Antillectual

and again, it's been a while, but only because all of us have been so damn busy! mainly we've spent 10 days and nights in the studio to record the most important parts for our new full length album. but we still have to record some piano parts, mix everything and send it to the mastering studio. and then we'll have to see for a way to release this thing. we're talking with several labels about the release, but no decision has been made so far. hopefully it will be out before the end of this year, it should be possible if things get along. in the studio we also shot some video, so you might expect a small video report sooner or later.

other report-talk: the tour report from our u.s.a. tour is now also up on our site in english, please check it out here, you can also find links to the pictures we took on that tour and the videos and diaries we made. have fun! we're also busy preparing our longest euro tour to date, 16 dates together with our friends from static radio. we'll be crossing holland, france, italy, austria and germany. all but one shows are confirmed and looking good, so if you have the chance, drop by and say hello.

we'll also bring a complete new line of merchandise including, shirts, girlies, (zipped) hoodies, stickers and 7"es. and we might play some of the new recorded songs live. no, we will. if you want to check out the tour poster (and spread it?), you're welcome: click here for a big version and a huge version. we don't do small no more. a lot of thank you's to all the "partners" helping us out ons this tour, mentioned on the bottom of the poster. the poster is designed by gemma, check her other amazing stuff!

if you want to order the 7" that was released for the u.s.a. tour you can go to the no idea records site and order it through their distro. for this upcoming tour there will be a tour diary on 3voor12, holland's biggest online music magazine. i'm afraid it will be in dutch, we will see what we can do about that. we hope to update it as much as possible. more than we update this site, we hope.

speaking of which, the new website seems to have some delay, unfortunately. all our time and attention is going to the new record and the upcoming tour. i guess that's it for now, we hope to see you out on tour! 

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here we are, and here are the new songs. you can download them on the top of this page or listen to them at our myspace page. please do so and spread the word! hope you are just as happy with the new songs as we are. it might be your first chance to hear riekus on drums on antillectual recordings? these songs are recorded by nico "ultraruig" van montfort (o.a. face tomorrow, malkovich, instil) at the snowstar studio in panningen in march 2007.

more of the same will follow in late 2007 when we hope to release our new full length through an as-yet undecided label. if you happen to have a label that is interested in getting our music out there, please let us know. if you don't happen to own one, consider starting one?

did you already check out the merchandise offers we put up at the merch section? you can support us getting through the upcoming recordings by buying something from us. we'll take orders from all over the world. please don't buy something from us if you want to prevent us from recording anything at all, ever. 

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this week we will finish the mix of the new recorded songs. we've heard a premix and we're "ultra" excited already. expect a new song online next week. there will be several samplers featuring the new songs as well. we'll keep you posted on those releases.

the upcoming recordings will be very exhausting financially speaking, and therefore we have made some offers you simply cannot refuse, once you checked them out (paradoxal, isn't it?). we are "selling out" because we've invested quite a bit in merchandise over the years and we are gonna need all the cents we can scrape together for the recordings. please check the merch section if you've tried all the refusing but gave in. if you think you have an interesting offer yourself, surprise us and let us know!

we also added some new shows, both national and international. as we told you before (and cannot mention enough), we will be touring the u.s.a. again in july. together with a band called static radio. they will join us in september and october on a european tour to return the favour. if you're interested in having us play in your town, check the shows section and we'll see if we can work something out.

thirdly, all the tour reports have been uploaded and put in the photo section, even if they don't include photo's. some old ones that weren't online before are up now as well, even the 2004 u.s.a. tour report.

and last but not least: there's bob-news! the good thing is: bob is still active behind his drum kit. the bad things is: together with (former) members of last to go, all under age and the shining he plays in a band called "frightening fiction". just kidding, no bad news, it's an awesome band with the coolest scenstars holland will ever produce. their first gig will take place april 19 in de onderbroek in nijmegen together with brat pack and the tenement kids. go check em out since the stuff i already heard is amazing. fast! 

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first of all a big "thank you!" to all the nice people that came to see us in oostende. we got such amazing responses, it was a great show. wuft!

the second "thank you!" goes out to all the people that read our tour report and gave all those nice comments. i hope it made clear we really had a blast on this tour. you can still read it right here.

speaking of which, at youtube you can find some sort of video compilation of our show in l'autan, toulouse, check it here, but don't expect anything fancy. and don't watch it when you're on drugs.

there's an interview online with the people from our label, angry youth records, at punx.nl (in dutch, sorry!). read it and find out how they've become what they are. we recently did an interview with a swedish e-zine called skrutt. they have an enormous amount of interviews online, so you should check their site anyway, but here's the direct link to our interview. take a minute and sit down for it. it will be worth it.

some more foreign news: the belgian sampler from kick ass records has arrived and is for sale through our merchandise section. some other belgian news, how coincidental: the "bobby in a volvo"-online sampler is online as well! you can download one of our previously undownloadable songs and loads of cool european punkrock tunes at their website. expect the long awaited triebwerk sampler in next week.

and last: we have a new show to announce in eindhoven in may. for those who might show up! take care and hope to see you soon. 

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so, just as we promised, we finished the tour report. you can find all the adventures we had in france and spain last january right here . there's even some beautiful pictures. but mainly it's us on them.

and another promise: we have new shirts, girlies, patches and buttons. all for sale through this website. check the merch section if you want to see them and perhaps would like to get your hands on one of those. we also updated the samplers we still have in stock, some new ones there too. send an email for orders.

thirdly, like any other proper band, we have some new shows to announce. yep, the shows section. some really cool ones, and surprisingly, no less cool ones this time.

statistically speaking: we crossed the 30.000 page visitors-line. more than 25% of the people coming from others than our own country. eat that, rita! 

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