Antillectual

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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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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It feels incredible being an active band again! The first run of shows we did was amazing: kicking off at our own Shred Fest, joining Bad Religion at Paradiso and supporting Pussy Riot in these troubling times. The rest of 2022 looks quite promising, and 2023 won’t be too bad either… did anyone say “album”?

First of all: we previously announced “an army of bass players” instead of one single person joining us. But after playing shows and discussing the situation with Ben and Gijs we mutually agreed that Ben is our dedicated full time bass player! We’re very thankful that Gijs helped us out in the meantime!

Upcoming Shows

We’re very excited to see you in real life:

• Sep 03 DE Ulm, The Broken fieldset. Info / FB event
• Sep 24 DE Saarbrücken, Studio 30 Fest. Info / FB event
• Oct 28 BE Leuven, Het Depot. w/ Heideroosjes (sold out!) Info / FB event
• Oct 29 FR Le Havre, McDaids.
• Nov 11 Available
• Nov 12 DE Bochum, Turbo Fest (Die Trompete). Info / FB event
• Nov 19 DE Wiesbaden, 12 Jahre Keep It A Secret (Kreativfabrik). Info / FB event
• Dec 02 Available
• Dec 03 DE Glauchau, Festival/Cafe Taktlos.
• Dec 17 DE Würzburg, Happy Accidents Fest.
• Dec 29 NL Nijmegen, Friends First Fest #6. FB event
• Jan 20, 2023 BE Liège, La Zone.

Wanna help out with the “Availables” or book us some other time? Get in touch!

New Album

In 2018 we promised/threatened that we had stopped making albums. But we kept getting requests for a physical release. So after releasing a handful of digital singles we are very excited to announce a new release to our penfriends! A full length album bundling the singles and extra songs. The album is almost done, but we can’t announce a release date yet because vinyl delivery times are crazy long. We aim for a spring release, fingers crossed! We will keep you up to date, you’ll hear it here first!
(If you’re a label interested in releasing/distributing, please reply to this email!)

Merch

After selling out the Bijstand Mural shirts so quickly, we decided to make some extra, and include the Cheetah design, since a lot of people liked those as well. Find them together with our LPs/CDs, discount bundles and other goodies in our webshop!

That’s it for now, next time we’ll share more concrete news about the new album!
Thanks for reading, till next time; Ben, Riekus & Willem

PS: have you seen our TikTok hit yet? 666k people can’t be wrong, right?!

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It’s time to reveal a big chunk of info for SHRED FEST at Waalhalla in Nijmegen on April 2nd: Dick Perrie and Patch The Sky are coming to shred with us! Both are brand new bands formed by scene legends, bringing you a delicious mix of rock, grunge and punk. You can now get tickets, which include access to the skatepark and gear to skate!

More band, afterparty and skate updates still to come…

Poster artwork by Dark Roast

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