Even voorstellen - Arra Di Allas & Marco Giongrandi - 'In A Shell', EP

Release: 17th March 2026
In a Shell - Single by Arra Di Allas & Marco Giongrandi | Spotify

The debut EP 'In A Shell' is a collection of songs Arra Di Allas and Marco Giongrandi named “Cowboysongs for extraterrestrials”. Although each song depicts a rather peaceful scenery, Arra & Marco chose to shine a surreal, sometimes even dark, spotlight on them from time to time, using their unconventional arrangement style.

'In A Shell' is a prequel to the full album Arra Di Allas & Marco Giongrandi will release on Belgian quality label W.E.R.F. Records at the end of 2027.
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Arra Di Allas (Mòs Ensemble, Belcirque,...) and guitarist/banjoist Marco Giongrandi (Dear Uncle Lennie, Martha Moore, Hendrik Lasure,...) both have been playing with and composing for several bands, national and international cross-over projects for more then 15 years. Arra Di Allas & Marco Giongrandi create a musical playground where warm acoustic sounds, as we would find with Nick Drake, Joanna Newsom, Bill Frisell & Joni Mitchell, flutter down onto a mysterious landscape that hints to David Lynch's Twin Peaks. Mandolin, voice, guitar and banjo are being mixed together with 80's synths and guitar pedals. All music is originally written by Astrid Creve, who has been playing with Arra Di Allas for some time as a solo project, and arranged by both musicians.

"The title track tells the story of a someone carrying around a shell, like a snail, while roaming through the Highlands. Although they carry their house on their backs, they keep looking out at the sea, dreaming of being found a home." - Arra Di Allas & Marco Giongrandi
Join them in a dreamy world where extraterrestrial visits never seem far away.
Single 'El Lonesome'
El Lonesome - song and lyrics by Arra Di Allas & Marco Giongrandi | Spotify

Single 'In A Shell'
In a Shell - Single by Arra Di Allas & Marco Giongrandi | Spotify
All music is written and composed by Arra Di Allas and arranged by Arra Di Allas & Marco Giongrandi.
Recorded at Marco's place (the attick).
Mixed by Marco Giongrandi.
Mastered by Gert van Hoof/Cochlea Mastering.

Arra Di Allas: voice, mandolin, casio & whistle

Marco Giongrandi: el. & ac. guitar, voice & whistle

Live:

5th April, Hot Club Gent in collaboration with NEST

10th April, Koning Ezel, Lede

25th April, Brasserie ILLEGAAL, Vorst

17th June, Hidden Jams, in collaboration with GC De Maalbeek, Etterbeek