Wolfgang Valbrun Reveals “Baptist” Live Studio Performance

American singer-songwriter Wolfgang Valbrun shares a brand new live studio performance video for “Baptist,” taken from the new album Flawed By Design, out now through Jalapeño Records, following in the footsteps of soul music’s greats while delivering an album full of new lyrical and musical nuance.

After moving from New York to France in his teens Wolfgang found favour on the Paris circuit before being recruited as lead singer for avant-garde UK soul and jazz band ephemerals.

With ephemerals he toured the world and attracted a fervent following (as well as many millions of streams). Alongside ephemerals he also performed and wrote for French hip-hop and soul legend GUTS after a chance meeting when they played the same stage at Glastonbury.

An EP in 2023 and a series of incredible singles in 2024 have followed, leading us to his debut LP – Flawed By Design. The album is a powerful and introspective look at human frailty and musically straddles the lines between soul, jazz and rock.

The album opens with “Sun Don’t Shine” a song that questions the strength of a relationship though bad times while at the same time delivering one of the sing along choruses of the summer.

On any other album, “Baptist” would have to be the finale, but here, it’s only the set up for the album title track. The last song starts with a solo bass line before swelling to strings, drums and horns and of course THAT unmistakable vocal assuring us that we are built to be perfect but flawed by design.

Wolfgang Valbrun ‘Flawed By Design’ album artwork