown
Just drown, drown, drown, drown, drown

© & ℗ Teklal/Vervaet

HALFWAY THERE
We’re here drenched in doubt
I’m lost where ghosts are found
Dressed in your long coat
Looking fine

Hold on for more than this
There will always be other fish
Outside the sea
Where we swim

Climb up and look into the warmth
I’m here beside you, cold but unharmed
All of our sadness
Surfs away

There’s a thought dividing me
From the past that soon will be
All but a ripple
On a lake

© & ℗ L. Vervaet
THAT SUDDEN COLD
I’ve always feared a sudden cold
That would burn upon my chest
When you leave the truth untold     
How it silences the rest
I’ve always feared the cold

Have you ever walked a clouded line
As you wait upon your turn
When you leave a friend behind
And you know you won’t return
I’ve always feared that sudden cold

All my demons came out running
A thousand demons came out running
I was blind
Hiding out in the den
Nothing more than the fear kicking in

Have you ever held a thought so tight
Like a fist filled up on sand
As you you try to squeeze so hard it escapes 
From the holes in your hand
I’ve always feared that sudden cold

When all my demons came out running
A thousand demons came out running
I was blind
Hiding out in the den
Nothing more than the fear kicking in


© & ℗ L. Vervaet
SEE FOR YOURSELF
There’s a flower growing
Deep inside of you
I’ve got room
And some sunlight left for you

Bring it on home to me
And see for yourself
What it’s doing to you

There’s a light
Hanging from the urban sky
It wakes me up
When our love is bound to fly

So bring it on home to me
And see for yourself
What it’s doing to you

Friends on TV, a rerun
It leaves you numb
The one where they all shut up
Impresses you the most

Bring it on home to me
And see for yourself
What it’s doing to you

Friends on TV, a rerun
It leaves us numb
The one where they all shut up
Impresses us the most

There’s a hope
I carry with me when I’m blue
But I’ve got time
And I’m waiting here for you

© & ℗ L. Vervaet

DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) - MDAO version
Won't you come see about me
I'll be alone, dancing
You know it, baby
   
Tell me your troubles and doubts
Giving everything
Inside and out

Will you stand above me, look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling,
Rain keeps falling down, down, down
Will you recognise me, call my name or walk on by
Rain keeps falling
Keeps falling down


Love's strange so real in the dark 
Think of the tender things that we were working on

Will you stand above me, look my way, never love me
Rain keeps falling,
Rain keeps falling down, down, down
Will you recognise me, call my name or walk on by
Rain keeps falling
Rain keeps falling down

Will you call my name
As you walk on by 
Will you call my name
When you walk away


Will you call my name
As you walk on by
Will you call my name
When you walk away

© Forsey/Schiff (Adaptation by Teklal/Vervaet) / ℗ Universal Music Corp
NOTHING MAKES SENSE ANYMORE
My bedroom light is still on 
In my room
I fill my hours with self-help videos 
All day long

If someone were to ask me 
Where I’d be in twenty years
I would just smile and look at them
I would just smile and look at them

My friends don’t call me up 
Anymore
 I’ve become a bit too old 
For their concern

I’ve grown tired of asking for help 
From door to door
Nothing makes sense anymore
The snow hits, the rain falls on the shore
Nothing makes sense anymore

For a ghost lives my life
And I watch it go by
Like the greatest movie of the century
Wish I was cast for this thing
To be in

Last week I cut my hair short
You liked it long
I try to walk past the scales
But fear leads me astray

I’ve read the novels, I pondered a play
What would it be like to be understood
Would you be someone else if you could 

Nothing makes sense anymore
The snow hits, the rain falls on the shore
Nothing makes sense anymore
Nothing makes sense anymore
Nothing makes sense anymore…


© & ℗ Teklal/Vervaet

THE CAT
She took the car and drove all night
All through the darkness into the light
Those little outbursts in a silent way
Were all early signs she would never stay
 
Have you heard from Will?
Better call him up
There’s a rumor going he ran out of luck

Now stay out of reach       
Stay out of sight
What a nice goodbye
What a great delight
 
Do you remember when
You kicked the cat
Then put a curse on everything
We just rolled and danced
To your jealous swing

Consider this: I take the blame
All hell on me but you are still the same

A rich man’s secret
Is a poor man’s crime
You never truly knew
What was on my mind… 
Ta-dada-taa-dada-da


© & ℗ L. Vervaet
ENOUGH
’Cause never can I pay my bills of lost and found
Of luck and thrill
Fuck & kill, this makes me ill
Can I just live… indistinct

Not enough, not enough
Make it stop now
A burden, damn it hurts my back
Let’s cut the cracks
And all the imperfections
I want it all
Limitless in all requests
I stand straight
Can I get a little less of it, of you

I know you mean good
Only the best for your idea, give peace some rest
Defy the world
No honest quest
Enough

On my own will
I'd lose my voice to lose you too
Makes me feel like I’m a fool
Unused tool
Too low for him
Too sad for you, too sad for you

Not enough, not enough
Make it stop now
A burden, damn it hurts my back
Let’s cut the cracks
And all the imperfections
I want it all
Limitless in all requests
I stand straight
Can I get a little less of it, of you

I know you mean good
Only the best for your idea
Give peace some rest
Defy the world
No honest quest
Enough


© & ℗ Teklal/Vervaet

Tracks.



​DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)
words & music by 
Keith Forsey and Steve Schiff 
​adaptation by Maya Teklal & Lander Vervaet

Maya Teklal: lead vocals & bass
Lander Vervaet: backing vocals, fender rhodes, electric guitars, acoustic piano, angelic voices

produced by Lander Vervaet & Maya Teklal
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