Antillectual

Shit is hitting the fan. After a period of single shows, festivals and writing music, we’re back out there with our new “Future History” EP and a tour through North and South America.

Future History EP

We will record a new full length album this winter and release it spring 2013. In preparation we have been writing, rehearsing and recording new music over the last months. In anticipation of the new album we are releasing an EP with 2 new songs and 2 bonus tracks on September 28th. “Future History” will be released in cooperation with Shield Recordings, Destiny Records, No Reason Records, Lockjaw Records and Angry Chuck Records throughout Europe and Russia. Here’s a little preview of what to expect:

We are taking pre-orders for the EP:

• The new EP + ALL our other releases (CD or LP) + shirt of your choice + tote bag for 35 euro
• The new EP + shirt of your choice for 15 euro (incl shipping within Europe!)
• The new EP for 5 euro

Americas tour

With a release of “Start from Scratch!” in both the USA and Brazil it is about time to go there. What better occasion than The Fest XI to do so? Before we play Fest we will be touring from Canada to Florida with After the Fall, Anchors and The Stereo State. After Fest we will fly out to Brazil for another leg of dates.

• Oct 16 CAN Montreal, QC; Lesco w/ Prevenge, After the Fall, Anchors
• Oct 17 USA Albany, NY; Fuze box w/ Cancer, Bad Friends, After the Fall, Anchors
• Oct 18 USA Rochester, NY; Elixer w/ Weight we Carry, After the Fall, Anchors
• Oct 19 USA Worcester, MA; Ralphs w/ Smartbomb, After the Fall, Anchors, the Stereo State, headliner TBA
• Oct 20 USA Manhattan, NY; ABC No Rio, Saturday Punk Hardcore Matinee. w/ After the Fall, Anchors, the Stereo State
• Oct 21 USA Brooklyn, NY; The Place w/ The Marine Electric, After the Fall, Anchors, the Stereo State
• Oct 22 USA Philadelphia, PA; Mother’s. w/ After the Fall, Anchors, the Stereo State
• Oct 23 USA Washington, DC; Rass Hall w/ After the Fall, Anchors, the Stereo State
• Oct 24 USA Richmond, VA; Empire w/ Worn in Red, After the Fall, Anchors, the Stereo State, headliner TBA
• Oct 25 USA Wilmington, NC; Soapbox, Southbound and Down Fest. w/ None More Black, The Snips, Banquets, Dirty Tactics, After the Fall, Anchors, the Stereo State, more
• Oct 26 USA Gainesville, FL; Fest XI w/ Propagandhi, Lagwagon, Good Riddance + 250
• Oct 27 USA Gainesville, FL; Fest XI w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Polar Bear Club, Latterman + 250
• Oct 28 USA Gainesville, FL; Fest XI w/ Astpai, Despite Everything, Leagues Apart + 250
• Nov 01 BRA Porto Alegre, RS
• Nov 02 BRA Urussanga, SC; Ventuno Pub
• Nov 04 BRA Novo Hamburgo, RS; Abbey Road bar
• Nov 06 BRA Florianópolis, SC; Mustafa Bar
• Nov 07 BRA São Carlos, SP; Palquinho da Ufscar
• Nov 08 BRA Guarulhos, SP; Musical Bar
• Nov 09 BRA Santos, SP; Tribal Club. w/ End of Pipe
• Nov 10 BRA São Paulo, SP; Hangar 110. w/ End of Pipe
• Nov 10 BRA São José dos Campos, SP; Hocus Pocus. w/ End of Pipe
• Nov 11 BRA Vitória, ES; Bar Pós Graduação. w/ Bullet Bane, Blackjaw, Surra, Auria, Inerte, Trace

Whipping Post Music

From September on we will be cooperating with Whipping Post Music for our BeNeLux bookings. Get in touch with our friend Frank to help us out “live”. Around the release of our new album next spring we plan to hit the BeNeLux soil hard.

More shows

• Sep 1, Bunkfest, Willemstad
• Sep 22, Breakfest (Megaland), Landgraaf. w/ Destine, Kraantje Pappie, Dope DOD, Midnight Souls, As Enemies Arise, Hofbuskers, Two Days Left, Major Tom, Fallen One, I’ll Pick You Up, As Heavens Collide, more
• Nov 28 – Dec 2 Italy Tour w/ Bedtime for Charlie
• Feb 1, Juz Dampfmühle, Verden. w/ No Good Intentions, Substanz P

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We have some cool shows coming up the next few weeks:

JUL 19 NL De Onderbroek, Nijmegen. Herfstfeesten, benefit for The Black Fish: w/ Brat Pack, Through the Struggle
JUL 20 DE Südwinsen Festival, Südwinsen. w/ Fiddler´s Green, Ratatöska, H.O.R.E., more
JUL 23 NL Iduna, Drachten. w/ Ignite, Sparky’s Revenge, Vittu
JUL 27 DE Pfleghof Open Air, Langenau. w/ Benzin, Settle Down, Invaders, Friends & Liars
AUG 10 BE Kloemprock, Bunsbeek. w/ A Wilhelm Scream, Off With Their Heads, MXPX, Straightaway, Atlas Losing Grip, Gino’s Eyeball, more.

On top of that we are working on some more cool shows to be added and we are finalizing our upcoming EP. If you want to support us funding our recordings, consider our temporary “discography-discount“; all releases+shirt for 30 euro.

After selling out most books, Typewriter distro provided us with some fresh food for thought. Including obviously books, but also zines, DVDs, folders, stickers and more. Interested in their items? Come to a show, or visit their online store.

Meanwhile we inventoried all re-releases of the last months and updated our little store as well. We added a new T-shirt design and put up a discography-discount. A what? A discography-discount: order all newly available albums (as CDs or LPs) + a shirt of your choice for  30 euro (excl shipping). That’s 3 full-length albums, an EP and a T-shirt. This offer won’t be up for long, so get it while it’s cool! Or just browse our store to see if you can support our future recordings with a purchase.

News about new recordings, releases and tours will follow.

Hey, what’s happening? It’s been kind of quiet on our side lately, but don’t let that fool you! Lots of time was spent on the recordings of our new EP over the last weeks. More news about that soon.

In the mean time we’d like to give a big Thank You to everyone who took the time to design a tour poster (or several) and send that over to us. Thanks! While we originally planned to pick a new design after June 10, we’ve decided to give it a little more time. The designs we’ve received so far are great, and we’d like to see if there’s even more cool designs out there waiting to be discovered. So, if you planned on sending in a poster, but found yourself short on time, we’re still accepting posters until June 25th. Everything you need to know can still be found right here.

Thanks again, and we promise: no more procrastination now 🙂

Aspiring designers: we need your help!

To promote our shows all over Europe and the rest of the world, we are in need of new tourposters. We’ve designed a couple of these ourselves in the past, and we are running out of stock. Instead of relying on our own (fairly poor) design skills, we figured we’d give it a try and see if someone else could help us out. Here’s your chance!

We won’t be doing this without a favor in return, of course. So here’s the deal: whoever sends us the coolest design will be rewarded with a nice merch-package (shirt + CD / Vinyl + some extra goodies) and 2 guest list spots for 2 shows of your choice. Besides that, your posters will be stuck on walls all over the world, and you are free to include your name / website on the poster.

Sound good? Here’s some guidelines:

• Send your design to tourposter@antillectual.com before june 10, in low resolution
• While designing, keep in mind that we will need to print this poster LARGE! DIN A2 is what we aim for, but alternative formats are an option: extra long, extra wide
• The final design will need to be 300 DPI CMYK color / Grayscale
• Leave some free space on the poster for our signatures bookers to add their show info (see example below)
• Our band logo can be found here (black on white) and here (white on black)
• Use whatever you like: album artwork, photos, your mom’s backyard wall.. But please respect intellectual property when using other people’s material

Other than that: go crazy! Please don’t let the guidelines ruin your creativity..

This is the poster we are using now, just for reference.

(click for LARGE version)

After june 10, we will announce the winner of this little design play-off.

We appreciate your help very much! Looking forward to your contribution