New LQR single: Roundtrip (Through My Head)
From the upcoming album Infused (to be released in 2025).

Lyrics:
Welcome inside my head, let me be your guide
I’ll show you everything you want to know
We can cruise down my memory lane, from birth to childhood’s end
Every year sorted in a row

All my ex-girlfriends and all the one-night stands
The reason they’re no longer in my life
My work, my education and all my favorite bands
It passes me by while we drive

Come and take a trip with me
Through my lusts, my fantasies
The hopes and the fears in my life
It’s all here for you to see
My dreams, my friends, my family
Waiting for you to arrive

Better stay by my side, when we’re in my head
It’s dangerous to wander around
Crazy thoughts and nightmares, undiscovered facts
When you’re lost you won’t be found

Everything I’ve been through, it’s all in my mind
Everything, the good and the bad
Every memory, every moment in my life
It’s all been stored… ‘till I’m dead

Come and take a trip with me
Through my lusts, my fantasies
The hopes and the fears in my life
It’s all here for you to see
My dreams, my friends, my family
Waiting for you to arrive
Waiting for you to arrive

Of course there are some skeletons in the closet over there
And fantasies I would rather like to hide
The infamy when I was dead drunk, the infamous scandalous times
Maybe I’ll show them our, our next ride
Our next ride

Come and take a trip with me
Through my lusts and my fantasies
It’s all here for you to see
My dreams, my friends and my family
Waiting for you to arrive
Waiting for you to arrive

Track credits
Written by LQR (lyrics: Arjan Bogaerts, music: Arjan Bogaerts, Johan Loos, Tim Maas, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Infused

Roundtrip (Through My Head)

New LQR single: There's No Way
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released in 2025.

Lyrics:
Forgive me, my love
That it wasn’t enough
But I gave you all that I had
My soul and my heart
Though we never would part
For I believed all that you said

Now what can I do when your words are untrue
You no longer love me and push me around
You won’t leave me behind, they’ll know you were mine
When tomorrow our bodies are found

‘Cause there’s no way I can live without you
There’s nothing left to do

You can scream, you can shout
You can try to break out
You can tell me that I’ve gone insane
You know how I’ve felt
‘cause I’ve been held by you
In sorrow, in love and in chains

I don’t know what else I could possibly do
I love you so much, I’ll give my life for you
And you owe me yours, so I’m taking it now
We’ll be together somehow

‘Cause there’s no way I can live without you
There’s nothing left to do

‘Cause there’s no way I can live without you
There’s nothing left to do
‘Cause there’s no way I can live without you
There’s nothing left to do


Track credits
Written by LQR (lyrics: Karin Guldemond, music: Karin Guldemond, Arjan Bogaerts, Tim Maas, Johan Loos, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals & Keys
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass
Wim Wouters - Drums

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

There's No Way

New LQR single: Comfort Zone
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released in 2025.

Lyrics:
I don’t remember your name, but I’m not to blame
How did we end up like this?
We just met and now we’re in bed
Let me tell you our love story, miss ...

When I went to the party I was all alone
Last I remember was on my own
I must have entered the comfort zone
And I’m gonna party like it’s my home

Ja la, la la, lai lai, ja la, la la lai
Ja la, la la, lai lai, la la la la la lai

I’m going for a beer, ‘cause that’s good for me
I could drink all night, so I hope they’re for free
Not sick of being drunk, ‘cause that’s my way to be
I’m running to the bar for you and me

Ja la, la la, lai lai, ja la, la la lai
Ja la, la la, lai lai, la la la la la lai

I’m gonna get another drink, I’m gonna get a draught
This may be my last, no probably not (no!)
I hardly know you, but I like you a lot (he thinks you’re hot!)
You’re going home with me, you’re all I got

Ja la, la la, lai lai, ja la, la la lai
Ja la, la la, lai lai, la la la la la lai

Track credits
Written by LQR (lyrics: Coen Floren, music: Coen Floren, Johan Loos, Arjan Bogaerts, Tim Maas, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion & Backing Vocals
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar, Mandolin & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums & Backing Vocals
Frank van Hees - Backing Vocals

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Comfort Zone

New LQR single: Instant BBQ
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released in 2025.

Lyrics:
Didn’t have a plan, no shoes on our feet
No food on the table, but that is when
we got to a store to see what’s new
and we bought ourselves an instant BBQ

Happy as can be, we bought 4 pints each
On the Dunmore beach we blew it totally
While we lit it on fire, spilled our beer in the sand
The flames went out after we burned our hands

Instant BBQ don’t you treat me this way
Instant BBQ won’t you do as I say

We weren’t satisfied, so Frank took a hike
back to that supermarket, leaving me behind
This was a bad idea, everything went wrong
and out of frustration I wrote this song

When Frank returned, the beer had stopped being cold
But the firelighters finally burned
The meat was almost done, but we didn’t win
No, guess what happened, the tide came in

Instant BBQ don’t you treat me this way
Instant BBQ won’t you do as I say

We almost drowned, but we made it out
We took our BBQ to higher ground
Finally settled in ready for a taste
but damn we forgot the mayonnaise

Instant BBQ don’t you treat me this way
Instant BBQ won’t you do as I say

Instant BBQ don’t you treat me this way
Instant BBQ won’t you do as I say

Track credits
Written by LQR (lyrics: Niels Wijten, Frank van Hees, music: Niels Wijten, Frank van Hees, Arjan Bogaerts, Tim Maas, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Niels Wijten - Vocals & Bass
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums & Backing Vocals
Frank van Hees - Backing Vocals

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Instant BBQ

New LQR single: Gypsy Geophrey's Caravan
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released in 2025.

Lyrics:
Traveling through no man’s land
A home, a house, a caravan
With five brothers and one sis
With nowhere to go

Cruising through the desert land
A road that the wise men
foretold to our dynasty
Living out the prophecy

Time will tell us where we’ll go

We find glory and we treasure
Dancing, feasting, joy and pleasure
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

From Georgia to Afghanistan
Gypsy Geophrey’s caravan
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

Mother was a fortune teller
But should have written a bestseller
Knows the pleasure, knows the pain
Predicted the future of Charlemagne

Instead of being a storyteller
that had written a bestseller
Craving to be your key
Too busy being a VIP

Opulence is not for us

We find glory and we treasure
Dancing, feasting, joy and pleasure
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

From Georgia to Afghanistan
Gypsy Geophrey’s caravan
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scrabble
Celebrating elevation – Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!

We find glory and we treasure
Dancing, feasting, joy and pleasure
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

From Georgia to Afghanistan
Gypsy Geophrey’s caravan
Like, love, relish, savor, gamble
brawling, roving, roaming, scramble
Celebrating elevation – Hey!

Traveling through no man’s land
A home, a house, a caravan
With five brothers and no sis
With nowhere to go

Track credits
Written by LQR (lyrics: Johan Loos, music: Arjan Bogaerts, Johan Loos, Tim Maas, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion & Backing Vocals
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums & Backing Vocals
Frank van Hees - Backing Vocals

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Gypsy Geophrey's Caravan

POWER〜FOLK✰DELUXE「@YOU」

POWER〜FOLK✰5「 サムライシンドローム 」

POWER〜FOLK✰6「  FASHION ～VER✰1～」

New LQR single: Lost My Love
From the upcoming album Infused, to be released December 2025.


Lyrics:
Lost my love in the days of summer
Filled with a sad goodbye
Speak, I try as the days lay before me
Never to see, you and I

Calm and dark is the lake in the valley
Silent for all these years
Quietly stare at the rings on the water
when it was touched by my tears

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling, darling

She looks friendly but I know her secret
I know, my love she hides
down in the depth of her cold blue body
It is for him that I cry

In the sunlight I see his reflection
Clear as were once his eyes
Beckoning me as I wade through the water
Soon I will be by his side.

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling, darling

Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling
Oh, my darling, darling

Track credits
Written by LQR (lyrics: Karin Guldemond, music: Karin Guldemond, Arjan Bogaerts, Tim Maas, Johan Loos, Niels Wijten, Wim Wouters, Coen Floren)

Johan Loos - Vocals
Arjan Bogaerts - Accordion & Backing Vocals
Tim Maas - Acoustic Guitar
Coen Floren - Electric Guitar & Backing Vocals
Niels Wijten - Bass & Backing Vocals
Wim Wouters - Drums & Backing Vocals
Frank van Hees - Backing Vocals

Recorded by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Tilburg/Eindhoven, September-November 2024
Vocals recorded by Johan Loos at his home studio, Eindhoven, November-December 2024
Mixed by Wessel van den Broek at VVESSEL Audio, Eindhoven, February 2025
Mastered by Jelle Goossens at The Mastering Factory, Hoogeloon, March 2025
Artwork by Frank van Hees

Lost My Love

POWER〜FOLK✰1「なんか変だ！」

POWER〜FOLK✰2「I WANT TO BREAK YOU〜」

POWER〜FOLK✰3「I LOVE YOU SO〜SO I'LL PROTECT YOU〜」

POWER〜FOLK✰4「SLOW✰DOWN」

POWER〜FOLK✰7「〜SHAKE〜」

POWER〜FOLK✰8「NEW X SENSATION」

How does a bottle of whiskey sound when you let six musicians with a passion for folkrock, gypsy ska and true rock'n roll, do their thing? And what if those six musicians sound like a mixture of folk legends like The Pogues, Flogging Molly and Gogol Bordello? The answer is LQR! Up tempo folkrock shifts easily to a beautiful ballad, leaving the crowd in extase. LQR always a delivers a full-party guarantee!

New tracks tagged #POWERFOLK