tuesday, 15 april 2008 coming thursday we will kick off a new tour that will take us throughout the netherlands. please check out our tourdate section for more information.
tuesday, 15 april 2008 coming thursday we will kick off a new tour that will take us throughout the netherlands. please check out our tourdate section for more information.
tuesday, 12 february 2008 welcome to our new website! 3 yeah's for our webmaster joris jan and our designer lucas, they made our day! enjoy!
monday, 4 february 2008 on www.troostprijs.com you can join volkoren's silverteam and start promoting the album in your own city. we really appreciate all your help!
sunday, 3 february 2008 in february our new single 'i need to break your heart' will be released. the full album of course comes in a beautiful limited edition packaging and will be available in march. how we made this package, can be seen at our myspace site.
friday, 1 february 2008 starting today you can get troostprijs digitally on itunes, youmakemusic.com and many other downloadsites.
thursday, 31 january 2008 soon, yes very soon. we will release our new full length called 'troostprijs'. good news for all people that don't understand dutch: even though the title sounds dutch. this album will be fully in english. we've been told that our new albums sounds like a perfect blend between 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' and 'the silja symphony' with additional new flavours, like brass and heavy drums of course. well, i guess you can only judge that for yourself. on our myspace site we have a new song up for you.
wednesday, 31 october 2007 finally our new album has been mixed and mastered. all this in the mailmen studio of martijn groeneveld in utrecht, the netherlands. the new album will be called 'troostprijs' and again will be released in a very special and limited edition, more info about the package soon. even though the album title is dutch (like our debut) the songs will all be in english. the album is set to be released in the spring of 2008.
friday, 24 august 2007 today minco will spin 10 of his favorite records at jaap boot's cantina show at radio 6 (vpro). check them out between 12:00 and 14:00
wednesday, 22 august 2007 check out our new tourdates at the tourdates section, we'd love to meet you all again.
tuesday, 21 august 2007 most of our new merchandise has been sold out before we had a chance to put it online. our webmaster will put some jpg's of the new hoods, shirts and pins online soon. in the meantime you can mail: erik@atthecloseofeveryday.com to pre-order your copy of the reprints.
monday, 30 july 2007 this summer you can check out a new documentairy (rijmelarij en dergelijke) on us, made by the vpro. more info at: http://3voor12.vpro.nl/artikelen/artikel/35818302
friday, 6 july 2007 you can check out our 3voor12's lift session (including a new song!) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ogmgldkyow
friday, 6 july 2007 or why not check this nice one made by a guy called 'johnathan': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhog6jcsff8
thursday, 21 june 2007 type in: www.myspace.com/unstatuesque and check out 'o welk een vreugde' by our friend dialect. one of the most beautiful tracks if we may say so.
saturday, 19 may 2007 leaves you puzzled will hit japan and the usa. on the 11th of july the artunion group will release leaves you puzzled as a special double cd edition (including the original pieces) in japan. darla will release this release a bit later in the usa
thursday, 17 may 2007 if you haven't checked out our new album yet, you might like to go to www.3voor12.nl. the full record is available there. it's free and you will loads of other great cd's on the 'luisterpaal'.
thursday, 22 march 2007 those of you who have been to one of our concerts, might have find out that we have new line-up. unfortunately jan-erik is no longer part of the band, our new bassplayer is bart looman of audio transparent. bart is doing a very good job, we couldn't have wished for someone better. come and check him out today and tomorrow, since groningen and zwolle will be our last dates of this current tour.
tuesday, 20 march 2007 tonight our new website will go online. thanks to our webmaster joris-jan and 150watt designer mark our site is filled up with beautiful leaves. cheers everyone!
monday, 19 march 2007 thank you for coming out to our shows last weekend. we had a great time.
friday, 16 march 2007 our new album just came in! oh and how we love it. it's not officially out yet but if you drop erik@atthecloseofeveryday.com a line, he will ship them to you asap.
friday, 23 february 2007 leaves you puzzled will see the light of day in april. the last remix of spinvis came in yesterday and we totally love it, the stuff will be send to the printers on monday for us to have the new album ready on the coming tour. come and meet us on the road, we'd love to meet you again.
thursday, 4 january 2007 the 'december shirt' will be printed soon, most of you voted for 't is dwingelandij waarnaar dit riekt, ja tot op het bot verziekt' of the song uffelte. those who voted for that phrase will receive that shirt next month for free.
saturday, 30 december 2006 tomorrow is your last change to send in your suggestion for the december shirt. drop informatie@volkoren.com a line with your favorite phrase of 'de geluiden van weleer'. the shirts will be printed in january and they will be send to those who voted for the winning phrase!
thursday, 5 october 2006 we are receiving remixes of our songs for our upcoming record every week now. it's such a joy to hear what every artist did with our tracks. for instance, solex came up with a crazy beat, hood twisted it all around and donato wharton made us almost not even recodnize our own music! we hope you will all enjoy it as much as we do. the album is planned to be released in the spring of 2007
monday, 28 august 2006 thank you all for coming out to the gig with spinvis in brussel. we had a great evening, we hope you did to.
saturday, 26 august 2006 coming monday we will perform in brussels, together with spinvis on the 'botherhammen in het park - festival'. this will be our first gig with a new bassplayer, come and check us and our new friend out if you are in for a melancholic party on a rainy monday evening!
tuesday, 1 august 2006 the july and august shirs are available at 3voor12.nl.
thursday, 8 june 2006 'september grass' (live at studio brussel) will appear on the new duyster compilation (released by pias). other artists on this cd are: a.o. mum, sebodah, calexico, sigur ros, arab strap, pinback, jose gonzalez, iron & wine. you can order this one and part one at www.youmakemusic.com
tuesday, 6 june 2006 right now we are working on our new album. this album is planned to be released early 2007 and will be a remix album featuring totally different versions by some fine artist of songs of songs we recorded in the past.
thursday, 1 june 2006 the phrase of the june shirt is: spreek zacht, 't is gefluister, verraderlijkheid luistert of the song 'o welke een vreugde'. how to get it? check www.degeluidenvanweleer.com
saturday, 20 may 2006 minco just did an interview with the slagwerkkrant (dutch drummersmagazine). you can read all about his ideas, skills, influences etc in the coming issue which will appear at the end of july.
thursday, 18 may 2006 yesterday minco did an interview with the vpro radio. he spoke freely about their upcoming new album. check out www.3voor12.nl if you want to hear all about it.
wednesday, 17 may 2006 minco just wrote lyrics and recorded it for a song called 'hetta' of stafron hakon from iceland/denmark (www.shakon.com). currently the album is being mixed in the u.k. the album will be released later this year on resonant records.
monday, 8 may 2006 the live version of 'september grass' (recorded at studio brussel) can be found at the new duyster (part 2) compilation together with bands as sigur ros, múm, death cab for cutie and pinback. the album will be released on the 29th of may. more info soon....
monday, 1 may 2006 "wat mijn geest bemint is wat mijn vlees ontbindt 't hellend vlak" is the phrase of the 'may - shirt'. to get yours for free, simply order our latest album here.
sunday, 30 april 2006 coming weekend we will give a special concert at the play festival in haselt. it will be without jan-erik (bass) and it will be very quiet, kinda like our 'zalig...' days. we hope to meet you there.
tuesday, 11 april 2006 in may we will perform at the playfestival in hasselt, belgium. just so you know....
sunday, 9 april 2006 if you want the 'april t-shirt' with the phrase: "waar is die mens die op mij let, mij adem geeft en mijn ziel bezet 't hellend vlak" go to www.degeluidenvanweleer.com and find out how to get it.
wednesday, 22 march 2006 this week you will be able to a free shirt of at the close of every day at the oor.nl site. the 'march' phrase is 'onthef mij van het aanzien des persoons'.
thursday, 16 march 2006 unfortunately michiel could not make it to the last shows, nevertheless we had a great time on tour and hope to meet many of you again during the coming weekend when we will perform in rotterdam, enschede and tilburg.
wednesday, 8 march 2006 we are happy to welcome michiel (the lead singer of solo) who will join us on our coming benelux tour. michiel will sing, play organ etc. just see for yourself.
tuesday, 7 march 2006 hi everyone, we are looking extremely forward to playing again the coming week. so, we hope to meet many of you at groningen, arnhem, brussels or zwolle. we hope this finds you well.
monday, 6 march 2006 the phrase for the march shirt will be 'onthef mij van het aanzien des persoons' taken from 't hellend vlak. keep and eye on www.degeluidenvanweleer.com and www.volkoren.com to get your copy. collect them all, yeah!!
tuesday, 28 february 2006 twentyfive of our newest 'february - shirts' with the phrase 'mijn schoon is schijn en bedrog mijn zijn' will be given away at the volkoren festijnen in brussels, arnhem and zwolle. mail volkoren your name and size and check at the volkoren booth at the volkoren festijnen if you are the winner of a shirt.
monday, 13 february 2006 'mijn schoon is schijn en bedrog mijn zijn' is the phrase of the shirt of february taken from the song 't hellend vlak.
tuesday, 17 january 2006 thank you all, who came out to meet us at last weekends' gigs in the netherlands. we had a great time, we hope you did too.
monday, 16 january 2006 our first (january) shirt was called: 'alles stil om mijnent wil, voor vandaag'. our february shirt is on the way, check www.volkoren.com where you can get yours.
friday, 13 january 2006 2006 will bring you 12 different and limited shirts with all different sayings from our latest album 'de geluiden van weleer'. more info at www.degeluidenvanweleer.com
thursday, 24 november 2005 we will support stuart staples (the frontman of tindersticks) at the 013 in tilburg on the 13th of january.
wednesday, 23 november 2005 at www.3voor12.nl you can vote for 'duizend jaar' at the song of the year contest. thanks for your support!
wednesday, 23 november 2005 we will perfom at the noorderslag festival on the 14th of january, together with meindert talma, spinvis and many others. hope to meet you there.
wednesday, 2 november 2005 coming friday you can read an interview with us in the national newspaper called 'de volkskrant', soon another interview can be found in a belgium newspaper called 'de morgen'. we hope this finds you well.
sunday, 23 october 2005 we came back safe from a nice tour in spain. we'd like to thank alvaro, roberto and everyone else for giving us a great time. we hope to meet you again in march '06, when we come over to tour spain again.
wednesday, 19 october 2005 finally the 12'' record (plus live ep) of the silja symphony is back in again.
wednesday, 19 october 2005 http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/magazines/news/index.jsp?portals=2534202&magazines=10719222&news=24498528 if you'd like to listen to the interview the vpro did with minco.
friday, 30 september 2005 the word is out... we are gonna perform in the netherlands this year. it will be one gig only and it will be in the ekko in utrecht on the 29th of october. hope to meet you there.
tuesday, 13 september 2005 soon you can expect interviews in newspapers and music magazines such as trouw, nd, kindamuzik, parool, vpro, live xs etc.
monday, 12 september 2005 our new album 'de geluiden van weleer' (het liedboek voor de mensen) is finally finished and has been released today! go tell your local dealer to order it at munich records (if they havent already). though munich is busy on the new franz ferdinand they can always find time to help out our little band on some good promo and distribution! if you rather order it online, go to the youmakemusic shop (www.youmakemusic.com).
monday, 29 august 2005 finally we are going to tour in spain. we will perform at clubs in madrid, burgos and toledo. we will also perform at the radio and spanish t.v.
monday, 29 august 2005 'the sound of someone watching me' (cd and dvd) will be released in spain by astro discos at the 12th september.
wednesday, 24 august 2005 thanks to the pankra studio we have this great new website. we hope you will like it as much as we do.
tuesday, 23 august 2005 'hallways' of zalig zijn de armen van geest is song of the week on www.astrodiscos.com
saturday, 16 july 2005 our new album 'de geluiden van weleer' is now available for pre-order at the volkoren and youmakemusic sites. free shirts are being given away....
sunday, 10 july 2005 'de geluiden van weleer' will be released in september 2005. keep an eye on this site if you want to be in the know.
tuesday, 26 april 2005
today and tomorrow minco is doing interviews and acoustic sessions for a documentairy made by a flemish girl from the filmacademy in brussels. mainly it's gonna be about the new dutch record. gonna be fun.
friday, 11 march 2005
we are heading for a small tour in spain next month to promote 'the silja symphony' there. more info soon.
wednesday, 9 march 2005
the silja symphony is cd of the week on anfetamine, a spanish radioshow: www.radioanfetamina.com
wednesday, 2 february 2005
our dvd is finally out. we are extremely happy with the results. you can order your copy at erik@atthecloseofeveryday.com and www.youmakemusic.com
saturday, 1 january 2005
axel and i wish you a very good new year. we hope some of your dreams will come true this time. we remain hear to serve you with some nice music again this year; you can expect our first dvd and a new album. take care.
thursday, 23 december 2004 'blackout' made it to n# 40 on the 3voor12 (vpro) song of the year list. thanks for voting!
wednesday, 8 december 2004
the limited 12'' version of the silja symphony has finally been pressed and will probably arrive here within 2 weeks. thanks for being so patient....
friday, 26 november 2004
the silja symphony has been selected as 'cover of the week' at popchild. check www.popchild.com
monday, 22 november 2004 song of the year 2004 - vote now for number 11 'at the close of every day'.
to do so, go to the voting site and click on the button 'stem'. thanks!
wednesday, 10 november 2004
last week we've mixed our new full length. we're truly happy with the results. right now we are working on the artwork and stuff. we have some nice ideas to work out. will keep you updated. sorry for the lack of mailings the last months, we hope to send you one again soon.
friday, 29 october 2004
the silja symphony got it's first review in spain by www.lanetro.com and a good one it is. besides that the radio there starts to pick up some songs aswell.
monday, 4 october 2004
sorry to have not been in touch for a while. axel is picking up his study again and just came back from a long holiday in spain. i'm spending to much time the studio right now with several bands. we plan to mix our new album early november. the recordings turned out great and it was awesome to sing all songs in dutch finally. the album will be released early next year. first you can enjoy our new dvd that's sceduled for the end of october. we hope this finds you well. minco and axel.
monday, 4 october 2004 the silja symphony has now been released in spain and portugal. check www.astrodiscos.com for more information.
thursday, 2 september 2004
last night we've won vpro's '3voor12' album of the year award with the silja symphony. among bands like exctince, gem, opgezwolle they have chosen us! we had a great time with all the other bands and played a short set aswell. the whole thing was broadcast live on radio 3fm. if you've missed it, you can still check it out at the 3voor12 site. thanks for your support!
thursday, 2 september 2004
because of the award we've won, volkoren and munich have decided to offer the silja symphony to the recordstore's for a very low price. if you don't have your copy yet, go get it for 10 euro's at your local record store!
saturday, 31 july 2004
hey everyone, it's me.
i just wanted to let you know that i've finally finished my solo album called 'the wagon fair', featuring lydia and abne of this beautiful mess and thomas and fredrik of thomas denver jonsson. the album is a personal story, inspired by 'the devil's playground', a bbc documentary about the amish people. i'm really excited about the turn-out. it's a little more sober and transparent than atcoed. despite the difference, it's really worth checking out. anyway, i hope to find you soon at www.mincoeggersman.com
i hope this finds you well,
minco
tuesday, 6 july 2004
'the sound of someone watching me' is now available for pre-order at the volkoren-shop.
monday, 28 june 2004
'the silja symphony' has been nominated for the '3voor12 album of the year award'. more info at www.3voor12.nl
monday, 28 june 2004
'zalig zijn de armen van geest' is now released in the usa by loose thread recordings and distributed by southern, choke and carrot top. go check it out.
tuesday, 1 june 2004
right now we are finishing the mixing of the live cd, which is sceduled (together with the dvd) for october. both the cd and dvd will be called 'the sound of someone watching me'.
monday, 10 may 2004 if you've missed the 'naar eer en geweten' -interview with minco eggersman on '3voor12 tv', you can now go to the '3voor12' site to check it out.
wednesday, 14 april 2004
lo-fidelity is now accepting pre-order's for "the silja symphony" on vinyl. this will be a limited edition release of 500 copies. the release will be pressed on 2, 12", white vinyl records. while we have no firm release date at this time, the record is expected to be available to ship in early june of 2004. more details will be posted as they are available, as well as by joining the "lo-fidelity-news" email list by using the sign-up box on the contact page at www.lo-fidelity.com
wednesday, 14 april 2004
last saturday, the 10th of april, vpro's 'r.a.m.' has broadcast the documentary about us for the last time. thank you all for the kind calls and emails. for those of you that have missed it, next year it will probably be added to a new dvd.
wednesday, 14 april 2004
here you can pre-order our limited vinyl edition of the silja symphony: http://www.lo-fidelity.com/disc_ss12in.html
friday, 2 april 2004
on sunday the 4th of april, vpro's 'r.a.m' will broadcast a documentairy about us on the national tv (nederland 3). it's a very personal story.... the replay will be at saturday the 10th in the afternoon.
monday, 15 march 2004 on www.npi.nl you can vote for our new record. click on 'lowlands top 25'.
monday, 1 march 2004
last saturday we did a live radiosession and interview at 'spijkers met koppen' with jan jaap van der wal and felix meurders, go check it out at www.vara.nl
wednesday, 25 february 2004
sorry everyone! our messagboard has been down since the release of this new site. we know people wanted to drop us a line (thanks for the mails), you can now empty your head again on the 'write' section.
love, axel and minco
monday, 9 february 2004
we got 4 out of 5 stars in belgium's 'p-magazine' (used to be panorama) and 'knack', besides that 'knack' gaves us the 4th position in their list!
tuesday, 3 february 2004
today we entered 'de moordlijst' at no. 19. you can listen to it at radio 'kink fm'.
friday, 30 january 2004
today we entered the mania 30 (of the platomania magazine in the netherlands) on no. 2!!
friday, 30 january 2004
last week we've had a monday full of interviews in belgium, with mag's, paper's and radiostation's like 'de morgen', 'gonzo circus', 'rifraf', 'studio brussel' (including a live session), 'radio 1' etc. the coming weeks you can expect some more, mostly in the netherlands with 'oor', 'trouw', 'humo' etc.
thursday, 29 january 2004
our friends in norway from anchor are finishing our site as we speak. it should all be working this coming weekend. it's all about the new record. please check them out at www.anchor.no
thursday, 29 january 2004
the japanese version of the silja symphony released on soulfighting music is already sold out!
saturday, 24 january 2004
as you might have noticed, our debut 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' has not yet been released in the usa. this will happen next month on www.loosethread.com. the promotion will be handled by aam promotions, who also work with 'beck' and 'stereolab'.
saturday, 17 january 2004
later this year we will present to you our first live cd and dvd, feauturing david of 16 horsepower as a special guest on the guitar on september grass. furthermore you can see our day in brussel, including an acoustic session at theater 'toon'. more info soon...
saturday, 17 january 2004
the response on 'the silja symphony' is very good. on monday the 19th, we will do a radio session at 'studio brussel'. the rest of the day will be filled with interviews for all kinds of belgium newspapers and magazines.
wednesday, 31 december 2003
our new album the silja symphony will be released in the benelux at the end of next month. erik is already taking on orders so if you to be in the know before everyone else, drop him a line.
wednesday, 31 december 2003
we wish you all a great 2004, that atleast one dream may come true to you.....
friday, 12 december 2003
check out the special offer at the sally shop:
zalig zijn de armen van geest and if you spoke to me together for 18 euro.
saturday, 22 november 2003
hi everyone, we're back save from an awesome time on the road with 16 horsepower! we'd like to thank david and boys for being so good to us and all of you who came out to see us both.
saturday, 18 october 2003
our friend and photographer izaak p slagt shot some nice pictures of us during the peacedogshow last summer. as a gift to us to pay for our expenses on the coming tour with 16 horsepower, he's selling a couple of them. the prints are 20/28 cm on 255 grams premium glossy photo paper in a 30/40 cm frame with a thick passpartout. the price is 85 euros and he prints a maxium of 5 of each of the pictures. please tell your friends if they want our pretty faces on the wall ;-), thanks for the support! you can check them out here:
http://www.webphotoforum.com/artist_pic.asp?pid=34231
http://www.webphotoforum.com/artist_pic.asp?pid=34797
http://www.webphotoforum.com/artist_pic.asp?pid=34854
http://www.webphotoforum.com/artist_pic.asp?pid=34861
http://www.webphotoforum.com/artist_pic.asp?pid=34796
if you want one, please drop us or peter a line at: izaakpslagt@planet.nl
tuesday, 14 october 2003
gentlemen music will release 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' in france, germany, austria, swiss and italy in november and right after that astro will release it in spain, portugal, mexico, argentina and chile!
friday, 10 october 2003
our debut cd 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' will be re-released in the benelux on the 28th of october. this time volkoren will be the one to release it.
thursday, 2 october 2003
loose thread recordings decided to release 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' in january 2004 instead of november 2003. in march we are planning to come to the usa, more info soon.
monday, 29 september 2003
in february 2004 gentlemen music will release our new ep 'if you spoke to me' in swiss, germany, france, italy and austria. in april they will also release 'the silja symphony' in the same countries!
wednesday, 24 september 2003
today www.3voor12.nl (vpro) will interview us about our upcoming tour with 16 horsepower and our new ep.
wednesday, 24 september 2003
today our new ep 'if you spoke to me' will be released in the benelux.
saturday, 6 september 2003
we are very pleased to announce that this fall we will be touring with 16 horsepower (usa) on their european tour! more info soon. please check out our friends at: www.16horsepower.net
friday, 22 august 2003
our new ep 'if you spoke to me' will not be released untill september, though we already have it available for ordering.
friday, 22 august 2003
don't forget to check out axel's other band this beautiful mess. their new album is excellent! go to: www.thisbeautifulmess.net
saturday, 19 july 2003
we're happy to announce that our new record 'if you spoke to me' just came in on a beautiful gatefold 10''. the cd version will be released in september though. 'if you spoke to me' includes our song 'the jesus heart' and only the 10'' includes 2 extra live songs, recorded live at vpro radio's 'club lek'. to order them, contact erik@atthecloseofeveryday.com
wednesday, 18 june 2003
our song 'high school lovers usa' (released on the emo diaries part 9 on deep elm records) has just been licenesed to mtv for use on real world, road rules and extreme challenge! keep tuned to these shows.
tuesday, 17 june 2003
last this friday we've played at 'the music in my head festival' in the hague, the netherlands. other bands who performed where the stereophonics, ani difranco, i am kloot, badly drawn boy, hooverphonic and many more. www.themusicinmyhead.nl thanks to everyone who came to see us.
tuesday, 17 june 2003
on the 16th of april we've performed live at 'club lek', at vpro's radio 3 fm, check out the live footage of that night at our 'listen' section.
tuesday, 17 june 2003
'zalig zijn de armen van geest' will be released in france, germany, italy, switzerland and austria by gentlemen music. other bands on this nice label are unwed sailor and the appleseed cast (on tigerstyle in the usa). please check www.gentlemen.ch at the moment talks are still going on with labels in japan and scandinavia.
tuesday, 17 june 2003
still good news for everyone in the usa. 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' will be released in the usa by loose thread recordings this year. everything is ready for printing, which will be done this month. for more info, please check out www.loosethread.com
tuesday, 17 june 2003
our new ep 'if you spoke to me' will finally be printed and released. it has taken some time but finally everything is settled. the ep and 10'' (including two bonus tracks) will be released in august but will probably already be available for ordering in late july. this ep will include the song 'the jesus heart', which is a song that we know many people are waiting for...
tuesday, 17 june 2003
we've finally received our copies of the emo diaries, released by deep elm records (usa). included you will find our new and unreleased song, called 'high school lovers usa'. if you like to order some of our stuff, like pins, shirts, vinyl or cds, please mail our dear friend erik at: erik@atthecloseofeveryday.com
tuesday, 17 june 2003
the artwork of our split 7'' on jonathon whiskey records together with unwed sailor has been finished. it will be printed any day now. we hope to have them here somewhere in the summer. again, these 7"-s on jonathon whiskey are really worth checking out: you will find unreleased material of bands like hood, tarentel, chicks on speed, of montreal, billie mahonie and many others.
saturday, 24 may 2003
until thursday next week you can find a fresh interview with us at 'friends of the heroes' at: www.friendsoftheheroes.co.uk
/page4/ after that it will be moved to: www.friendso
ftheheroes.co.uk/archive/issue31.html#4
thursday, 24 april 2003
this summer we will finish our next full-length record. we have recorded more than 12 new songs and we are very pleased with them. the record will be called 'the silja symphony' and should be released late 2003/early 2004.
wednesday, 23 april 2003
we had a great time these couple of shows. nice to hang out with the guys from karate. thanks all of you who came out to meet us and karate.
wednesday, 23 april 2003
the show on radio 3fm at vpro's club lek went well. thanks for the warm response. you can probably still stream it at www.3voor12.nl if you like.
wednesday, 23 april 2003
late may, deep elm records (usa) will release their one but final chapter of the famous 'emo diaries', called 'sad songs remind me'. yes, one can wonder how emo we are :-), but still it's a great way to get the word out! a new and unreleased song of us, called 'high school lovers usa', can be found on this nice compilation. if you want to order a copy, please mail erik@atthecloseofeveryday.com
wednesday, 23 april 2003
we are again planning to release some new material on a 7'' split. this time with tiebraker from the usa. more info soon.
saturday, 29 march 2003
besides washington inc. morningside records is also selling our cd in denmark. go check them out at www.morningsiderecords.dk
wednesday, 26 march 2003
we're happy to announce that 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' will be released in the usa this summer. it will be released by loose thread recordings, a nice label with very cool bands. go check them out at: www.loosethread.com
thursday, 20 march 2003
we added some nice reviews from magazine's like mojo, logo, oor etc. thank you.
thursday, 6 march 2003
the shows we did with wovenhand were great. thank you david, daniel, shane, ordy. it was very nice to meet you! and thank you, who came out to see us and wovenhand. it was very nice to meet you too!
monday, 17 february 2003
we're happy to tell you that we will fly to the north of europe next week to support wovenhand on their 2 shows in denmark and sweden. we are invited to join the whole tour, unfortunately we can't fit it in. we are very thankful though, we like them! we hope to meet you there next week.
monday, 3 february 2003 today we entered the moordlijst at no. 19. you can listen to this list on kink fm radio.
monday, 27 january 2003
this coming thursday we will perform at the ekko in utrecht with babyjohn from belgium. it has been confirmed just today, so please tell your friends.
friday, 24 january 2003
check out this link to see us play at 3voor12 at noorderslag: 3 voor 12 at noorderslag
sunday, 12 january 2003
the show at noorderslag went well this saturday. if you want to check out the review and audio, go to: vpro
wednesday, 8 january 2003
we're happy to announce that we are gonna support wovenhand (with frontman of 16 horsepower) on their show in the ab club in brussel, on february the 9th.
thursday, 19 december 2002
'zalig zijn de armen van geest' will be released in the uk on the 24th of february.
saturday, 7 december 2002
at the end of january we will perform at 'de nachten' festival in belgium. we will share the stage with bands like: low, arab strap and cornelius. for more info go to: www.denachten.com
sunday, 24 november 2002
http://www.idi.ntnu.no/~torem/musikk/nyhet.html
might be worth checking out. it's a norwegian e-store selling our 10'' and spreading some nice words about us. thank you....
sunday, 24 november 2002
the 10'' reviewed by popopdrops (norway):
"after the first listen it seems like nice post rock
versus pop, but at first it seems almost incredible
that the norwegian label milk and honey would stand
behind this dutch duo in a style of music that we have
in buckets and spades, however we gave it a few more
listens. i have never had a record grow on me this
much. this record deserves the term encyclopedia-pop;
it has everything ! if smog, circa wild love had
recorded an album with the most captive moments of
flaming lips, around yoshimi period, with both roy
montgomery and john mcentire as spiritual guides, you
could come close. its a musical and emotional
parallel. multi-instrumentalists with great integrity
and grand vocals. delivered in a beautiful fold-out
cover. recommended without reservation!"
wednesday, 20 november 2002
you might want to check out www.bluesubrecords.com and www.normanrecords.com
wednesday, 20 november 2002
you might want to check out www.brokenfactory.net
wednesday, 20 november 2002
on the 7th of december you all are invited to the amstel festival in amsterdam. besides at the close of every day, the extra glenns, the bruces, graeme jefferies and the mountain goats will perform.
saturday, 16 november 2002
on the 11th of january we will play on the noorderslag festival in groningen (nl), together with bands like green lizard, slut, spinvis and many others.
friday, 25 october 2002
you might want to check out pehrlabel.com
thursday, 24 october 2002
our session at vpro's 'de avonden' will be recorded on wednesday the 30th of october. on the 6th and 13th of november it will be broadcasted at 747 am and on the internet. this will be from 23:30 till and 0:00.
tuesday, 15 october 2002
tomorrow night (oct. 16) we will do an interview with luc janssen in his programme on the belgian radiostation, studio brussel (22.00-24.00).
tuesday, 15 october 2002
voor degenen die belooft is dat het hoesje van 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' naar hen opgestuurd zou worden: het wordt deze week gedaan! onze welgemeende excuses voor het lange wachten.
tuesday, 15 october 2002
we are featured on vpro's 3voor12. you can listen to our song, the sound of someone watching me, and you can read a very positive review on our album.
saturday, 12 october 2002
the pet series compilation has been released on sally forth records. including some great unreleased songs of unwed sailor, scout niblett, the nourallah brothers etc. we added under the milky way, our first recording ever! copies are available through the web only. go to www.sallyforthrecords.com or www.thepetseries.com, or order it at erik@atthecloseofeveryday.com.
saturday, 5 october 2002
on the 14th of october 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' will finally hit the stores in holland and belgium. blue sub's distributor 'de konkurrent'(known for sonic youth, pedro the lion, gybe and mogwai) will take care of business.
tuesday, 24 september 2002
on the 25th of september you can you hear us doing an interview at vpro's 'dubbel check' at '3voor12'. around 3.45 in the afternoon it should all take place. at the close of every day is chosen to be the 'hollandse nieuwe' this week.
monday, 23 september 2002
on the 30th of october we will do a 40 minute live-session (including interview) on the dutch national radio at vpro's de avonden. it will be broadcasted on radio 5.
sunday, 22 september 2002
our 10'' 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' is now available in sweden too. the nice people from the hot stuff mailorder have it available for you, same as the even nicer people from milk and honey in norway!
monday, 16 september 2002
thanks to eelke we have this new nice site up and running. hope to meet you all on the board...
monday, 9 september 2002
the radioprogram duyster, of studio brussel, played once again one of our songs, this time "the sound of someone watching me", together with some lovely songs of flaming lips, bright eyes, songs-ohia, karate...
thursday, 5 september 2002
seems like things are taking off in belgium too. studio brussels is playing our cd and i just got an e-mail from luc janssen saying our record is 'fantastic, heavenly and devilish at the same time!'....well thank you! our cd is being played at the program 'select' and 'duyster'.
tuesday, 3 september 2002
the zalig zijn de armen van geest - cd just came in and looks even nicer than the 10''. we can't wait to have it released. right now we have to wait untill our label boss (blue sub) gets back from his honeymoon. both the dutch and uk version will be out in october.
tuesday, 3 september 2002
i believe our manager already has a couple of cd's available, you can order it from him already if you want to. otherwise just wait for the shops to sell it.
tuesday, 3 september 2002
today i am going to sing some to new tracks we recorded, they are becoming a nice mix between zalig and our new ep. just me and rene hanging out. axel is somewhere on the north-sea with his family having his first vacation in years....
tuesday, 3 september 2002
i believe our new ep is not gonna go with deep elm. deep elm still likes it but has gone through some personal changes. as it looks now blue sub records will release it early 2003 and maybe jonathon whiskey too in the uk, but that's to see. it will be called 'if you spoke to me'. it will contain 4 slow and long songs....night music it is.
wednesday, 21 august 2002
right now we are checking out the possibilities to release a split 7'' with our friends from unwed sailor on jonathon whisky records later this year. should be nice.
sunday, 4 august 2002
the zalig zijn de armen geest 10'' came in today. man what a beauty! a very limited number came in 'hemelsblauw' (heavenly blue). be quick if you want one. in love.
sunday, 4 august 2002
good news for everyone living in the uk. we are happy to announce that 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' will be released in october by jonathon whiskey records. j w records has released stuff of tarentel (!!!), hood, billy mahonie, chicks on speed, of montreal etc. right now we are considering the possibilities to come over and support the album with a small tour. will keep you posted.
sunday, 4 august 2002
just came back from our first tour. we had a wonderful time. thanks for coming out and thanks for all the compliments, love and friendship, yes it was very special for us too. will remember you....
monday, 15 july 2002
check out the 'buy' section for our new t-shirts and pins. our debut 10'' vinyl 'zalig zijn de armen van geest' will be available through our web next week.
monday, 8 july 2002
please check www.musicfrom.nl/nieuws/?id=5454 for the first words...
sunday, 7 july 2002
currently we are putting together a band to play live during the summer fests. jan-erik, our dear friend from copenhagen will join us on the bass! right now everyone is practising their parts at home. hope to meet you all soon!
saturday, 29 june 2002
the last couple of months we have been busy recording our full length record 'zalig zijn de armen van geest'. on this one you'll find more of a minimal sound. with very little drums, bass, organ but with the same kind of songs written in the same mood. we are really proud on this one! the cd will be released on blue sub records (nl) and the 10'' vinyl on milk and honey records (nor). right now we are discussing possible releases of this cd on other parts of this earth. copies will be available in july through our web.
tuesday, 25 june 2002
we signed a deal with deep elm records (usa) for our debut ep. the ep will be released this summer. featuring 3 of our first recorded songs; 'the jesus heart', 'my private disabled place' and 'if you spoke to me'.
tuesday, 25 june 2002
triple m, one of australia's biggest commercial radio stations is playing our version of 'under the milky way'. a coversong we recorded during the first recordingsession. to be released this year. check it out on our 'listen' area.
tuesday, 25 june 2002
dear friend, we hope this finds you well. this will be our first contact. we are at the close of every day, a small band from holland. we've been looking forward to this for a long time. writing and recording songs, producing records etc. now, it's time to listen.... tell us what you think. stay in touch... axel and minco
o.k o.k, normally we don't post much news about other bands at this news-section, but this is just awesome! this fall at the close of every day we will be touring with 16 horsepower (usa) on their european tour! more info soon. please check out our friends at: www.16horsepower.net and www.atthecloseofeveryday.com
on sunday the 4th at 19:30, vpro's 'r.a.m' will broadcast a documentairy about us. make sure to see this, it's special. the replay will be at the saturday the 10th in the afternoon.
'blackout' made it to n# 40 on the 3voor12 (vpro) song of the year list.