Antillectual

HAARLEM, Thursday January 29! Free show at Patronaat, with Third Ego and Rites, this will be memorable

January 29, 2026!

5 years ago, on January 31, 2020, we played Patronaat and that turned out to be memorable too: It would be the last pre-pandemic show and our last show with Toon. Just like the rest of the world we pretty much took a break from live shows for over 2 years. With only 1 show in 2020 and 2021 we returned to playing live in April 2022 at Shred Fest at Waalhalla in Nijmegen with Ben on bass.

2020 and 2026 artwork by the legendary Roel Smit!

January 30, 2020

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We’re kicking off ’26 playing the new dB’s Utrecht and Resistor in Leiden next weekend! Let’s party like it’s 2026! We’ve expanded the ANTILLECTUEEL tour with shows in Dordrecht, Rotterdam, Arnhem and Hoofddorp!

Info & tix at antillectual.com/shows

Jan 09 Utrecht, dB’s. w/ Go Faster Nuns, 2 Star Review, Zakmes
Jan 10 Leiden, Resistor. w/ Coral Springs, Dishes
Jan 29 Haarlem, Patronaat. w/ Third Ego, Rites
Feb 13 Dordrecht, Bibelot. w/ Skroetbalg, Bovendanen
Mar 13 Rotterdam, Voigt. w/ Video Store, De Dikke Kees
Apr 01 Arnhem, Willemeen. w/ All Dogs Go To Heaven
Apr 09 Hoofddorp, To Be Announced. w/ To Be Announced
Apr 11 Zwolle, Skroetfest. w/ Skroetbalg, March, State Power ao

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Photo: Tijs VL

Today we’re releasing our first ever song in Dutch: VOORRANG VOOR RECHTS! A fast song about Dutch politics moving to the right. Part of the Antillectueel EP and accompanied by a nice string of Dutch dates!

Voorrang Voor Rechts

A thrashy song about giving priority to rightwing politics, describing the Rechtsruck happening everywhere in the world, zooming in on the Netherlands. Check the landing page for our new single with the music video, links to Spotify, Bandcamp and the like. Also including a pre-order of the full EP, with lyrics in Dutch and liner notes in English. Artwork by Tessel Dekker from Segolia.

Antillectueel

If “Antillectual” was a real word “Antillectueel” would be the proper Dutch translation. Inspired by a wide range of influences including Nederpunk bands like Seein’ Red, Mihoen, Antidote, Gewapend Beton and many others. But also by an artist like Drs P, polemic, dad jokes, word puns and ramblings in Dutch for 40 years. Pre-order via our web shop.

After expressing ourselves in English for over 20 years and with Dutch politics going crazy it felt equally exciting as necessary to write songs about what’s going on in our neck of the woods. Songs about local symptoms of global developments. The ANTILLECTUEEL EP will come out November 11 as a digital release and a physical release including an orange vinyl 7″ and an insert with lyrics in Dutch and liner notes in English. Artwork by Thomas Mennen.

Voorrang Voor Nederland

Playing Dutch songs live only makes sense in the Netherlands, so kom op! New shows in Eindhoven and Zwolle added, and amazing bands:

Nov 28 Eindhoven, Burgers. w/ EDLP
Dec 05 Den Haag, Musicon. w/ Cooper, Character Actors
Dec 13 Nijmegen, Voorrang Voor Vrienden Veest. w/ Het Tribunaal
Jan 09 Utrecht, dB’s
Jan 10 Leiden, Resistor. w/ Coral Springs, Dishes
Apr 11 Zwolle, Skroetfest. w/ Skroetbalg, March, State Power
Info & tickets via our site. More dates to be added…

TL;DR? New single, new EP, tour!

That’s it for now, thanks for loyally reading our newsletter in times of unreliable social media! We love hearing from you, so don’t be shy and hit reply! In the next episode we’re getting physical, vinylly!

Doei! Ben, Riekus & Willem

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Good things appearing on the horizon: we’re extremely proud to announce a new single! We feel this is our most accessible song to date; you’ll either LOVE or HATE it, there’s no in between…

A nostalgic anthem, resonating with everyone over 20 longing back to their high school days. We’re not old, we’re post teens

Come check our new track live at the first leg of the POST TEENS TOUR:
Jul 04 DE Leipzig, Plaque
Jul 05 DE Zwickau, Störfaktor Festival
Aug 08 DE Düsseldorf, Pitcher
Aug 09 DE Villmar, Tells Bells
Sep 06 DE Sassenberg, Kottenrock

Info & tix via antillectual.com/shows

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We got crazy thrilled when the RECONSTRUCTION TOUR got announced; what a tour, what a lineup! Then we pissed our pants when we got invited to play…

Catch you May 24 in Berendrecht with the legends of Pennywise, Propagandhi, Comeback Kid, The Iron Roses, Dead Pioneers and let’s do some RECONSTRUCTION 

Info & tix via destiny-tourbooking.com

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