Admiral Freebee pretty much won Humo's Rock Rally twice in 2000: as a finalist after Mintzkov in ‘The Sacred Top 3’ and as the audience’s favourite. Frontman Tom Van Laere immediately stood out as an animated songwriter in the guise of possessed and wholesome preacher.
'Rags ’n Run’, ‘Ever Present’, ‘Einstein Brain’ and ‘Mediterranean Sea’: no less than four successful singles sprung from Admiral Freebee's timeless debut that followed in 2003. He immediately surrounded himself well with exceptional folk such as Nathalie Delcroix (Laïs), Lars van Bambost (North Cape), Gert Bettens (K'S Choice) and Lazy Horse (Flip Kowlier). The album was showered with rave reviews and this instant classic was parked in the Ultratop album charts for no less than 70 (!) weeks. Over twenty years later, the album has not lost an ounce of topicality or listening pleasure.
