GIRLS IN HAWAII – celebrating 20 years of «From Here To There»

«From Here To There» is Girls in Hawaii’s brilliant debut album, released exactly twenty years ago. The album established them as one of the standard-bearers of Belgian rock, as a band from Wallonia suddenly gained a foothold in France.
The album sells 60,000 copies and is released in France, Benelux, Spain, Italy, Germany, the USA and Japan. Barely six months after its release, the band sold out Brussels’ Ancienne Belgique, and the same year, the Girls played at the Eurockéennes, the Dour Festival, the Route du Rock, RockWerchter and the Benicassim Festival,…
To celebrate their 20th anniversary, the band will be giving exclusive concerts at Ancienne Belgique on December 14, 15,16 and 17, as part of the REWIND series. This cycle, launched in 2007, invites Belgian artists (such as An Pierlé and dEUS in the past) to play their «classic» album in its entirety: a key album in their career, or in Belgian pop in general. The first three dates were sold out in the space of a few days. Before that, the Girls will also be performing in France from November 30 to December 13 (cfr. page 2). During these concerts, Girls In Hawaii will recreate the live
scenography of their early years (with the now iconic video monitors piloted by Olivier Cornil, the photographer behind the cover of ‘From Here To There’). For the encores, they are planning a best of focusing on their first albums and a few new tracks…
Girls In Hawaii will also be taking fans behind the scenes of the creation of their iconic record ‘From Here To There’ by unveiling the original demo. This limited-edition DIY version features 5 original tracks and 4 previously unreleased tracks: ‘Shaped Bee Bed’, ‘Girls In Hawaii’, ‘Love’s a Better way to travel’ and ‘Confidence’. One of these gave the band its name.
Only 1,000 LPs will be pressed for the occasion. 100 copies will be available on pre-order from Thursday October 5th via the 62Records webshop, and the remaining 900 copies will be available exclusively during the tour.
To celebrate this anniversary, the band are also announcing the reissue of ‘From Here To There’ on white vinyl. This limited edition will feature the 12 original tracks from the album, and will be available in-store from November 17th.