awkward i in Dordrecht or how to leave a synth behind and take the wrong suitcase

It was a regular Thursday in November 2012. We played at the Dolhuis in Dordrecht, supported by Jacco Gardner. Great show, great people, great audience, only parking the bus was kind of painful... Conclusion; a good Thursday night in November with the band...

"Let's head back to Amsterdam!"

Satisfied, you start driving.  And then, somewhere between Dordrecht and Amsterdam in the middle of nowhere, you suddenly receive a phone call from Jacco Gardner: "Guys, did you leave your synth in Dordrecht?" As we actually did leave it, Jacco and his band took our synth with them, whilst we were waiting at a lonely petrol station near somewhere for the nightly synth-band-bus-swap to be happening. Time was passing, toilets were used and snacks were bought... And then, just when Jacco was handing over our synth, he received a call from Dordrecht, asking whether they might have mixed up suitcases and taken the wrong suitcase with them. A suitcase filled with microphones of the Dolhuis. Nope, they didn't but we did.... 

This morning, a little suitcase, filled with microphones made a little trip from Amsterdam, back to Dordrecht, accompanied by Geert de Groot. Geert you are today's hero and probably tomorrow's hero as well, as we do not yet know what we will take or do not take along with us from Cafe de Amer in Amen tonight... 

HALLELUJAH ! AMEN!

See you at Amen tonight for more ringing the changes...

And thanks a lot, Jacco Gardner for the cosy little synth-band-bus-swap...

Baby I love you !!!

Once upon a time In De Kringloop in Zwolle

Everything On Wheels Release Party mit Wohnzimmerkonzert-Tour

Die Deutschland Release von „Everything On Wheels“ wird gefeiert und das mit einer sehr besonderen Tour:
einer Wohnzimmerkonzert-ReleaseTour
In einem äußerst intimen Rahmen präsentiert wir in einer akustischen Duo-Besetzung das zweites Album exklusiv an unser deutsches Publikum. Klein, intim und hautnah. 
Willst Du auch eine der Erlesenen sein?
Einfach bei Shows auf das gewünschte Konzert klicken... 

Meanwhile backstage at Tivoli ...

Royal Sounds with Woolen Happiness

Just having recovered from our five gigs at Eurosonic/Noorderslag 2012, we will now be heading towards the 'wool capital' of the Netherlands: Tilburg! And like King William II always used to say: 'Here in Tilburg, I can breathe freely and I feel happy... ' 

Whereas we feel free to do an instore concert at Sounds Tilburg and an exclusive backstage-concert, before our show at 013. And as Thursday 19 January 2012 is going to be a busy day, we have put everything into a tiny, yet structured schedule. Just to assure everybody, including ourselves, is aware of this Thursdays' options and possibilities...

Feel free to join us, somehow, somewhere!

• 18:00 @Sounds Tilburg - instore concert - free entrance

• 20:00 @our dressing-room - backstage-concert 
  

  - in order to join us, see this special offer

  
  
• 20:45 @013 - showtime Wolfendale - 
  

  - either get a ticket - or get a spot on their guestlist

  
  
• 21:40 @013 - showtime awkward i
  

  - either get a ticket - or get a spot on our guestlist

TELEGRAAF ... !!! 2 million readers can' t be wrong

A Trojan Horse; Blaudzun, Wolfendale and a new year

A new year, a new album, not ours this time but Blaudzun recorded a new one. They will be releasing Heavy Flowers on 6th January in Tivoli and we have the honour to be their release party support. And the next day we will kick off this brand new year once again. This time with a show in The Hague together with Wolfendale. 
All of you, have a very happy new year  and may all your dreams and wishes come true. Hope to see you in the Trojan Horse on Saturday 7th January...!

The Spirit of Frits Philips

Time passes quickly and as the end of 2011 is nearing, we are approaching this year’s last concert:

In the spirit of Frits Philips, who build the Evoluon as a gift for the 75^th anniversary of the Philips company to its home-base, the city of Eindhoven, we will build you a spirited night at the Effenaar in Eindhoven. Together with two other gifted bands (I am Oak and TIKA) we will celebrate our very special own holy night. Call it our pre-Christmas present, call it awkward i`s last concert of 2011 or call it 22-12-11 the magical-music-Thursday, but just come along and join us at the Effenaar. 


PS: Wolfendale vergeet de gitaartas niet, wij nemen de muts mee...
PPS: And you can win free tickets for the show

Dumping prices at Haarlem

With Christmas approaching and the (financial) crisis still going on, we all need to cut down our expenses and save the last money in order to buy gifts for our beloved ones…In the beautiful city of Haarlem they have their own creative way of financial crisis management: 

Escape the pre-Christmas stress and get 3 great bands for the price of 1. Just join us on Wednesday 14^th December at the Patronaat, where we will play with TIKA and Wolfendale. And this will only cost you €3,333333333333 per band!

PS: And if you are still in need for these little gifts for your beloved ones; at 15.30 we will play an acoustic instore-concert at Sounds Haarlem, the one and only record shop for all Christmas needs…

(That’s a hint, by the way!)