Vinyl Record

Nouveau Vélo - Fruit

Nouveau Vélo - Fruit on LP vinyl. A 2025 record available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel, Ireland.

LP · 2025

Available from Kilmorna Collection in Listowel.

Buyer notes: 2025 LP, currently available from the Kilmorna Collection vinyl shelf. Pay for pickup in Listowel or ship within Ireland for EUR 5.50.

Fruit is the 2025 Nouveau Vélo album that finds the Dutch indie trio changing temperature without losing their guitar-pop identity. Coming after Bogland and several years of silence, it sounds like a band accepting that time has altered the room: family life, adulthood and slower reflection move into music once known for sharper jangle and restless momentum. Hole In The Curtain opens the record with layered melancholy, while Run For It and Unsent Letter retain some forward motion; One More Time and Aboard stretch into longer, steadier shapes; Seasons Change and Taken By Time make the album's title feel less decorative than seasonal. The shift is also sonic. Rolf Hupkes, Niek Leenders and Bart Haverkort lean into drum-machine pulse, reverb, wave-toned guitars and krautrock-like patience, letting the songs breathe in midtempo rather than pushing every hook to the front. Fruit belongs to a 2025 indie moment where maturity does not have to mean dullness. It is a guitar record about altered priorities, still melodic but more spacious, reflective and weathered.

Fruit matters because it documents Nouveau Vélo moving from nervous jangle-pop energy into a more settled, atmospheric language. The album keeps the band's melodic guitar craft intact while letting adulthood, time and domestic change reshape the rhythm and emotional scale.

For collectors, Fruit is a strong contemporary Excelsior-era Dutch indie title and a revealing snapshot in Nouveau Vélo's development after Bogland. It rewards listeners who follow guitar-pop bands across phases, especially when the change is subtle rather than theatrical.

Dutch indie rock with jangle-pop roots, wave-like guitar shimmer, drum-machine steadiness, reverb haze, midtempo reflection, krautrock patience and melodic writing softened by time.

Recommended for: Collectors of contemporary Dutch indie and Excelsior-associated releases; Listeners who like reflective guitar pop with wave and jangle roots; Fans of bands that grow quieter without losing melodic detail.

What year was Fruit released? Fruit was released in 2025 by Nouveau Vélo. How does Fruit differ from earlier Nouveau Vélo records? It is more spacious and reflective, using drum-machine pulse, reverb and midtempo guitar textures instead of constant nervous jangle. Which songs define Fruit? Hole In The Curtain, Run For It, One More Time, Unsent Letter, Aboard and Taken By Time map the album's melodic and atmospheric range.