NEW RECORD COMING UP
Yeah, it's gonna happen! Our first full-length called 'Hate the Neighbours'is gonna be released by Crucial Attack (NL), Dirty Faces (GER) and HA-KO Bastards (SERB) on both cd and vinyl. 13 raging punkrock songs produced and mixed by Menno Bakker and mastered by Nico van Montfort. You can check out two songs on our myspace. Artwork is done by Ronald Huiskes. The release is due for May 6th.
We'll do two releaseshows.. On May 6th we'll play with Dead to Me (USA, Fat Wreck) and Gewapend Beton in Dollars, Nijmegen. Be there! We'll keep you updated about this one! On May 8th we'll play with Strike Anywhere and Antillectual at the Bitterzoet.
Hailing from the eastern part of The Netherlands comes a band that you would expect from the western and sunny side of California. The band started in 2006 and not long after that they recorded a demo which was well received by critics and fans. Playing festivals such as Light The Fuse/Trashfest and also attending the 5 year anniversary for Punx.nl shows that this band is not just a punkrock band but lots more. With ex- and current members of Beans, Antillectual, My Reply and Citizens Patrol they have a wide variety of musicians in the band and that's something you distinctly hear in their sound. Influences vary from the melodic sounds of Nofx ( take note off the melodic guitar intros), Bad Religion, No Use For A Name but with a harder edge than any of these bands using influences of hardcore bands such as RKL, Stalag 13, 7 seconds en old New York and DC hardcore bands like Minor Threat and Urban Waste. In 2007 their demo was re-released by Gummopunx/Misspelled Yuoth and Pick-up records. Not long after that they started to record a full-length album which is now ready to be released and to be played all summer. Brat Pack delivers 13 songs of full excitement and loads of melodies which will have you dancing in no time and also set a standard for the next generation of punkrock bands to come.
TOUR
Thursday morning we'll leave for what's going to be our second European tour. We'll play shows all across France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic and Poland. You can check us out on the following dates:
20/3 Bar Balthes- Ravensburg (GER)
21/3 Pinky Bar- Nommay (FR) ---canceled (get in touch!)
22/3 Grrrnd Zero Gerland- Lyon (FR)
23/3 Lazaretto- Bologna (IT)
24/3 Tuewi- Vienna (AU)
25/3 Muzak Club- Brno (CZ)
26/3 CRK- Wroclaw (POL)
27/3 Jet Club- Prague (CZ)
28/3 Café Marat- Munich (GER)
29/3 Club Exzess- Frankfurt (GER) - RKL tribute party
*Unfortunately our show on Friday March 21st got canceled due to reasons beyond the control of the promoter. Get in touch if you can fix an additional date somewhere in France, South Germany or Switzerland on VERY SHORT TERM.
SHIRTS
We got new shirts available in S/M/L/XL. Get in touch at bratpack -at- brtpck.com
SHOWS
05/04/2008 Baarmoeder, Amsterdam (The Big Abortion festival)
18/04/2008 OJC Maddogs, Groesbeek (w/ Bambix)
20/04/2008 Mukkes, Leeuwarden (w/ Nightstick Justice, Citizens Patrol, Room 13)
25/04/2008 Steppin-In, Horst (w/ Nightstick Justice & Citizens Patrol) 26/04/2008 DB's, Utrecht (w/ Nightstick Justice & Citizens Patrol)
30/04/2008 Perron 55, Venlo (Queensday festival)
01/05/2008 Cafe Tinus, Helden
06/05/2008 Dollars, Nijmegen (Releaseparty w/ Dead to Me & Gewapend Beton)
08/05/2008 Bitterzoet, Amsterdam (Releaseparty w/ Strike Anywhere & Antillectual)
11/05/2008 JUZ, Mannheim (JUZ fest)
07/06/2008 Scheune, Ibbenburen
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