Son Mieux

Son Mieux is a Dutch indie pop group from The Hague headed by Camiel Meiresonne.

History

Initially, Son Mieux was started as a solo project of Camiel Meiresonne in 2015, who then played keyboard for indie rock band and sang for garage rock band . Initially, he wanted to perform as a singer-songwriter and in that capacity, he recorded the song "Easy". Shortly after, he was invited by the reggae band to provide support for their upcoming tour. However, during preparations, he decided that he "didn't want to be just another singer-songwriter with a guitar and that ewanted to incorporate electronics into ismusic." During Splendid's tour, he started playing together with Timo Prins and Chayenne van der Kooij, which would later be expanded with addition of Wrister Meiresonne, with whom he previously played in All Missing Pieces. In 2015, after their first single "Easy", the band was named , and on October 15 the same year, they made their television debut at De Wereld Draait Door.

Wrister left the band in 2018 and was succeeded by Thijs van Teijlingen. The formation was then expanded with the addition of Maud Akkermans and multi-instrumentalist Quinten Meiresonne, who played bass for bands such as The Consolers, All Missing Pieces, and . With this line-up, work continued on the debut album, which was released on February 8, 2019, under the title ''Faire de Son Mieux''. The presentation of this album took place on the release date in a sold-out Paard van Troje in The Hague. The album entered the Album Top 100 after one week at position 16.

At the beginning of 2021, their latest hit "1992" became on NPO Radio 2 in week 3, and in week 5 on NPO 3FM. On April 27, 2021, the band released the single "Drive". In week 20, "Drive" also became Megahit on NPO 3FM. On July 28, 2021, the band released the follow-up to "Drive", titled "Can't Get Enough". This single was voted NPO Radio 2 TopSong in week 31. During this period, the band was also the resident band for Studio Tokio, the NOS evening program on NPO 1 around the Olympic Games, for six days. Every day Son Mieux played songs that were interspersed live with the highlights of the Olympic day.

The summer of 2022 marked the final breakthrough to an audience of millions with the single "". It became their first Top 40 hit and also a top-five hit. "Multicolor" was the most played record on Dutch radio for weeks and was number 1 in the Mega Top 30. It was placed 179th on the 2022 edition of the Top 2000.

Line-up

Current line-up

* Camiel Meiresonne (lead vocals, guitar, percussion)
* Timo Prins (bass guitar, synthesizer, vocals)
* Olivier Lucas (drums, percussion, vocals)
* Maud Akkermans (violin, trumpet, percussion, vocals)
* Niels de Maa (guitar, vocals)
* Quinten Meiresonne (keyboard, guitar, vocals)
* Justin Schellekens (saxophone, percussion, vocals)

Former members

* Wrister Meiresonne (percussion, vocals)
* Thijs van Teijlingen (drums, percussion, vocals)
* Chayenne van der Kooij (drums, percussion, vocals)

Discography

Albums

* ''Faire de Son Mieux'' (2015)
* ''The Mustard Seed'' (2021)

Extended plays

* ''Vice Versa'' (2016)

Singles

* "Easy" (2015)
* "Even" (2016)
* "Ride" (2016)
* "Hiding" (2017)
* "Everyday" (2018)
* "Old Love" (2018)
* "Nothing" (2018)
* "Luxury of Quarantine" (2018)
* "1992" (2021)
* "Will" (2021)
* "Drive" (2021)
* "Can't Get Enough" (2021)
* "Dancing at the Doors of Heaven" (2021)
* "Multicolor" (2022)
* "This Is The Moment" (2022)
* "Tell Me More" (2023)
* "Tonight" (2023)

Awards

*2022 Edison Award in the category 'rock' for their album ''The Mustard Seed''.

References

External links

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Dutch indie pop groups
Dutch indie rock groups
English-language musical groups from the Netherlands
Musical groups from The Hague
Musical groups established in 2015
2015 establishments in the Netherlands