Stoop Kid is the jangly indie-rock project of Jens Rubens. The band was named after a character of the 90’s Nickelodeon cartoon Hey Arnold. In the show Stoop Kid’s an anxious teenager who’s afraid to leave the stoop in front of his house. Childhood memories of getting lost in these cartoons combined with Jens’ own struggles with social anxiety made the name seem like a perfect fit for the project.
After years of playing guitar in numerous punk, hardcore and indie-bands in and around his hometown of Diest, Belgium he felt it was time to share his personal story. Heavily rooted in the local DIY-scene, it only felt natural to do as much as possible on his own at the start of the new project.
