In 1994 and 1996, dEUS released ‘Worst Case Scenario’ and ‘In a Bar, Under the Sea’, two albums that didn’t just introduce a band, but quietly rewired the possibilities of European alternative rock. ‘Worst Case Scenario’ arrived fully formed yet thrillingly unstable: wiry guitars, fractured rhythms, and Tom Barman’s half-spoken, half-sung narratives drifting between paranoia and pop. Songs like ‘Suds & Soda’ and ‘Via’ felt less like singles than dispatches from a band inventing its own internal logic in real time. Now, widely regarded as Belgium’s most influential rock band, dEUS & [PIAS] Recordings will rerelease both albums on March 20th as 3LP and 2CD expanded 30th Anniversary sets, including long lost B-Sides and rarities.
Tracklist
Album:
Intro
Suds & Soda
W.C.S. (First Draft)
Jigsaw You
Morticiachair
Via
Right As Rain
Mute
Let's Get Lost
Hotellounge (Be The Death Of Me)
Shake Your Hip
Great American Nude
Secret Hell
Divebomb Djingle
B-sides & Rarities
Zea (Intro Replica)
Zea
Texan Coffee
It. Furniture In The Far West
Violins And Happy Endings
Great American Nude (Strip Mix)
Niche
Whose Vegas (Is It Anyway)
Let Go
Jigsaw You (Live)
Morticiachair (Live)
Secret Hell (Live)
Mute (Live)