Fever (2019), the latter one of the finest rock albums of the 2010s. Led by co-vocalists Maarten Devoldere and Jinte Deprez, the band evolved from a rock sound indebted to the early aughts’ “rock revival” into something still rooted in rock vernacular but inclined to atypical arrangements and instrumentation.
Fever’s innovation was to place the bass front and center; on tracks like “Wrong Faces” and “You’re So Real”, the guitar plays almost a peripheral role, with bassist Simon Casier providing both the lead riff and the rhythmic anchor. Tastefully placed strings and horns on “Grapefruit” and “Entertainment” add sophistication and depth to what could have been straightforward rock jams in lesser hands. At the time,