Antillectual

dear all, this week we got back from our longest, best, warmest, hardest and most american euro tour we did so far. we've had great times together with the static radio boys in all the beautiful countries and cities we went to. on the other hand we suffered the worst experience a touring band can experience: a van breaking down. between toulouse and montpellier the van decided not to shift gears anymore. well, stuck in third gear you won't get far, but just like your mom managed to arrange replacement transportation. if it wasn't for mom we'd have to cancel the rest of the tour. with the new transportation (two vehicles actually, a car and a minivan) we could finish the rest of the tour. even though we have to offer our most sincere apologies to the people in montpellier who came to the show and for who we came in too late (we only had a 6 hour delay because of the van breaking down). hopefully we'll be back in montpellier soon to make this up! but for the rest this tour was better than any other tour we ever did. never before did so many people come to the shows, did we sell so much merch and were people singing along in tune this much. thank you to all contributing to this, both people organizing and showing up. if you want to read in detail how everything went, read on at our 3voor12 diary (all in dutch unfortunately, an english version will be posted on our site soon!). if you want to watch some pictures we and static radio took, please go here. a video report will be posted later.

other news: we have some more shows in our own country to announce, and since the show in nijmegen was such a succes even though some people couldn't make it, we'll be playing again in nijmegen december 20, at de onderbroek. also we'll be playing in one of our other hometowns, leeuwarden. check the shows for more dates.

on the tour we brought some new merchandise, new zippers, hoodies, t-shirts, girlies, stickers, 7"es. and there are some leftovers we brought back home. please check the merchandise section if you're looking for a 7" or a new sweater to confront the cold winter. one zipped hoody design is not online yet, next time it will be. we also have new sampler offers. just to let you know.

and, since we just got back from tour, we're working hard on our next tour. this time we'll be hitting the u.k. and germany again. if you can and want to help us out, you're more than welcome. please check the shows section for available dates.

last but not least, next week the final master of the new album, testimony, will be back from the studio. we're still talking to several labels about the release. as soon as any confirmations are in you will read it here. as for now, it looks the record won't be out before the new year though. 

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 yeah, sorry for that. the site just felt like it needed to be update again. mainly because we will be on tour pretty soon and we want all available information to be correct. so all the other playing bands and all venues are up to date as much as possible. if you have more info that needs to be online, let us know. for the tour kick off in merleyn you can win tickets to get in for free and get a free 7" as well. if you go to as ice hardcore e-zine or punx.nl you have to answer a question and you might get in for free if you're lucky.

we are terribly sorry that we are not playing bologna any more. the gig got cancelled because of a big demonstration that will be held because of the eviction of a squat in bologna. people were asked not to organize shows on that day to garantuee a high turn out for the demonstration. so we hope the demonstration turns out alright to support the punk/squat scene in bologna so they can exist for many more years and organize a lot of good stuff. we have played bologna twice and those were some of our best shows, we hope that we are able to come back soon! for that day we found another show in pieffe factory in gorizia, eastern italy. of course we are looking forward to play there as well!

since we are here anyway: yesterday another amazing gig got confirmed: november 30 in winston kingdom in amsterdam with the already almighty enemy alliance (ex-satanic surfers/venerea) from sweden. we are happy to play that gig as you can imagine!

and last but not least, a news update about the "community" that surrounds antillectual: angry youth records is working on a split 7" featuring new dutch punk bands as brat pack, the real danger, union town and the tenement kids. square of opposition records is working on the distribution of their new 7"es including ours and yo man go's (ex-hypatia) and looking for labels all over the world to trade and sell wholesale. our 7" is available through interpunk.com (just like our full length) and ebullition records. reviews should be in soon. just like your mom is maybe busier than we are. check the schedule on their myspace account. they are driving bands like the datsuns, bambix, high five drive, the addicts and giving chase; and at that booking shows. some one is showing off there! suzette design turned into hi-fibre, she's currently working on our new website, which is gonna look amazing! or at least better than her own … ok that's enough. for now. talk to you tomorrow! 

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 dammit. this is the first update after our u.s.a. tour with static radio. and even though we've been back for 2 weeks now, it's still going through our heads all the time. the whole trip was extremely overwhelming. almost every night we played at a cool show, the reactions we got each show were really positive, we got rid of all the merch we brought (we actually sold it!) and the new 7"es just flew out of our hands. it's amazing to see how a nation with such a "bad reputation" has so many awesome people and such an inspiring scene. we're very happy the way this tour turned out, it was better than we could have ever hoped for. a lot of "thanks you!'s" go out to the people without who this trip wouldn't have been half as much fun: our new friends and tour buddies from static radio. great people, grand band. also, a big "thank you!" goes out to chris from square of opposition records who helped us out with the 7"es and other merchandise. the list of people we want to thank is endless, so we won't go there, but a lot of people did a great job making us feel at home, moms and dads included.

if you want to read, hear and/or see all about our tour, there are some reports online already. check out the 4 reports we made for reload magazine here (words in dutch, videos in dutch and english), check the videos (dutch and english) on our youtube account , check a full report in words (dutch) and pictures (universal) on www.musicfrom.nl , all pictures can be found on our picasa page. and last but not least the full tour report will appear in english on this site soon.

going from the one outstanding project to the other; next week we will be entering the studio to record our sophomore full length album. we can't wait to get into the studio and lay down the tunes we've been working on and playing live the last months. during our stay in the studio we will bring a video and photo camera, so expect some reports being made. only if we get bored, that is! in the mean time, listen to our old songs and the demo recordings we made in march. there's no relaese date for this new album yet, expect it at the end of this year.

we managed to get some new shows as well, both on the transatlantic tour and in holland. please come and check them out, we'll be playing with cool bands like in-sane (slo.) again!

finally we hope to see you at our tour kick off in the merleyn in nijmegen on friday september 28. you can buy the 7" at the door for 1 euro extra. last chance. 

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again it's been way too long since our last update. but again, we've been busy as hell with all sorts of band related stuff. even some shows! 2 days ago in france was amazing again, met the nicest people in the smallest town in france. and we met "iveco", just like your mom's latest gadget that you can sleep, watch d.v.d.'s and get transported in.

there will be a new website in september, more updates for sure by that time. in france we played the 2 last songs that we had to finish before recording so we're totally ready for both touring and recording. how about that?

about the transatlantic tour, all shows for the american leg are confirmed, some venues to be announced, but we're ready to go. for the european part of the tour we're still looking for 3 dates to be filled. if you can and want … you're more than welcome of course … about that tour, reload magazine is going to publish tour reports we will make for them. check the announcement at www.reload.nl and keep checking back to keep up to date.

the 7" that will be released through square of opposition records and glory days of youth records is finished and seems to be très bad ass. we can't wait to hold our first little piece of vinyl in our own hands.

if you're interested in listening to our "old" album, please go to our pure volume page and listen to the complete album "silencing civilization" in high quality.

at the show we played in venlo may 27 bas brader made some beautiful pictures and he wrote a nice review on his site. we actually made it to "Photo of the Month – June 2007". please check out the pictures and what he wrote on www.picturebeautiful.net.

the not tour related shows have been quite a problem lately. our show at the trashfest got cancelled due to … yeah, what was it? and the show we were supposed to play in oostende (bel.) with set your goals and no trigger got cancelled because of … euhm … well, indeed: the same. are we getting screwed over again without noticing it? but; finally down to earth, we have a new show in our own country, in a place we love: breda! the hall fest, come check us out please! any other slots to fill on your line up? let us know! [insert bad joke about slots/sluts here] that's it for now, hopefully the next 3 weeks will be just as good for you as they will be for us! take care.

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you can't even imagine the responses we got in reaction to the new demo recordings! we knew it took us way too long, but it seemed worth it for sure. we're so happy so many people are just as happy with the new songs as we are. the reactions to the other new songs that we've played live were heart warming as well. the last few shows were really uplifting and positive, we're looking forward to what is ahead so much! now all we have to do is trick a label and get the new record out there, easy as that.

well, priorities: the last days we've been working on the music and lyrics of the last 2 songs that will appear on the new album. that might have been the reason why this new update took so long. hopefully the songs will be ready right in time to perform them live on our u.s.a. tour and play them into the right shape for recording in august.

actually, we already have a new release set: for the first time in our existence a 7" with our music will be released. the label responsible for it is the pennsylvania based square of opposition records. the 7" will feature the three new songs and three songs taken from our last full length. the 7" will only be available through square of opposition records and on our u.s.a. tour dates.

there's quite some new shows on the shows section. both for the 2 upcoming tours as some individual shows. we're very happy that we got asked to play at the almighty trashfest again this year. and even happier that it will be in relation to the release of a anti-g8 sampler by grassroots projects. please check the new shows out and drop by if you get the chance.

also, we were asked to participate in an animal rights benefit sampler called "defend our friends" that will feature minor bands like ignite, good clean fun, samiam, closedown, latterman, i-farm, crane, planes mistaken for stars. i hope they're any good?

with all this talk about new jack shit, you'd almost forget about our last album that still receives amazing reviews. the belgian insider magazine posted a nice review on their site that you can check at our music section. also bobby in a volvo made a review a while ago just as sputnik magazine. please, check the reviews in our music section. added last are the last in line.

ok, this turned out to be quite an update. i guess there was much to mention, after a month without updates. we're also working on a new website which might be a little downer updating this old wreck, next to the fact that were just busy with other band stuff. but that's good. take care! 

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