Endless Dive aren’t backing away from the reflective territory they once explored. Their new single “La Petite Danseuse” brings them back to a post-rock aesthetic reminiscent of their early albums, offering a haunting melody that pairs with the words of Eugène Manuel’s poem and the kind of thick drums and roaring finale that recall Mogwai or Mono.
It’s the final single from Souvenances, the album they plan to release on February 28, 2025, through Floral Records in France and Luik in Belgium.
The duo—composed of Pierre Van Vlaenderen and Nathan Mondez—picked this track as a way of reconnecting with their older sonic palette, yet it doesn’t remain stuck in the past.
They credit new influences such as Bon Iver and Saya Gray, alongside longtime post-rock references like Explosions in the Sky and This Will Destroy You, for shaping the way they approached composition.
“La Petite Danseuse” is also available on every major digital platform, but the live session that accompanies its release stands out (you can watch it above). It’s their first glimpse of the future four-piece stage lineup, joined by Renaud Verstraete on guitar and François Hantson on bass. The group wanted to keep the energy from older Endless Dive shows, all while ensuring those older songs could still be performed with force.
This single leads into Souvenances, an album woven around the theme of childhood and the memories that linger—playground scuffles, learning to ride a bike, the occasional fights between parents.
“This album is an ode to childhood, journeying through the various memories of our youth: the school playground, our first bike rides, our parents’ arguments, and more. We delved back into old VHS tapes and photographs to immerse ourselves in these memories and create this album, using audio excerpts from those very moments while working on sound textures to recreate the feel of those familiar formats (VHS tapes, old Walkmans, etc.),” the band says.
Fragments of older recordings, field sounds, electronic flourishes, classical guitar lines, and post-rock surges all find their place in these tracks. Fans of The Books, Tortoise, or Bibio might discover something to their liking here too.
The departure of two founding members forced Endless Dive to rethink their creative process.
Their writing shifted away from a traditional band approach, pivoting toward computer-based production and more personal experiments in the studio. Yet the final work retains the atmospheric and often nostalgic vibe that’s run through the group’s previous projects. Their plan to appear as a four-piece on stage is meant to keep that dynamic spark alive, bridging their past and present while preventing the new material from drifting into pure studio-driven territory.