Antillectual – Truth Hits Everybody (The Police)

Releasing singles instead of albums gives us the freedom to do different stuff. Our third single is therefore a cover. We’re very excited to present you our new single: Truth Hits Everybody, a cover of The Police!

cover art

Lyrics

Sleep lay behind me like a broken ocean
Strange waking dreams before my eyes unfold
You lay there sleeping like an open doorway
I stepped outside myself and felt so cold

Take a look at my new toy
It’ll blow your head in two, oh boy

Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone

I thought about it and my dream was broken
I clutch at images like dying breath
And I don’t want to make a fuss about it
The only certain thing in life is death

Take a look at my new toy
It’ll blow your head in two, oh boy

Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone

Where you want to be
Won’t you ever see?

Truth hits everybody
Truth hits everyone

Original songwriter / lyricist: Gordon Sumner

Liner notes

We wanted to experiment and record other people’s music. Most of the bands we grew up on are still around or reunited, but we didn’t feel like covering bands that are still active. It was much more interesting to go back one more generation and find early punk songs with a modern melodic vibe to them. Truth Hits Everybody was the first song that came to mind. From the first time I heard it, it felt like something that would match with our own style very well. Not surprisingly the song appeared to be in a key we use a lot ourselves.

Credits: Drums and bass recorded by Emiel Thoonen; vocals, guitars and hammond recorded by Menno Bakker at Amsterdam Recording Company. Mixed by Menno Bakker at ARC, mastering by Carl Saff. Video by Ruben Smulders. Artwork by Andy Dahlström.

Truth Hits Everybody tour

  • Feb20
    Kurz Vorm Kino
    Germany Bottrop
  • Feb21
    JuHa West
    Germany Stuttgart
  • Feb22
    Immerhin
    Germany Würzburg
  • Mar14
    Beyond Borders Festival (Gängeviertel)
    Germany Hamburg
  • Mar15
    Westen
    Germany Verden
  • Mar19
    Druckluft
    Germany Oberhausen
  • Mar20
    Tante Anna
    Germany Saarbrücken
  • Mar21
    Tiko
    Germany Erfurt
  • Mar22
    Schokoladen
    Germany Berlin
  • Apr4
    Dynamo
    Switzerland Zürich
  • Apr5
    Heizhaus
    Germany Nürnberg
  • Apr6
    Kofmehl
    Switzerland Solothurn
  • Apr8
    Pitcher
    Germany Düsseldorf
  • Apr10
    TBA
    Germany TBA
  • Apr11
    Stumpf
    Germany Hannover
  • Apr12
    Knup
    Germany Oerlinghausen
  • May17
    Punk Meets People Festival
    Germany Haldern
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