Nele Needs A Holiday is what belgian singer-songwriter Nele Van den Broeck does if she feels like making music. She writes songs about "the tragedies of daily life": about the boyfriend that dumped you, about getting kicked out of art school, about creepy guys that are trying to get your telephone number while you try to concentrate on waiting for the train, about waking up and only vaguely remembering the dance moves you were inventing last night... Every time something goes wrong in Nele's life, she writes a happy song about it. This results in songs like "Loser's Twist", "I Really Wish I Was A Bitch" and "I Love You But I Google Other People".
Nele's music could be described as mean folk, friendly lo-fi, acoustic punk or new objectivity. Nele is inspired by anti-folk heroes like Jeffrey Lewis, Daniel Johnston and The Moldy Peaches, but also by sixties girl bands like The Ronettes, The Chrystals and The Shangri-Las. Further inspirations are a desire for revenge, the occasional hangover, a wide variety of personal issues, a complete lack of self-confidence, and that feeling you don't want to wake up. Nele's songs are soothing, funny, and moving at the same time.
"...intriguing and disarming songs..." (Humo, biggest belgian magazine)
"I like it. This girl has got something to say." (Tom Barman, singer of dEUS)
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