Like a Secret
VAN RAVEN
ISRC: CAGOO2613158
Alt rock / grunge pop. Heavy guitars, catchy hooks, a low and emotional female voice, and a dark, haunting edge.
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- “Like a Secret” was recorded and mixed in VAN RAVEN’s living room — a true DIY alt‑rock single that keeps an intimate feel while hitting big in the chorus.
- Denise van den Berg’s low, emotional vocal sits over heavy, driving guitar riffs, creating a tension that mirrors the song’s story about a powerful but unacted‑upon attraction.
- VAN RAVEN is a Dutch‑Tasmanian artist who started making music in her 40s; she writes, records and produces all her own material and brings a mature, introspective perspective to alt‑rock.
- The track builds steadily and reaches its most explosive moment in the bridge — expect a cathartic lift that channels influences like The Cranberries and Garbage with a modern edge.
- Backed live by Matthew Osborne, VAN RAVEN is gearing up for her debut album SECRETS in 2026 — “Like a Secret” is the first taste of what’s to come.
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Track Story
“Like a Secret” is a DIY project and was recorded and mixed in my living room. It's about the tension between two people who are strongly attracted to each other but don’t act on it. The lyrics focus on the physical pull between them, while a deeper layer touches on love as a spiritual experience and the idea of finding something divine in another person. Musically, the song builds with the same sense of tension. Heavy, driving guitar riffs sit beneath low, intimate vocals before opening into a bigger, melodic chorus. The arrangement continues to build throughout the track, reaching its heaviest and most explosive point in the bridge.
About VAN RAVEN
VAN RAVEN is the solo project of Dutch-Tasmanian singer-songwriter and producer Denise van den Berg. Her sound sits between alternative rock and grunge pop. She writes, records and produces her own music and music videos. Her songs explore love, lust, identity and the nature of being human, with metaphysical and spiritual ideas often hiding underneath more personal stories. "I'm a Dutch musician and producer based in Tasmania who started making music in her 40s. I write, record and produce my own music and music videos. I create because it gives me joy, and because the act of creation helps release and process repressed emotions. Basically, my music and videos are an external projection of my subconscious inner world." After writing her first song in November 2024, she completed a Certificate IV in Music in 2025 and began releasing music independently. Her second single, “Where Did All the Humans Go?”, received airplay on Hobart’s Edge Radio 99.3FM and Huon & Kingston FM 95.3, as well as Launceston’s City Park Radio FM. Her latest release "Like a Secret" has been played on Radio Stations in Australia, the USA, and The Netherlands. Backed in the studio and on stage by musician Matthew Osborne, known for playing bass and vocals in Distillery, The Far Cues and Chiseld, VAN RAVEN is now working towards her debut album, SECRETS. Her new single, “Like a Secret”, marks the beginning of the album’s release cycle in 2026.
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Up next is VAN RAVEN with her new single “Like a Secret” — a brooding alt-rock anthem recorded DIY in her living room in Launceston, Tasmania. Expect heavy guitars, haunting hooks and a low, intimate vocal that builds into an explosive, cinematic chorus.
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VAN RAVEN is the solo project of Dutch‑Tasmanian singer‑songwriter and producer Denise van den Berg, whose late‑blooming entry into music has already produced a striking and uncompromising voice in alt‑rock and grunge pop. Writing, recording and producing her work from Launceston, Denise blends heavy, driving guitar riffs with low, emotive vocals and lyrical threads that move from raw physical attraction to metaphysical reflections on love and identity. Her new single “Like a Secret” — recorded and mixed in her living room — captures that tension sonically and thematically, rising from intimate verses to a massive, cathartic bridge. Supported on stage and in studio by bassist/vocalist Matthew Osborne, VAN RAVEN follows radio attention from Australia to the USA and the Netherlands and is preparing the release cycle for her debut album, SECRETS, in 2026. For fans of The Cranberries, Meg Myers and Garbage, VAN RAVEN offers a dark, haunting edge wrapped in memorable, radio‑friendly hooks.
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