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02 November 2019 ~ Comments Off on FRESH FRIENDS FIRST FEST FIVE NEWS FLASH

FRESH FRIENDS FIRST FEST FIVE NEWS FLASH

We’re happy and excited to welcome (back) founding member Yvo to FFF5. He has had a rough year and will give a talk about “Living your dreams, surviving your setbacks”.

FFF5 is on a Saturday this year. Come over early for the first acts and enjoy the food by Guerilla Kitchen Nijmegen.

Like last year we welcome Minor Operation Donations, all FFF5 proceeds go to Brigada De Alter, an independent organization consisting of indigenous people of the Amazon protecting their forests.

Tickets are up for sale! We have temporary “Long time friends”-rate tickets for only 5 euro & everyone under 18 comes in for free!

Poster drawing by Roos Stark, layout by Dark Roast! More announcements soon, keep an eye on the FB event

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09 July 2019 ~ Comments Off on If You’re Not Outraged

If You’re Not Outraged

Today we bring you the 4th edition of our singles series: If You’re Not Outraged! An energetic, urgent track with an anti-fascist message. Critical times still call for critical culture!

Artwork If You're Not Outraged

Extreme right wing ideologies are growing. Alt-right, identitarian movements and populism are proof that the far right wing is on the rise again. Just to be clear: we think that’s a bad thing. As a result the anti-fascist (re)action and movement is growing too. Just to be clear: we think that’s a good thing. Anti-fascism is not a crime!

Check this special page for If You’re Not Outraged via all platforms (Spotify, Youtube, Bandcamp, etc), the lyrics and liner notes. Join us for a Q&A about our new single today (Tuesday, July 9) at 20h00 CET on our Youtube channel.

Video If You're Not Outraged

This is the first release from our recording session with Tim van Doorn at Big Dog Recordings in Antwerp, Belgium, more to come! Mastering by Nico van Montfort at XPZ Sound. The music video is created by Bram Bergs. Single artwork by Ruben Swieringa.


If You're Not Outraged shirt design

Merch

To have appropriate new merch our friend Thomas at Dark Roast adapted a picture of a demonstration by the Neo-Nazi Nordic Reich Party in Växjö, Sweden in April 1985. A Polish-Swedish passerby (whose mother had been sent to Auschwitz) could no longer resist swinging her handbag at the nazis. FairTradeMerch made beautiful organic, fair-trade and vegan shirts of the design. Orders come with free downloads of all our singles, and you can still get older merch with a discount if you use NEWSLETTER25 as coupon code!


If You’re Not Outraged tour dates

Come hear our new single live at the following shows:

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21 June 2019 ~ Comments Off on Working on stuff

Working on stuff

This is more or less a one-off announcement. Read about our upcoming single, check the accompanying merch pre-orders, or find some heavily reduced older merch. Explore Willem’s guitar tutorial series and see our upcoming show dates.

Artwork If You're Not Outraged

New Single

On July 9 we will release our next single! If You’re Not Outraged is a faster and more aggressive song than our last singles. The lyrical content deals with the rise of the anti-fascist movement and its actions, responding to the growth of extreme right sentiments, and how antifascism seems to trigger critical reactions while being a positive force. Our friend and designer Ruben Swieringa created the artwork.


T-shirt design If You're Not Outraged

New Merch

With a new single comes new merch! Thomas from Dark Roast designed a shirt to go with the theme of the single, which can be pre-ordered. Orders will be with you on July 9 and come with a download of the new single. As always: all shirts and prints are organic, fairtrade and vegan.


Reduced Merch Bundles

To make room for new designs we’ll let go of some old designs for a reduced price: 25% off each order over € 20. Use coupon code NEWSLETTER25 during checkout in our web store.


Guitar Tutorial Series

After getting requests about how to play our songs on guitar, Willem did a live playthrough of The Invisible Hand a couple of months ago. The interest and positive feedback led to a second playthrough (of Truth Hits Everybody) and more live videos to come! Check the videos.


If You’re Not Outraged tour dates

Come check out our new single live at the following shows:

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06 June 2018 ~ Comments Off on We’ve stopped making albums, but here’s fresh music!

We’ve stopped making albums, but here’s fresh music!

This might sound like mixed signals, but we want to take a new approach to releasing music. We will of course continue creating new music. But instead of bundling new songs for a new album, we will write, record and send them out to the world one by one. Today we’re pleased to bring you our first new single: Heads You Win, Tails We Lose!

The single on SpotifyAmazon, iTunes and Deezer. Find lyrics, liner notes and the song via all other platforms here.

This song is a response to the current populist wave. Trump is a big idiot and unfortunately part of a worldwide epidemic. The video was shot on the Loud & Rising Tour through the Netherlands with Green Lizard and This Means War last February. The video is put together by our friend, Italian video maker Claudio Stanghellini. Bonus feature: the last ever footage of our old van …

New T-shirts and totes
What’s a new release without new merch? Dark Roast designed the Heads You Win, Tails We Lose artwork and FairTradeMerch printed beautiful shirts. With each shirt comes a download of our new single and a poster of the artwork. Order here!
To celebrate our album Testimony’s 10 year anniversary you can now get Testimony (LP or CD) + a shirt for only 22 euro! Because of popular demand we also restocked on Engage shirts and tote bags!

Heads You Win, Tails We Lose Tour
All upcoming Tour dates:
Jun 08 DE Hamburg, Booze Cruise Fest
Jun 09 DE Herne, Heisterkamp Open Air
Jun 15 DE Golm, Golm Rockt
Jun 16 DE Grevenbrück, Rock n Roll BBQ
Jul 21 BE Westerlo, Kaiser Fest
Jul 27 DE Bausendorf, Riez Open Air
Jul 28 ES Girona, Actitud Fest
Nov 02 NL Eindhoven, The Sound of Revolution
Dec 20 NL Den Haag, Paard
Dec 21 Osnabrück, Bastard Club

Whatsapp updates
You’re not (very) active on social media but want to get updated when we play your area? Send your name and city to +31651708169 and we’ll keep you in the loop.

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03 February 2018 ~ Comments Off on Friend First Fest 2017 after movie

Friend First Fest 2017 after movie

Like the last 2 editions Friends First Fest 2017 was a total blast! 2 days of punk rock fun, friends and bands. Our friend and Italian film maker Ivana Smudja made a recap for those that couldn’t be there. Enjoy, (re)living the good times, hope to see you at FFF 2018!

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