Antillectual - From City To City music video
TOGETHER (2023)
by Antillectual
Lafrech
paulmccarney
timothek
matthew27
rubonon
Clement Sigonneau
TheZetner
Andrew Stallmann
Shaun Green
alftrude
nilsen
chiaraxviale
Laurent GENOT
qby
leftovermike
towussen
hyemsflo
josephdbryan
metalheadx
brunascle
Sean Cunningham
stevenwussow
degio_60
drinnian
yxen0m0rphy
Christoph Albers
punkrog
martinmayes
Peter Glover
kugemouse
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Record/Vinyl + Digital AlbumPre-order our new album TOGETHER as gatefold LP! Your physical copy will be with you on the release date May 2nd. LPs are eco-friendly produced and come in a reversed cardboard gatefold sleeve with 180gr transparent green vinyl and lyrics and extensive liner notes.
Includes unlimited streaming of TOGETHER (2023) via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.ships out within 1 day€20 EUR or more
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Compact Disc (CD) + Digital AlbumPre-order our new album TOGETHER as Digipak CD! Your physical copy will be with you on the release date May 2nd. The CD comes in a reversed cardboard Digipak with a booklet for the lyrics and extensive liner notes.
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T-Shirt/ShirtAs of now you can pre-order our TOGETHER shirt. In black or yellow, in regular & tight fit and in various sizes. Your order will be with you on the album release date May 2nd.
The design is the artwork of our 2023 album TOGETHER. White print on black fabric. Fair trade, organic and vegan. Shirt: Stanley Creator, design: Thomas at Dark Roast, print: fairtrademerch.
These shirts use “dual sizing”, taking sizing differences across the world into consideration. For instance: an EU large is the same size as a US medium. Want a roomier baggy fit? Follow the US sizing.ships out within 1 day€20 EUR or more
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T-Shirt/ShirtAs of now you can pre-order our TOGETHER shirt. In black or yellow, in regular & tight fit and in various sizes. Your order will be with you on the album release date May 2nd.
The design is the artwork of our 2023 album TOGETHER. Red print on yellow fabric. Fair trade, organic and vegan. Shirt: Stanley Creator, design: Thomas at Dark Roast, print: fairtrademerch.
These shirts use “dual sizing”, taking sizing differences across the world into consideration. For instance: an EU large is the same size as a US medium. Want a roomier baggy fit? Follow the US sizing.ships out within 1 day€20 EUR or more
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TOGETHER limited edition tape
Cassette + Digital AlbumPre-order our new album TOGETHER as tape. Your physical copy will be with you on the release date May 2nd. Tapes are limited to only 25 hand numbered copies.
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Together
03:43
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How did we get to this point? Who got us into this mess?
No one to blame but ourselves and the way we progress
We’ve been cutting ties, pursuing independency
We’ve been telling lies, inflating individuality
These strategies are useless in the end
It’s better to start looking for a friend
Together
Is the only way to make things better
Is the only way to help each other (out)
It is a chain reaction, let’s embrace our dependency
It is a call for action, give up soloist tendencies
It’s better to start looking for a hand
‘Cause we are the people, populists are not
Fighting the fever, it’s getting too hot
What matters is profit, the people do not
Fighting the fascists, will get you shot
Supporting the movement, sing them a song
Othering people, right versus wrong
Divided minorities, tagging along
Caring for all those, reacting so strong
We can only get ahead if we stick together
I’m finding out what matters in the end
It’s better to start looking for a hand
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Hard-fought electoral merits vanished into hollow sway
A bribe seems our last ammunition, consumer strike, strategic pay
Your invisible hand will meet our visible fist
Trust me we’ll take a stand, together we will resist
Fashion victims wearing t-shirts paraphrasing human rights
Made by valid fashion victims who lost their shirt working the night
Orgies of consumer porn
The best things in life aren’t things at all
Life in debt since we were born
The best things in life aren’t things at all
First shots always come for free
Honey traps in search of prey
The house will always win as you can see
We won't give up, we won't give in
It's your system that we're living in
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Action Reaction
03:00
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You might be right about the problem
Creating more for few, less for most
You're surely wrong about the solution
Caring more for you, less for those
Struggling at the end of the month
To them apocalypse means nothing at all
Every action is a reaction
Acts of despair, no influence
Weapons of the weak, self defense
Now the times they are ashaming
You sold them for the highest bid
If you’re not wrong, you’re just an asshole
You made them pay for all of it
The silenced bottom half
To them an average means nothing at all
You could have seen it coming
You never saw through their eyes
You never understood
You say they caught you off-guard
You never walked a mile in their shoes
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They promised us the world
Would be a global village
Instead of one community
Divided lands of opportunity
Parallel lives lived in one single universe
Separated from those that came off worse
From city to city
Isolating the periphery
Disconnected life
On our island
Without a notion of the others
From the center to the outpost
We forget to lend a hand
From the east coast to the west coast
We forgot our hinterland
This connected life
From town to town
All these connected lives
In the ocean
On the horizon
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Othering
02:33
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Masturbating to identity, disrespect for what’s off-beat
I’m not a sexist or anything, some of my best friends are &$#@*
Growing up on prejudice, stranger, danger lesson one
I’m not a racist or anything, some of my best friends are &$#@*
I’ll keep denying it
Not a sexist, racist, homophobe
From denial, awareness, to a fight for hope
No matter what, I’ll keep denying it
Institutionalized privileges, obstruct our analysis
I am not a homophobe, some of my best friends are &$#@*
I am aware of it
But at least, I am aware of it
Always out of shot of getting hit
We’re in the right spot to kick this shit
Care for what we’re not till all admit
We have got to start fight, let’s start fighting it
Now that we know, we can start fighting it
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We get the leaders that we deserve
Heads you win, tails we lose
What the fuck has happened, post apocalyptic wake up
I’ll never drink again, I just can not believe what’s hitting us
Idiot tsunamis, surging corpocratic stickup
Political pollution, posers, populistic buzz
Selling out the people that you claim to speak for
Heads you win, tails we lose
Fuck this game, your placebo news
The White House lead by Wall Street, main street left out in the gutter
The coach of the three comma club serving B-sides of society
Power brings responsibility like a big brother
Instead we get dictators, trapped in our democracy
Fuck this game and your fake excuse
Disgracefully you tear down what was built
It seems as if you’ve never heard of guilt
Unfortunately you’ll never be billed
For all the hard fought progress that you killed
Fuck this game and your crooked views
Half full glasses always get refilled
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Remember back when the earth was not flat-lining
Us gas guzzling down the great autobahn
All airmiles well spent, frequent flyers shopping duty free
Now the plane’s going down, inflight programs still on
As the temperatures rise
Is this fever the problem or a cure in disguise?
Now this is the end of life and how it used to be
The ship’s going down with the band going strong
The fever’s the problem, not a cure from the sky
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Support Bands
03:22
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A pamphlet no matter how good is never read more than once
But a song is learned by heart and repeated over and over again
Here we are
Here with comfort and helping hands
Ethical support bands
Fuel to flame the fire
Preaching to the choir
Support the movement, fight a standstill
An armor with our weapon of choice in contemporary churches
If we can’t expand our army, let’s hope its harmony emerges
Do you really think you will change anything?
We don’t do this to change someone that disagrees
We don’t do this to change stubborn nemeses
We do this so the people will not change us
Missionary work you call treasonous
Fuel the popular dissent with us
Sleep now in the fire
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I can't believe we’re having this conversation again
Can’t understand or imagine how you’re not appalled by them
Deductive thought and research show what side you’re on bitter man
Was The Resistance, their views, too extreme for you too back then?
For once and for all: this is a zero sum game
If you’re not outraged then I don’t understand you
If you’re not outraged you’re not paying attention
Dog whistling your purebreds, your pitbull pack, bloodhound gang
But you’re barking up the wrong tree, you inglorious bastard
We’ll never know what being privileged is
We’ll never learn how lucky we are, because we are
We’ll never know what being entitled is
You don’t know what we’ve got till it’s gone
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Helping Hands
03:21
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Growing up alone it seems to be your destiny
To do things on your own and be your own community
Meet me at the intersection of harmony and dissonance
A declaration of dependency on others with significance
Wanna face these crises alone?
No single simple solution
We are relying on our strings attached
All spun so tight, almost fusing
Helping Hands
We’re allies and associates so you won’t fly under the radar
As spies and as ambassadors we’re here to serve and to defend you
We’re in this together, cannot do this alone
Depend on each other, cannot do this on our own
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about
This is our first full length album after 2016’s ENGAGE. The tracklist includes brand new musical discoveries and your favorite previously released digital singles within an album context!
TOGETHER describes the state of the world, the music industry and our approach to this album. Current global problems can only be addressed together; Ukraine can’t defeat Putin on its own, nor can we beat climate change without worldwide support. And instead of being a Do It Yourself band we prefer the Do It Together approach. Without partners like independent labels, promoters, bookers and of course the support of our audience we would be nowhere. That also goes for this release: we asked friends running labels, stores, booking agencies to work on this album together. Without them this album is going nowhere. And lastly: even though these songs were recorded in batches and some released digitally, we wanted to put them together on a physical album.
TOGETHER describes the state of the world, the music industry and our approach to this album. Current global problems can only be addressed together; Ukraine can’t defeat Putin on its own, nor can we beat climate change without worldwide support. And instead of being a Do It Yourself band we prefer the Do It Together approach. Without partners like independent labels, promoters, bookers and of course the support of our audience we would be nowhere. That also goes for this release: we asked friends running labels, stores, booking agencies to work on this album together. Without them this album is going nowhere. And lastly: even though these songs were recorded in batches and some released digitally, we wanted to put them together on a physical album.
credits
released May 2, 2023
Antillectual is Willem (vocals & guitar), Riekus (drums & vocals) and Ben (bass & vocals). Ben recorded tracks 1, 4, 8, 10 and Toon tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9.
Credits for the creation of this record go out to: Adrian from Mayleaf and Roos for pre-producing. Tim at Big Dog Recordings for recording and mixing [tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10]; same goes for Martin at Mailmen [for tracks 2, 5, 6]. Nico at XPZ Sound for mastering. Wendy at Big Dog for contributing guest vocals, Ian The Punk Cellist for the beautiful cello parts. Thomas at Darkroast for the amazing album artwork and Done by Tjeerd Derkink for the back photo.
Antillectual is Willem (vocals & guitar), Riekus (drums & vocals) and Ben (bass & vocals). Ben recorded tracks 1, 4, 8, 10 and Toon tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9.
Credits for the creation of this record go out to: Adrian from Mayleaf and Roos for pre-producing. Tim at Big Dog Recordings for recording and mixing [tracks 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10]; same goes for Martin at Mailmen [for tracks 2, 5, 6]. Nico at XPZ Sound for mastering. Wendy at Big Dog for contributing guest vocals, Ian The Punk Cellist for the beautiful cello parts. Thomas at Darkroast for the amazing album artwork and Done by Tjeerd Derkink for the back photo.
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Antillectual Nijmegen, Netherlands
Antillectual from Nijmegen, the Netherlands plays a socially conscious, melodic blend of music, ranging from ‘90’s skate punk to ‘00’s emo and ‘10’s orgcore. Creating their own unique blend of stolen riffs and borrowed song titles, while carrying the torch of European punkrock. ... more
shows
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Oct 04Hildesheim, Germany
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Oct 05Wermelskirchen, Germany
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Oct 06Kiel, Germany
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Oct 07Oberhausen, Germany
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Oct 26Hamburg, Germany
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Oct 27Hannover, Germany
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Oct 28Berlin, Germany
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Dec 01Cologne, Germany
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Dec 29Nijmegen, Netherlands
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Mar 29Manchester, UK
discography
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May 2023 -
May 2020 -
Nov 2019 -
Jul 2019