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On August 23rd we will release our new album “Perspectives & Objectives”. After announcing all those amazing summer shows prior to the release, we thought it is about time to inform you a bit more about this album.

Like we did with our previous album we will stream all songs before the official release date. One by one, week per week: the first song will be up on June 21st. That date we also start taking pre-orders for albums (CDs and LPs). Pre-orders will be limited packages, including nice goodies and you will receive a stream of the new album immediately after placing your pre-order. Definitely the way to get your hands on the new stuff first.

The artwork more or less speaks for itself. It is once again done by David Finke from FairTradeMerch, the picture is taken by Christian Pankratz.

The album will feature 10 songs:

1. Soundtrack
2. Welcome to Le Jungle
3. With Gaga on Our Side
4. Work Horses vs Show Ponies
5. Pink Print
6. To All Members of Parliament
7. Future History
8. Bullies
9. Mother Inferior
10. Books

Of course we are not alone in this. So far the following labels have confirmed cooperating on this release:

Suburban Records (Benelux)
Destiny Records (Germany, Austria, Switzerland)
No Reason Records (Italy)
Angry Chuck Records (Russia)
Undermusic Records (South America)
Destroy It Yourself (Portugal)
Lockjaw Records (United Kingdom)
5FeetUnder Records (Scandinavia)
Effervescence Records (France)

To celebrate our new baby we will throw a nice release festival in our hometown Nijmegen on August 23rd. It’s going to be a cool festival at Doornroosje with Just Like Your Mom providing vegan food, Typewriter Distro providing mental weapons (books that is) and Shield Recordings providing physical music. Nijmegen is only 5 km away from the German border, so there’s no reason not to cross it! Oh, and there are also bands playing:
– Lawine (Yvo is our old bass player, this is his new band)
– Dead Giveaway (Koen filled in on bass for us in 2011. This is his new band with Riekus on drums)
– 3 more TBA (including more former bass players)

But, before all that will happen we have one of our most anticipated tours coming up in July, together with Propagandhi. And some more crazy shows getting ourselves and everybody else ready for the release:

JUN 22 ITA Palermo The Island’s Revenge Festival (Rocket Bar). w/ Whales’ Island, Lineout, Malemute Kid

JUL 04 NOR Arendal Grand. w/ Propagandhi
JUL 05 NOR Trondheim Verkstedhallen. w/ Propagandhi, Rifu
JUL 06 SWE Gothenburg Sticky Fingers. w/ Propagandhi
JUL 08 GER Bochum Matrix. w/ Propagandhi
JUL 09 FRA Paris Petit Bain. w/ Propagandhi, Homer
JUL 10 FRA Toulouse Dynamo. w/ Propagandhi, Bias
JUL 11 FRA Marseille Molotov. w/ Propagandhi
JUL 13 SLO Tolmin Punk Rock Holiday. w/ Propagandhi, Millencolin, Strike Anywhere, Anti-Flag, Astpai, Atlas Losing Grip, H2O, Implants, Madball, Mute, Snuff, Suicidal Tendencies, Swinging Utters, The Menzingers, Waiting for Better Days, many more
JUL 14 GER München Antifest (Backstage Werk). w/ Anti-Flag, Strike Anywhere, ZSK, Radio Havana, The Computers, Apologies I Have None, Radio Havanna

JUL 17 NL Amsterdam Winston. w/ Strike Anywhere, The Minority
AUG 11 NL Tilburg 013. w/ NOFX
AUG 23 NL Nijmegen Doornroosje Release show “Perspectives & Objectives”. w/ Lawine, Dead Giveaway, 3 more TBA
AUG 24 BEL Duffel Ecofest. w/ Teenage Bottlerocket, Downset, Belgian Asociality, Archetype, This Kid, Toxic Shock, Momma Knows Best, Face the Fax, Harsh Realms, The Reeves, The Sex Toys, Knalselder, more

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Yesterday, we released our 6th studio effort “Future History”. Together with a bunch of friends and the up-and-coming melodic punkrockers of Harsh Realms we celebrated this in a cosy rehearsal-room in Utrecht. We sure had a blast and would like to thank those who joined us. Tom Roelofs was kind enough to take some pictures, which can be found on our Facebook page. Also, many thanks go out to everyone who pre-ordered the EP!

So, with the release date behind us, it’s time we unleashed the EP upon the world. As of yesterday, you can stream the entire EP on our  website, listen to it on Spotify, or download it from iTunes. If you prefer your music digital, you can buy the EP from us directly through bandcamp for € 2.

The first reviews are coming in too. If your Dutch or Italian is any good, check what 3voor12 and Rock Rebel Magazine have to say about it.

More updates about the EP will follow as they come in. For now, we hope you enjoy your vinyl, digital download or the stream. The EP can be ordered right here.

To our German friends: hope to see you next weekend when we come over to Kassel and Bremen. To our Canadian / USA / Brazilian friends: we’re looking forward to seeing you very soon!

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Alright, so we have calmed down a little after releasing our new album on November 1st and touring France after that. How are you doing? The feedback so far has been more than mind blowing and jaw dropping. Below you can find some feedback that reached us, some interviews we did and some reports of what has been going on the last weeks. If you know of more reviews, interviews or the like, please inform us! And of course you can still download all our music including our new album (for free or for a donation) at music.antillectual.com or order a CD or LP at our webshop. Let us know what you think of it, speak freely.

To promote our new album we are gonna play live a lot. See “SHOWS” for all shows, including our “Release Benelux Tour”. Some shows we want to emphasize, in order of appearance:

Dec 3 NL Nijmegen Merleyn RELEASE SHOW “START FROM SCRATCH!” w/ The Real Danger, This Routine Is Hell

Jan 5 GER Available! w/ Red Tape Parade
Jan 6 GER Augsburg Ballonfabrik w/ Red Tape Parade
Jan 7 GER Available! w/ Red Tape Parade
Jan 8 GER Berlin Scherer8 w/ Red Tape Parade, Man the change
Jan 9 GER Available! w/ Red Tape Parade

Jan 13 NL Groningen Eurosonic / Noorderslag: Shadrak, Main w/ Turbostaat, Kvelertak, De Staat, Death Letters, Destine, Kensington, MakeBelieve, Only Seven Left, The Opposites, and so many more … (January 15 we will play acoustic at Eurosonic/Noorderslag for Live in Your Living Room)

As you can see we are still looking for some shows and confirmations for our German tour in January. Where should we drop by? Let us know!

For Dutch blog Eerste Hulp bij Plaatopnamen Riekus reported how we set up, executed and received feedback on our streaming project around the release. For Dutchies interested, read the third part of the trilogy! A lot of people, zines and other media have been writing about us lately. Here you can find a selection of those pieces:

Interviews:
Our interview at Punkfiction (in French)
Our interview at Noize Italia (in Italian)
Our interview at Dagheisha (in Italian)
Our interview at Roar Ezine (in Dutch)

Reviews:
Rockrebelmagazine (in Italian)
Longliverocknroll (in Italian)
Metalorgie (in French)
xBethereorbesquarex (in French)
Roomthirteen (in English)
Massmovement (in English)
Shakezine (in English)
Rockfreaks (in English)
In-your-face (in German)
Track4 (in German. 5 out of 5 stars!)
Tristesse (in Finnish)
Revolution-music (in Danish. 6 out of 6 stars!)
Punx.nl (in Dutch)
Roarezine (in Dutch)

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