Antillectual

Those of you who are active on Facebook or Twitter might have noticed already: we have been spending some time in the studio. Last week we started the recordings of our third full length album. We are recording 12 brand new songs with our brother Nico van Montfort, who also recorded Testimony and Pull the Plug. Speaking of which: 2 of the songs we are recording were also on that EP, but we are using proper amps now.

So last week we managed to record all the drum and bass tracks in just over 4 days. We will be returning to the Erock studio to work on guitar and vocals next week and the week after that. We have not planned a release date yet, as we are still figuring out details on who will release it. Recordings should be done by the end of March, hopefully it will not be too long before you can get your hands on this album.

To put it mildly, we are absolutely stoked to finally get these songs recorded. If you want to keep up with what we are doing in the studio, consider ‘fanning’ us on Facebook or following us on Twitter. We will be sending out updates regularly.

Below is a little video that summarizes the first 4 days (including English subtitles). Hope you like what you hear.

video on youtube

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Hey everyone, what’s up? We have been laying a little low on our updates, basically because we are working our asses off booking the last dates for our tour with After the Fall, writing new songs and all that.

In the meantime, let us share a new song with you. It is one of the songs that will end up on our new record and it is our first song ever with a Dutch title: “Kraken gaat door”. It is derived from the slogan of the Dutch squatting movement and translates to something along the lines of “squatting continues”. While the Dutch government is working on legislation to make squatting illegal, we think it is more important than ever to point out what benefits we all have from the squatting movement. For example, a lot of popular venues in the Netherlands originated from the squatting movement (Melkweg Amsterdam, Doornroosje Nijmegen to name a few). Somehow people tend to forget this and rather speak of squats in a negative tone..

Well, here goes. This video was shot recently at the Skatefest in Olen (BE), by our friend Tom of Smash the Statues. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhHYiDHjEm8

(you can skip straight to the song at 1:07 if your Dutch is not too good)

Keep an eye on your e-mail inbox in the next week, as we will be sending out a fine newsletter

Oh, and if you have any options for shows on October 9 or 10, please hit us up!

Oops: apparently, Tom didn’t film this (he’s in the pit somewhere), so it must have been our friend “rental” Thomas. Thanks Noam and Tom for noticing

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ANTILLECTUAL News Letter May 2009: ANTILLECTUAL PULLS THE PLUG

– Release acoustic 7”
– Euro tour May
– New songs, recordings and other stuff

Release acoustic 7”
In March we recorded 4 songs (2 old, 2 new) on acoustic guitars and percussion. We’re very happy with the result and are proud that Shield Recordings and No Reason Records release them as the “Pull the Plug” 7”. The release date is set on July 5. If you want to get colored vinyl and a chance to win a test pressing, pre-order the single at shield recordings . It will also be available as a download from July 5 just like our debut album “Silencing Civilization”. The EP will include a download code for MP3’s and will first be available at our acoustic show at Knoflook in Den Bosch (NL) together with Mischief Brew, aka our acoustic EP release show. If you are curious what we sound or even look like acoustic; check out these live clips: http://www.vimeo.com/3836932 and http://vimeo.com/3836906 or download a song here

Check out a video interview we did (in Dutch) and some more acoustic songs here: http://www.lopendvuur.nl/2009/04/15/podcast-aflevering-3-lva-antillectual/

Euro tour May
To continue our amplified journey we planned a tour in a new direction. It will be our first time in Poland and the Czech Republic. As you can see we’re still in need of 3 shows. If you can help us out: please do!

May 20 NL Eindhoven Aloys. w/ All for nothing, Redemption falls, Never say never
May 21 Ger Göttingen JUZI. w/ Les Aligned, Malt Liquor Riot
May 22 Ger Erfurt Café Tiko
May 23 Pl Trzebiel Klub Trzebiel
May 24 !AVAILABLE!
May 25 !AVAILABLE!
May 26 Ger Dresden AZ Conni. w/ when we fall
May 27 Cz Republic Prague 007 Club
May 28 A Wiener Neustadt Bandhouse
May 29 Ger Zwiesel Jugendcafé Zwiesel
May 30 Ger Chemnitz AJZ Let’s fight white pride-festival. w/ Seein red, The now denial, Trainwreck, more
May 31 Ger !AVAILABLE!

New songs, recordings and other stuff
Furthermore we are really busy and actually past halfway writing a new album that we will record in October and will be released early 2010. Labels get in touché! If you want to support us by buying time in the studio, please consider visiting our shop  and check out a lot of nearly sold out models. Until that time we are, and will always be, looking for new shows and tours (also acoustic!) to try out our new songs.

Other upcoming shows and tours:
Jun 6 NL Gemert, De Bunker w/ Smash the Statues, New Pokerface
Jun 10 NL Nijmegen, Doornroosje w/ The Gaslight Anthem
Jul 4 NL Meppel, Unite It Festival
Jul 5 NL Den Bosch, Knoflook *Acoustic release show* w/ Mischief Brew
Jul 23 Ger Kamen JKC
Jul 24 !AVAILABLE!
Jul 25 A Pöllau bei Hartberg, Club 81: Scream Out Festival. W/ Rentokill
Jul 26 Ger München, Sunny Red/Feierwerk

For more news, links to our social networks, our political interests, our personal updates and what not, please keep checking our website

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While we are constantly focusing on new tours and a new release, it's sometimes fun to take a look into the past, in what I like to call our 'shoebox': a huge archive of tour videos, some of which end up being edited into reports . Browsing through the shoebox, I found this little video of our show at Fest 7 , on our last USA tour. Hope you enjoy the video as much as I did.

Antillectual at Fest 7, part 1

Antillectual at Fest 7, part 2

Antillectual at Fest 7, part 3

In other news: due to all kinds of activities (writing songs, touring, fixing our beloved van etc..), we haven't really been able to slap together tour videos lately. We are currently looking into ways to work together with people who enjoy doing this. More about that later.

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And we're back! We had a fine tour through Germany. Been to a lot of new places and met up with old friends. On top of that played some good shows and got some people in touch with our music. The perfect tour-combination. In Muelheim we did an interview with Get addicted. Go here to find a review and a video of the show. Featuring a new song! The interview will be up soon I guess. All in German. For us a piece of cake after a week over there. What's next …

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