Isaac Roux announces second album "Lost & Found" & releases new single "GOOD TIMES"

OnThursday, Isaac Roux announced his highly anticipated second album “Lost & Found” during his Pukkelpop show. “Lost & Found” will be released on the 30th of October. Alongside the album announcement he shares a new single “GOOD TIMES”.

“GOOD TIMES” is a hazy, sun-soaked indie anthem, this track drifts through late-night memories of youth, love, and fleeting freedom. With red-eyed nostalgia, whispered laughter, and stoner vibes, it captures the bittersweet thrill of doing everything you weren't supposed to, and watching it fade into memory. This song floats between dreamy indie pop and introspective storytelling, leaving listeners suspended in those golden, fleeting summer days.

LISTEN TO “GOOD TIMES” HERE

Two years after the debut album that put him on the map with intimate indie folk and personal stories, frontman Louis De Roo kicks off a brand new chapter with his second effort Lost And Found. It finds him reaching for a more versatile and energetic sound, immersing the listener in a sun-drenched, nostalgic trip to a youth that never quite happened.

Isaac Roux first surfaced in the Belgian music scene in 2022 winning the people’s choice award at Humo's Rock Rally, and a year later making waves with his debut single White Rose in Studio Brussel's De Nieuwe Lichting. His blend of dreamy indie folk and subtle electronica on debut album Troubled Waters was warmly received, followed by appearances at festivals like Pukkelpop, Rock Werchter, Reeperbahn and Eurosonic. On his sophomore record, Roux makes a radical turn and seeks out the rougher edges of indie rock: more searing guitars, urgent drums, bold arrangements and rhythms that just keep pushing.

Lost And Found began taking shape with Young Hearts, also released as the album’s first single earlier this year. De Roo wrote it when Trump was re-elected president and immediately began dismantling hard-won rights for minority groups such as LGBTQIA.

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Things moved quickly after that: within barely six months, De Roo had all the songs for Lost And Found on paper. "That's why this record feels more coherent to me. The songs for Troubled Waters were written over the course of years, and they're very personal, about my difficult childhood. On this new album there is still something of me in everything, but I'm making it bigger, as if I’m turning it into an American coming-of-age indie movie. The same vibe is reflected in the artwork too, with bold lettering and colourful imagery, very different from the debut album."

To record the songs, De Roo and his band headed to a small village at the foot of Mont Ventoux in France. Under the name "Studio La Pichounette", they converted a holiday home into a recording studio, a DIY approach that resulted in a raw, more direct sound with a strong band feel. "Those three weeks there, with my best mates, were fantastic. It was October, but the weather was summery, and I think you can hear that on the album. For me, it’s a summer record. That relaxed atmosphere, recording with the windows open or on a sofa on the terrace, it was amazing."

Lost And Found is not just about being young and free, it’s a record that looks back with nostalgia on a youth that never really was. "I turned 30, and with this record I'm catapulting myself back to being 16 or 17, a time when you're out having fun, falling in love for the first time, going to parties..."

De Roo’s shift to a more uptempo, rougher sound also grew organically. "I started digging through my dad's record collection: The Cure, Joy Division, The Smiths... and started listening to more alternative music. Beach Fossils is a major influence on the sound of this record, as are Tame Impala, Royel Otis, and Old Mervs, an Australian alternative surf rock band."

Isaac Roux worked with producer Bert Vliegen again, and for the mixing they managed to bring in Peter Katis (The National, Interpol, Kurt Vile, Death Cab for Cutie). "Bert and I went to Bridgeport in the US to mix the record with Katis. That was a bit of a childhood dream, being in the studio where so many greats have passed through. Katis is known for adding bombast to drums and guitars, and he definitely gave the record even more drive and momentum. It’s become the album I wanted to make. My debut was a real listening record, with this one I'm aiming for festivals and big gestures: I want to see people dancing, jumping and moshing to my music. That would be something."