Dishwasher_
After every strong debut, there is often a silent question hanging over every new idea: do we build on what is already there, do we break it down, or do we pretend that first chapter was never written? For Dishwasher_, that doubt sometimes proved to be a burden, sometimes a compass.The Ghent trio, consisting of saxophonist/keyboardist Werend Van Den Bossche (BE), bassist Louise van den Heuvel (NL) and drummer Arno Grootaers (BE), thus always found their wayback to a shared fascination: the many forms of electronica. Distortion, pedals, synths and effects, once a subtle colour in the background, now form the beating heart of Anemoia, Dishwasher_'s latest album, which was released on 31 October 2025 via the Amsterdam based label DOX Records.
Their self-titled debut album from 2023 was a time capsule of collective energy: recorded in one breath, fuelled by weekly jams and the quiet concentration of lockdown. Anemoia takes a different path: unlike the spontaneous energy of the debut, Anemoia was built on ideas that first grew in isolation. It was only in the rehearsal room that those ideas were broken open, distorted and rebuilt. A quest, but all the more satisfying for itwhen those divergent worlds mergeinto a whole. The result?Jazz flows into krautrock, new waverubs up against Irish folk and minimalist motifs grow into vast, modulating landscapes.
The sound palette is warm and analogue, yet strange and otherworldly at the same time. It moves somewhere between memory and hallucination, precisely the peculiar feeling implied in the title. Taken fromThe Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, Anemoia means nostalgia for a time you never experienced. At first, that may sound a bit distant, but it lurks in every generation: teenagers who dress like it's the 2000s, there turn of VHS aesthetics to feel the 90s, thirty-somethings who cherish a warm longing for the 80s that they only know through old television images. Anemoia translates that into sound: warm, analogue synths, grainy pedal effects reminiscent of worn-out films and retro games, and melodies that linger in your head like half-formed memories. The record exudes a nostalgia that is as comforting as it is alienating.
What makes Anemoia so special is the way it doesn't gloss over contrasts, but lets them shine: nostalgia and futurism, acoustic breath and electronic pulse, playful improvisation and carefully layered production. Everything is allowed to coexist here.It feels familiar, but rubs just enough to make you doubt.
