The mesmerizing alt-folk songs of Amsterdam-based singer-songwriter VanWyck are sometimes sparse and intimate, sometimes darkly overpowering. With her warm voice, rich lyrics and enchanting melodies, she weaves tapestries of stories. About everyday struggling women, or mythical ones that roam our history. About a drowning girl, a whispering garbageman, a raging goddess or a lost alcoholic. With every listen, more layers to her songs present themselves.

“I need songwriting to make sense of things, to search the corners of my mind that can’t be reached in other ways. It’s also the thing I enjoy most, this playing with melodies and words, this mysterious twisting and threading. This thing that cannot be pinned down.”

BIO

VanWyck released her first EP in 2015, Tanned Legs, which was internationally praised. Her debut album, An Average Woman (2018) came out on her own Maiden Name Records. The record was hailed by the Dutch music press as one of the best releases by a native artist in years. 

Her second album Molten Rock (2019) again moved between dark folk, lush Americana and alternative rock. “I wanted to create something that can hold different truths within itself, something that is both vulnerable and strong, that contains happiness and sadness, stillness and abundance. So much of what is thrown at us today is one-dimensional, but in life we’re forever balancing between conflicting notions.”

After her first theater tour was cancelled due to the pandemic, VanWyck changed course and released a third album of intimate, acoustic songs called God is in the Detour (2020).  It got a 4 star review in MOJO magazine (which called the album “a beauty”) and has been streamed over two million times.

VanWyck's forth album, The Epic Tale of the Stranded Man (2022) was released with iconic Dutch label Excelsior Recordings. Its twelve songs intertwine both lyrically and harmonically. Together they tell a story about a man haunted by a dark past and a woman who tries to save him. The album received another 4 star review from MOJO magazine and led to performances all over Europe.

VanWyck's  fifth album, Dust Chaser was released in September 2024. It sees VanWyck exploring new sonic spheres, infusing her songs with influences from desert-rock, blues and psychedelica. Together with her extended band she created a new energy on stage. Resulting in a new theatre tour, a clubtour and numerous festival shows. VanWyck is currently working on her sixth album. 

‘a series of formidable records’ ★★★★
Sylvie Simmons - MOJO Magazine

'Exquisite songwriting'
Chris Douridas, KCRW

‘een rockconcert zonder weerga’
Theo Hakkert - Verstwee

"troostrijke, sensuele en aangrijpende schoonheid ★★★★"
Menno Pot - Volkskrant