Written, performed, and produced by Dutch brothers Nolle and Beinte Groen in their hand-built Mermaid Studio, Baby Condor’s self-titled debut is anchored by live drums and layered with analogue gear, real instruments, and selective guests, depth over gloss.
Across six tracks, the EP studies memory and recalibration. Dreaming of the Day sits at its centre, capturing relationships drifting from spark to routine — described by the duo as:
wondering, after an intense time together, if someone is here to stay or will soon fade to less than a memory.
Elsewhere, pedal steel warmth, orchestral textures, and blues grit frame themes of loss, growth, and artistic integrity.
Influences stretch from the Great American Songbook to Marvin Gaye and Brian Wilson, filtered through contemporary soul. Beinte says:
Music must have soul…
Nolle calls it:
the culmination of a two-decade search for the perfect record we will never find.
Not revivalism; but analogue discipline, engineered for longevity.