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Now that our new album is out and summer festivals have been a blast, it’s time to hit the clubs! We’ll be playing fun shows in Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, and we’d love to see you at one (or more!) of them! To spread the word about this TOGETHER tour we made a music video for Action Reaction. And of course you can still check the album physically and digitally.

We’re very excited to play our new music to friends in cities we’ve been to before, and make new friends in places like Retie and Oberhausen. Expect many tunes from the new album on the setlist! For all tour details, tickets and Facebook events, visit the tour section on our website.

As a bonus announcement we have an Italian tour coming up:
Nov 09 Milano
Nov 10 Verona
Nov 11 Livorno
Nov 12 Torino
More news about that soon…

Wanna book us? Get in touch via email!

Action Reaction

Our friend Bram Bergs made a music video for ACTION REACTION to accompany the TOGETHER tour announcement! When releasing TOGETHER this track got a lot of positive feedback even though we never released it as a separate single. Now we’re making up for that with this great video starring your favorite decadent elitist populists! Check the video on our YouTube channel!

Together

We’re still getting a lot of feedback for our new album! Some really love hearing the singles in an album context, others appreciate the theme and coherence of the album. To get an LP/CD/tape or check it at Bandcamp, Spotify and all the usual sources, visit the album page on our website! Find shirts and other albums in our webshop.

That’s it for now, thanks for reading our newsletter! Don’t be shy, hit reply; we love hearing from you… In the next episode you will find details for the Italian tour, and maybe a tour announcement with dates in the south-west of Europe?
Take care, Ben, Riekus & Willem

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After working on it for 7 years we can finally present TOGETHER! This record became an extensive project, with single releases starting in 2018, a lineup change, 3 recording sessions in 2 different studios, and then the pandemic… We’re incredibly satisfied with the final result, hopefully you too!

Lyrically

Togetherness is the thread that’s weaving through all songs. Capturing the feeling that current day problems can’t be solved if we don’t fight them with combined forces. The release is a Do It Together cooperation of twenty-plus labels by music industry friends we made over the years. All previous digital singles are included in the tracklist. Since the creation of the record was an extensive project we put extra effort into molding the album into a whole. We’re also thrilled that Ian Legge aka the Punk Cellist contributed to Helping Hands! Enough reasons to check TOGETHER in its entirety:

Digitally

We created a landing page with TOGETHER on all platforms and lyrics and liner notes. As always: feel free to add tracks to playlists, follow/like/comment via your favorite DSP and forward it to people with an excellent taste in music. The album is called TOGETHER for a reason!

Physically

One of the advantages of releasing an album instead of individual tracks are the LPs, CDs and tapes featuring the beautiful artwork by Thomas at Dark Roast. Eco friendly, 180gr, transparent green vinyl in gatefold sleeves, digipak CDs, and 25 hand numbered tapes. We also have discount bundles with older albums and shirts. Check our web shop for all options.
If you’re a label and want to add TOGETHER to your distro, get in touch!

Lively

It’s time to play our new songs for you! Come to one of the following to hear the tracks live:

• May 13 DE Limburg-Lindenholzhausen, Limewood Festival
• May 27 NL Nijmegen, Paraplufabriek
• Jun 01 NL Utrecht, ACU
• Jun 02 BE Bruxelles, Drink Drink
• Jun 03 DE Siegen, Vortex
• Jun 17 NL Hengelo, Heng Loose Fest
• Aug 09 SI Tolmin, Punk Rock Holiday
• Oct 05 DE Wermelskirchen, AJZ Bahndamm

Info & tickets via our website, many more dates to follow, get in touch for bookings.

Thanks for reading our newsletter. Don’t be shy, hit reply; we love hearing from you! In the next episode you will find a fall tour…
Take care, Ben, Riekus & Willem

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We’re taking the final step before the full length release: a brand new single and the album pre-order! Check FROM CITY TO CITY and if you like what you hear, pre-order TOGETHER on LP / CD / tape. Check the single, music video and pre-order via our website.

FROM CITY TO CITY

Where touring and critical thinking meet. We always wonder what kind of people we will meet when touring across the world. The advantage of living in a globalizing world is that there’s “great minds thinking alike” on the other side of the world. A disadvantage is that you might be out of touch with your direct neighbor. FROM CITY TO CITY is about feeling connected to people on the other side of the world, while feeling disconnected from people living right around the corner. Even though oceans are keeping us apart, the islands we live on are connected. Bogota, Colombia sometimes feels closer than Groesbeek.

The FROM CITY TO CITY music video footage was crowdsourced at recent shows in Bochum, Wiesbaden, Alfeld, Glauchau, Würzburg, Liège, Nijmegen and on the road in between. Thank YOU for filming, dancing and singing along to a song you’d never heard before! Credits to Jay at Moonboy Films for editing.

TOGETHER

As of now you can pre-order our new album! We’ve got LPs, CDs, Tapes, album & shirt bundles, and limited editions of the album. The tracklist includes brand new musical discoveries and your favorite previously released digital singles within an album context, all in your physical format of choice! Albums come with lyrics and extensive liner notes. LPs are eco-friendly produced and come in a gatefold sleeve with transparent green vinyl, CDs come in a digipak and tapes are limited to only 25 hand numbered copies. TOGETHER comes out on May 2, and your physical copy will be with you on the release date.

Are you a label or someone that wants to do the release/distribution TOGETHER with us? Get in touch!

Release tour

Next to releasing new music physically and digitally, we can’t wait to play our new songs for you! Come to one of the following to hear the tracks live:

• Apr 02 NL Amsterdam, Melkweg w/ No Fun At All Info / FB event
• Apr 03 NL Enschede, Metropool w/ No Fun At All Info / FB event
• Apr 14 NL Amsterdam, Positive Outlook Fest Info / FB event
• Apr 22 BE Antwerpen, Bearded Punk Fest
• May 13 DE Limburg-Lindenholzhausen, Limewood Festival Info
• May 27 NL Nijmegen, Paraplufabriek w/ Two Star Review, Sjonnie en het Talent. Free show/no tix! FB event
• Jun 02 BE Bruxelles, Drink Drink Info / FB event
• Jun 03 DE Siegen, Vortex Info
• Jun 17 NL Hengelo, Heng Loose Fest FB event
• Aug 09 SI Tolmin, Punk Rock Holiday Info & tickets / FB event

That’s it for now! We’ll send a new newsletter when TOGETHER is out, combined with all the release tour dates… Thanks for reading, till next time; Ben, Riekus & Willem

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Finally we can tell you all about our new full length album! The moment we have been waiting for since long, and hopefully you too? TOGETHER will come out on Tuesday May 2nd on LP, CD, tape and digitally. The tracklist includes your favorite previously released digital singles within an album context and brand new musical discoveries, all in your physical format of choice!

TOGETHER describes the state of the world, the music industry and our approach to this album. Current global problems can only be addressed together; Ukraine can’t defeat Putin on its own, nor can we beat climate change without worldwide support. And instead of being a Do It Yourself band we prefer the Do It Together approach. Without partners like independent labels, promoters, bookers and of course the support of our audience we would be nowhere. That also goes for this release: we asked friends running labels, stores, booking agencies to work on this album together. Without them this album is going nowhere. And lastly: even though these songs were recorded in batches and some released digitally, we wanted to put them together on a physical album.

This is our first full length album after 2016’s ENGAGE. Toon and Ben both recorded songs and Ian Legge aka The Punk Cellist contributed cello parts to Helping Hands. The songs are recorded by Martin Beusker at Mailmen studio and Tim van Doorn at Big Dog Recordings, the album is mastered by Nico van Montfort at XPZ Sound, the beautiful artwork is created by Thomas at Dark Roast.

FROM CITY TO CITY

Our last pre-album single From City to City will give you a fresh taste of the brand new songs on Tuesday March 7th. The song was recorded last May with Tim van Doorn at Big Dog Recordings featuring Ben on bass. A beautiful music video was shot by people that visited recent shows. You may already know the song if you were there, now you might see yourself in the music video!

TOGETHER PRE-ORDER

On March 7th the pre-order for the album also kicks off. There will be a limited pre-order edition of the album and bundles with other albums, shirts and more via our webshop. The physical version of the album comes with lyrics and extensive liner notes. CDs come in a digipak, eco-friendly LPs in a gatefold sleeve with transparent green vinyl via us and transparent yellow via labels. A group of 20 labels will co-release the album worldwide so you can order from your favorite local dealer when the pre-order starts. If you wanna be involved in the release/distribution of our album, let us know!

That’s it for now… Our next newsletter will include a new song, a pre-order of the album and release tour dates! Thanks for reading, till next time; Ben, Riekus & Willem

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As the year is coming to a close, it’s time for our end-of-the-year tradition: Friends First Fest! While we’re at it we’ll also spoil some more news about the upcoming album, including a single before releasing the full record. Lastly you’ll find upcoming shows and a free shipping code at the bottom of this newsletter!

Friends First Fest

All bands have been announced and tickets are on sale starting now! If you wanna join us at De Onderbroek in Nijmegen on Thursday December 29, make sure to get a ticket in presale, as it will probably sell out like previous editions. We’re doing flexible rates and kids get in for free, hoping that everyone can join the fun. Keep an eye on the FB event for surprise updates and check our album Start From Scratch, which we’ll play front-to-back!

New album

We’re working hard on the release of our new record. We can’t wait to share it with the world, but we’ll have to wait until the vinyl is ready. Yet, we wanted to show our loyal newsletter readers the beautiful artwork by Thomas at Dark Roast and present the title: TOGETHER! If you come to a show, you can hear a new song live: From City To City. We’re crowdsourcing footage for the music video, so feel free to film us playing it and send it over! And if you’re a label interested in releasing/distributing, please reply to this email!

Upcoming Shows

Because of the new album, we’re taking it easy with shows in the first months of the new year. But we’ve got sweet stuff planned around the spring release! Wanna book us?

• Dec 02 DE Alfeld, Alfeld Rockt Info / FB event
• Dec 03 DE Glauchau, Cafe Taktlos Info / FB event
• Dec 16 DE Stuttgart, JuHa West Info / FB event
• Dec 17 DE Würzburg, Happy Accidents Fest (Immerhin) Info / FB event
• Dec 29 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest #6 FB event
• Jan 20, 2023 BE Liège, La Zone Info / FB event

Free shipping for albums

With a new album coming we need to make some room and get some extra funding, therefore we’re doing free shipping on all album orders! Mention AHOYAHOY in the order comment and we’ll ship it to you for gratis!

That’s it for now, next time we hope to have a new single and album pre-order for you!
Thanks for reading, till next time; Ben, Riekus & Willem

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