BAÏKI are a Mellet, Belgium-based act who have just come to my attention thanks to their surreal yet insightful new track and video. Meditating on how our lives exist in boxes, it’s called Les boites.

By Graeme Smith

Les boites, of course, translates from French to English as “the boxes” and in their new track and video, BAÏKI invite us into their colourful, box-filled world. It opens with a bright percussive riff before jangly guitar comes in. Charismatic vocals tell a subversive story in the verse before the track hits its full punk rock stride at the first chorus.

BAÏKI are Phil, MarcDo, Pascal and Hugues. Les boites was written and sung by Phil, who also recorded the guitars, bass and virtual drums. The voice recording and mixing was done by Philmarie at Studio La Rivière in Genappe, Belgium. Mastering was by EQUUS in Brussels. You can check out its video, directed and edited by Yves Huppen, below.