Points show how well known and in demand an act is today in Belgium and the Netherlands, based on public figures such as listeners and hits. They say nothing about the quality of a show. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›
Chances for 2027
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Career
- Line-ups
- Best Kept Secret 2023
- Active since
- 2004
- Albums
- A Moonrise Was the Second Coming 2026
- The Second Coming Was a Moonrise 2026
- Nevertheless 2025
- From the Void 2024
- Love in the Void 2023
- New album
- A Moonrise Was the Second Coming · 11/12/2026
- Concerts per year
- 2026 22
- 2025 6
- 2023 13
- 2022 5
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.
Stature
- Discogs
- 61 times in a collection
- 27 on a wishlist
- 2 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection- look how long lasting everything is moving forward for once 2024 · 53
- When Does This Place Become Our Scene 2026 · 8
Today
- Radio
- Since we track the station
BBC Radio 1 6 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 Studio Brussel 1 0,0 per week since Nov 2023 BBC Radio 6 Music 1 0,0 per week since Oct 2024 Willy 1 0,0 per week since Dec 2024
Records
Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, and gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI).
| Album | Year | Belgian album chart | Dutch album chart | Gold/platinum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Moonrise Was the Second Coming | 2026 | – | – | – |
| The Second Coming Was a Moonrise | 2026 | – | – | – |
| Nevertheless | 2025 | – | – | – |
| From the Void | 2024 | – | – | – |
| Love in the Void | 2023 | – | – | – |
| Elsewhere | 2021 | – | – | – |
| Silencia | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Undercurrents | 2019 | – | – | – |
| Universalis | 2018 | – | – | – |
| Mysterium | 2017 | – | – | – |
| Everything and Nothing | 2016 | – | – | – |
| The Sleepover Series, Volume Two | 2014 | – | – | – |
| Oblivion Hymns | 2013 | – | – | – |
| Departure Songs | 2012 | – | – | – |
| Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts | 2010 | – | – | – |
| Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow | 2008 | – | – | – |
| Raising Your Voice… Trying to Stop an Echo | 2006 | – | – | – |
| The Sleep-Over Series, Volume 1 | 2005 | – | – | – |
| Kenotic | 2005 | – | – | – |
Discogs: 61 times in a collection. 27 times on a wishlist.
Best-known songs (Deezer)
Per edition, historical
Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.
| Edition | Score | Level | Rank | Exceptional | Belgium | Netherlands | World | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | – | – | – | – | – | – | setlist.fm, stature |
Reviews and reports
Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.
| Edition | Titel | Bron | Date | Soort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Kept Secret 2023 | Best Kept Secret 2023 (Festivaldag 2): Door het stof gehaald | Dansende Beren | 11/06/2023 | dagverslag |
Over the years
◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.
Festivals and own concerts
- ▲June 2023 · Best Kept Secret
Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.
Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.
Songs per station, last 18 months
| Station | Country | Most played |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Brussel | Belgium | Tap Water 1 |
| Willy | Belgium | Tap Water 1 |