Antillectual

While we’re booking ferry tickets, renting cars, getting a stand-in bass player ready and generally keeping busy preparing for tour, there’s still 3 dates to be filled for this tour:

08.10.2011 – France, Netherlands, Belgium
09.10.2011 – Netherlands, Belgium, Germany
10.10.2011 – Belgium, Germany

If you would be willing to book us and Static Radio in any of these areas, please get in touch with George at No Decline Booking. Thanks!

And guess what: the first show of this tour will be with the almighty Get Up Kids in Sneek. Looking forward to that one!

“Overwhelming” and “heart warming” are the best words to describe all the support, the kind words and of course the applications we got so far! It is very cool to get messages from people all over the world wishing us the best searching for a new band member. On top of that there are quite some people that actually want to join our band! From young to old, boy to girl, Dutchy to North American, we got all sorts of people responding. There is no doubt we will succeed finding a great addition to our band.

And for those of you still in doubt; if you feel like joining us or know others that should, get in touch with us!

We are very sorry to spread the news that Tim has decided to quit playing bass for us. Our band and his solo work are impossible to combine without one of them being neglected. We regret Tim’s leaving, but understand his decision. Since being in this band is simply too much fun, we are on the lookout for a new bass player. If you feel like joining our band, or know someone that might be interested, get in touch with us!

To make clear what kind of input we expect from our future bass player and what he or she can expect in return, we have some points of interest:

Input:

• be a 100% dedicated member of a full time band, on and off stage
• play bass, do (backing) vocals
• weekly practice in Nijmegen
• preferably have a driver’s license
• preferably own bass gear, though we can sort this out in the beginning

Return:

• a steady touring schedule of around 100 shows per year, 90% outside of Holland
• the chance to travel the world, meet friendly people and play/tour with a lot of bands
• 2 dedicated fellow band members, and a reliable network of helping hands
• the opportunity to work on songs for upcoming albums
• an old but very steady-going Mercedes sprinter band van

To be clear: all upcoming confirmed shows and tours will be played, either by Tim or by stand-in Koen (formerly Of No Avail, Facing Down, Close Second).

“Our band could be your life!” Anyone interested in taking part, please get in touch!

One of our most – if not most – memorable tours has come to an end. We got the chance to play in front of a lot of people and had an incredible time doing so. We owe eternal thanks to Boysetsfire and their crew for having us on their tour and making us feel at home on the road. At least the same amount of thanks go out to Destiny Bookings for getting us on the tour in the first place and thinking along. Thanks to Letlive for being crazy guys both on- and offstage. A lot of thanks to all promoters, venues and other people who did the shows, fed and hosted us. And of course, most thanks to all people that came out to the shows, whether they knew us before or not, giving us a good time on stage! Reactions never have been so overwhelming!

A report of what went on during this tour can be found here. It is all “From the back of the vans” together, with the last new episode on the bottom and some additional pictures.

Some videos shot by other people can be found at our Youtube page under favorites. In case you have some pictures or videos of our shows, let us know!