Antillectual

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!

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.

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.

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:

• Jul 13 DE Hormersdorf, KNRD Fest
• Jul 21 NL Zaanstad, Haltpop
• Jul 26 DE Hamburg, Markthalle w/ Propagandhi
• Aug 02 BE Duffel, Brakrock
• Aug 10 DE Lingen, Abifestival / Lautfeuer
• Aug 10 NL Amsterdam, Melkweg w/ Descendents
• Aug 24 DE Bergen, Ein Festival Der Vielfalt
• Sep 13 DE Köln, Sonic Ballroom
• Sep 20 DE Göttingen, einsB
• Sep 21 DE Berlin, Heart Attack Fest
• Nov 23 DE Alfeld, Alfeld Rockt
• Dec 07 DE Jena, Rosenkeller
• Dec 28 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest

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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.

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.

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:

• Jul 07 NL Utrecht, dB’s/Revivalfest
• Jul 13 DE Hormersdorf, KNRD Fest
• Jul 20 NL Zaanstad, Haltpop
• Jul 26 DE Hamburg, Markthalle w/ Propagandhi
• Aug 02 BE Duffel, Brakrock
• Aug 10 DE Lingen, Abifestival / Lautfeuer
• Aug 10 NL Amsterdam, Melkweg w/ Descendents
• Aug 24 DE Bergen, Ein Festival Der Vielfalt
• Sep 13 DE Köln, Sonic Ballroom
• Sep 20 DE Göttingen, einsB
• Sep 21 DE Berlin, Heart Attack Fest
• Nov 23 DE Alfeld, Alfeld Rockt
• Dec 07 DE Jena, Rosenkeller
• Dec 28 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest

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Our new single is out today! Finally we can present you the music and the accompanying video for The Invisible Hand Meets the Visible Fist! Merch with the artwork is now also up for regular sale via our site and available at our upcoming tour dates. This is our second single, so we officially have a “series” now!

The Invisible Hand Meets the Visible Fist

Check our new single on Spotify, Youtube, Bandcamp or your channel of choice via antillectual.com/theinvisiblehand. Listen, download, buy, spread and add it to your playlists! The Invisible Hand is an ode to conscious consumers in a capitalist world: a world dictating you to either produce commodities under sketchy circumstances or buy them. The song is recorded at Mailmen Studio and mastered by XPZ Sound, the video is created by Younique Film.

The Invisible Hand Shirts and Zippers

Order The Invisible Hand Meets the Visible Fist merch – organic, fair trade & sustainable – created by Daggers Design. With each order come stickers, posters and a download of the new single. Previous designs are still available, including package deals with our 10-year anniversary album Testimony.

Speaking of Testimony …

Friends First Fest 2018

The end of 2018 is near, and that means Friends First Fest is coming up. We’re thrilled (and a little scared!) to announce that we will play a special TESTIMONY set, consisting of our 10 year anniversary album in its entirety, completed with more recent singles! We’ll be playing songs we never played live before from your favorite album*! Tickets are on sale now and come with a free Testimony download! We will announce other bands and details over the next weeks.
*By us, from that year?

The Invisible Hand Meets the Visible Tour

Of course we want to play our new single for you! Come to one of the following to hear it live:

• Nov 02 NL Eindhoven, The Sound of Revolution w/ Propagandhi, Dag Nasty, Life of Agony, more
• Nov 17 NL Groningen, Lola
• Dec 01 DE Ibbenbüren, Rocktage
• Dec 08 DE Kiel, Schaubude
• Dec 20 NL Den Haag, Paard w/ No Fun at All
• Dec 21 Osnabrück, Bastard Club w/ No Fun at All
• Dec 22 DE Hamburg, Punkalicious Christmas Festival (Hafenklang)
• Dec 29 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest (De Onderbroek)
• Jan 30 NL Arnhem, Luxor Live w/ Pussy Riot

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Hopefully you all had an incredible summer with lots of music and nice weather! We had an amazing time releasing Heads You Win, Tails We Lose and playing festivals all over Europe to spread our new single. But summer has come to an end and it’s time to bring you some fresh music and accompanying shows!

The Invisible Hand Meets the Visible Fist

We will release our new single “The Invisible Hand Meets the Visible Fist” on October 30! Musically it might seem a mellow track but its content is heavy nonetheless:

“In a world where politicians govern their nations as companies, citizens are reduced to customers. We are left with little more influence than our spendings. Let’s use that mechanism and “celebrate” the crisis’ 10th birthday by making our purchases with even more care about who we support financially. We, the extras in the neoliberal narrative, should address them in the only language they understand and let our money do the talking. Strategic purchases, consumer strikes and boycotting companies whose policies we don’t agree with are our only bribe to get a foot in the door. Show the invisible hand of the market the visible fist of the people. Merry 10 year crisiversary!”

Pre-order new shirts and Zippers

Starting now you can pre-order The Invisible Hand Meets the Visible Fist merch. Daggers Design created the artwork for the single and the merchandise. Pre-orders end on October 7! Previous designs are still available, including package deals with our 10-year anniversary album Testimony.

The Invisible Hand Meets the Visible Fist Tour

Of course we want to play our new single for you! Come to one of the following to hear it live:

• Oct 11 DE Dortmund, Bierschinken Eats FZW
• Oct 13 DE Rees-Haldern, Butze Am Reitplatz
• Nov 02 NL Eindhoven, The Sound of Revolution w/ Propagandhi, Dag Nasty, Life of Agony, more
• Nov 17 NL Groningen, Lola
• Dec 01 DE Ibbenbüren, Rocktage
• Dec 08 DE Kiel, Schaubude
• Dec 20 NL Den Haag, Paard w/ No Fun at All
• Dec 21 Osnabrück, Bastard Club w/ No Fun at All
• Dec 22 DE Hamburg, Punkalicious Christmas Festival (Hafenklang)
• Dec 29 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest (De Onderbroek)
• Jan 30 NL Arnhem, Luxor Live w/ Pussy Riot

Still hot: Heads You Win, Tails We Lose

Unfortunately we can’t give you any audio of the new single yet. But this might be a nice occasion to play our most recent single Heads You Win, Tails We Lose? Thanks for all heartwarming reactions to the song and our new “singles approach”!

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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 Spotify, Amazon, 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
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