Dressed Like Boys | postgarage

Jelle Denturck is the frontman of Belgian indie band DIRK., making a fair amount of noise and scoring numerous alternative hits in their home country and The Netherlands. Dressed Like Boys is his first solo project, and the result of a time when Denturck felt a bit stuck in life. From his time of self-reflection, and his self-acceptance of being a gay man, Denturck has made an intimate and beautiful self-titled debut album, which is out on August 29. Drawing on his self-reflection, Denturck created personal songs like Healing, Pinnacles and Gregor Samsa: from memories of his warm and safe native village (“but also a golden cage”) to his depression after the passing of his mother 7 years ago. “I am one of those people that only realize much later how low they felt. I only realized 2 years ago, when the sun was starting to shine in my life again.”