Before Van Praet. Before Sanchez Brothers. There was Gerard.
No strategy. No studio magic. Just one person, a mic that cracked too easily, and songs recorded like voice memos from a soul in slow motion. Born from the need to say something when no one’s listening, Gerard was the raw, unfiltered start of Aurélien Van Praet’s musical universe.
Melancholic, lo-fi, and strangely comforting, Gerard sounds like rainy afternoons, empty buses, and texts you never sent.
It’s not polished. It’s not perfect. But it’s honest — and sometimes, that’s all that matters.