To Break Your Heart ALBAN

• 1 Droomdans 03:13
• 2 Everything Is New (but nothing ever changes) 03:38
• 3 Wolkje 1 01:17
• 4 I Saw A Bird (Dying) 03:01
• 5 Trees Never Lie 04:24
• 6 Lullaby For Nóa & Nives 02:32
• 7 Wolkje 2 01:05
• 8 Do You Love Me? (Part 1) 05:03
• 9 Into The Night 03:12
• 10 Hartevanger 07:08
• 11 Flight 2903 02:12
• Total Runtime 36:45

Info zu To Break Your Heart

ALBAN is the solo project of musician Alban Sarens. His debut album, ‘To Break Your Heart’, arrives February 2026 and is the result of a raw and reflective process turned into sound, shaped by grief and personal transformation. During three intense years, Alban turned to his saxophone to make sense of what words couldn’t express. A musical reflection of mourning, sorrow, and the search for what love truly means. The instrument became his voice, expressing his emotions and thoughts through melodies that carry both sorrow and light. It is music born from absence, yet reaching towards a warm embrace telling you, ‘It’s ok, I’m here’.

’To Break Your Heart’ is not about despair, but about what can emerge from it. It’s a soundscape where grief deepens into growth and where music guides the way. ‘There’s only the path we took.’

His music transcends genres, always seeking sincerity, nuance, and sound with soul. His playing is intuitive, layered, and comforting. While Alban has often been the driving force or sidekick in many projects such as Sir Yes Sir, Stef Kamil Carlens, Guido Belcanto, Ellen Schoenaerts, Equal Idiots, Slow Pilot, Baloji, … he now finds the strength to tell a story under his own name, a story of connection and solace.

“To break your heart by which I mean only that it break open and never close again to the rest of the world” - Mary Oliver

Alban Sarens, saxophone
Lukas Somers, guitar, bass
Elisabeth Klinck, violin
Marjolein Vernimmen, harp
Adam Bradley Schreiber, drums
Sarah Pepels, vocals
Sandra Hüller, vocals
Hazel Halle, vocals
Sep François, percussion
Laurens Dierckx, harmonica
Jon Birdsong, cornet

Alban Sarens
grew up on the southern edge of Antwerp and, after many wanderings, returned to the place where it all began. Following the suicide of the mother of his two daughters, he radically changed course. He left his demanding job as artistic coordinator at Trix to fully dedicate himself to music once again. That decision led to his debut album ‘To Break Your Heart’ — a musical reflection of three intense years of mourning, sorrow, and the search for what love truly means.

Throughout these years, Alban returned to his core as a musician in an attempt to grasp what words could not express. His saxophone became his voice — translating emotions and thoughts into compositions that carry both sorrow and light. The result is music that doesn’t demand attention but instead creates space: for stillness, for reflection, for connection. Alban crafts a sonic landscape where grief transforms into growth, where silence holds as much meaning as sound, and where music gently points the way toward comfort.

His music transcends genres, always seeking sincerity, nuance, and sound with soul. His playing is intuitive, layered, and comforting. While Alban has often been the driving force or sidekick in many projects such as Sir Yes Sir, Stef Kamil Carlens, Guido Belcanto, Ellen Schoenaerts, Equal Idiots, Slow Pilot, Baloji, … he now finds the strength to tell a story under his own name, a story of connection and solace. ‘To Break Your Heart’ will be released in February 2026.

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