Antillectual

Anti-Flag is releasing  a series of 6 EPs in celebration of their 20-year existence. “20 years of Hell” features re-recorded versions of their songs and one new song. The band invited 6 bands to appear on the B-sides of the EPs. Guess who will appear on the 6th and last issue of this series? Yours truly indeed!

We contributed “Soundtrack” and “To All Members of Parliament” that previously appeared on “Perspectives & Objectives”. A-F Records will release the split that is limited to 500 copies, but we will have some limited, imported copies available in our webstore as well.

Side A
Anti-Flag – Close My Eyes (new song!)
Anti-Flag – The Ghosts Of Alexandria

Side B
Antillectual – Soundtrack
Antillectual – Mother Inferior

You can order a copy from us right here

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Better late than never, especially when it’s a killer review like this one: Punknews.org wrote a review of our latest album “Perspectives & Objectives”. The people who coined the term “orgcore” gave us 4 out of 5 stars and As melodic Europunk goes, this band has to be up near the top of the pile. Read for yourself

Related to the latter, and old news to those who receive our newsletter: we recently released “Perspectives & Objectives” as a pay-what-you-like download. For those interested in physical copies, check our webshop, or for cheap shipping to North America and Australia check the A-F Records store.

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We’re extremely happy to present to you: the music video for Pink Print, the second single / music video from “Perspectives & Objectives”. It includes a lot of rolling (and falling) fun. Thanks to Suck City Rock’n Roller Dolls for performing and Ivo van Aart for producing. Check it out and spread the word!

This song criticises the role of women in todays society in general and girls in the music scene in particular. Despite all efforts and good intentions few women participate in music, actively and passively. Roller derby is a typical example of how women can have a different role in a young and active scene.

PINK PRINT

I would hate this to sound sexist: “This goes out to all the girls”
So few here, girlfriends, wives and cooks. From the back of the room, only here for the looks?

I hoped we could provide a safer alternative in this gated community
But it seems we’ve failed
Contrary to popular beliefs girls are not just donuts.
How we warn our daughters shows how civilized we are

What do you expect, examples given and standards set?
How we treat our maids shows how civilized we are

Stop burning the witches, burn our blueprints on their stakes
And use the second sex’ craft to bake a pink print for a change

Liner notes:

Girls in our scene are underrepresented, in both audiences and bands. When playing with (partly) female bands or in front of an equally mixed audience I often feel like addressing them. What always holds me back are other bands dedicating songs to girls, “This goes out to all the girls”, for all the wrong, sexist reasons. It would be cool if girls at shows were not only welcome for their looks, boyfriends or cooking skills, but also just for being there or for their music. I think a lot more girls would eventually join in. “From the back of the room” is a documentary about actively involved women in the punk/hardcore scene.
Girls and women in our society aren’t treated much better. There still is a lot of sexism, hidden or not. A very recent example is the scandal of Dominique Strauss Kahn raping a black maid and getting away with it. Not because he was innocent, but because the girl wasn’t “credible” enough.

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Two weeks ago we started this reference challenge. We realized it was quite something to ask people to actually read and think about song lyrics. But it was fun to see people actually do it and come up with interesting (and sometimes unintended) references. Thanks for thinking along!

Tim Jansen from Zuid Scharwoude (NL) came up with most correct references, as you can check below. He wins a discography+shirt. When we release another album we will repeat this challenge with fresh lyrics and references, so keep an eye out!

Winning references:

With Gaga On Our Side refers to With God On Our Side by Bob Dylan

Mother Inferior > Mother Superior by Good Riddance

Waste = Food > An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore

Chinese Takeover > Chinese Democracy by Guns ‘N Roses

So Much More > Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue

Benefit of the Doubt’s “Socrates always was right” > “I know that I know nothing” by Socrates

Another Guide’s “produce what you can and consume in so far you need” > Karl Marx

The Dog Ate It! > Dividing Lines by Adhesive

Spoken quote before I Hope You Got My Letter > The Shawshank Redemption

Welcome To Le Jungle > Welcome To The Jungle by Guns N Roses

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As you might know, there’s 2 things we love a lot: 1) using references in our songs 2) giving away things. Let’s combine!

We will send a discography package (CD/LP) + T-shirt to the person finding the most intended references in our songs. You may include songs from all our albums, using both musical and lyrical references. 2 examples: Song title “Welcome to Le Jungle” refers to the Guns ‘n Roses song “Welcome to the Jungle” (who would’ve thought?!). The intro of “The Dog Ate It!” is a musical quote from Adhesive’s “Dividing Lines”.

You can find all our music and lyrics on our website.
Please email us your references, admission closes on April 1st, no joke!

So, Bring It On!

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