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newsletter news 3th of june FUNTIME FEST UPDATES, new bands confirmed!!! Today, FIVE DAYS OFF have confirmed their appearance at funfest for their one and only show in 2008, takin' a break afterwards! Dutch version Five Days Off gaat een tijdje een pauze inlassen, maar niet alvorens ze de grondvesten van hun 'home scene' nog eens laten daveren! Op zaterdag 4 oktober zullen ze het beste van zichzelf geven op het funtime festival in de klinker in Aarschot. U wordt verwacht voor de singalongs en crazy moves!!! English version Five Days Off is takin' a break for a while, but not without playing a show in their home town. 5DO will rock out on the 4th of october at the Funtime Festival in Aarschot, you are expected for the singalongs and crazy dance moves!!! Besides that, Rafflesia, Sixtoys, Campus and Sparkle of Hope have confirmed their appearance at funtime festival on saturday the 4th of october; which means that the following line up is booked at this very moment : FUNTIME FESTIVAL 2008 JC DE KLINKER , Demervallei, 3200 Aarschot (Belgium) on FRIDAY the 3th of OCTOBER and SATURDAY the 4th of OCTOBER. On friday the doors will open at 18.45h FRIDAY THE 3RD OF OCTOBER MUSTH TRANSIT SOON THE SEDAN VAULT AMEN RA and on saturday the doors open on 12.30h. SATURDAY THE 4TH OF OCTOBER RAFFLESIA CAMPUS ANTILLECTUAL SIXTOYS SPARKLE OF HOPE FIVE DAYS OFF - only show in 2008 before takin' a break + 3 more bands more info about ticket prices and reservations will follow as soon as the line up is complete. In the meantime, keep checkin' www.funtimerecords.com/funfest or www.myspace.com/funtimefestival 2nd of june SOON has been confirmed to open up for RIVAL SCHOOLS at the VK* (Brussels) next week (10th of june). They will play around 20.00 h, so make sure to get there in time, cause they will play some new songs already of their soon to be released 3rd album! Check out Soon at www.myspace.com/thehodynasty 29th of may Hello! Homer is playing as support for IGNITE this saturday, may the 31st at the MOD in Hasselt. They will open this great evening at 20h, so please come in time:-) Take care and hope to see you there! Check out H O M E R at funtimerecords.com/homer myspace.com/homer666 'swan songs for broken voices' out on funtimerecords.com Here's all the info : Sat. May 31st. Muziek-o-droom – Hasselt doors: 19h00 – 1st band: 20h00 IGNITE(us) igniteband.com myspace.com/ignitemusic DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR(us) myspace.com/deathbeforedishonorbhc BURN THE 8 TRACK(can) myspace.com/burnthe8track HOMER(b) funtimerecords.com/homer myspace.com/homer666 15th of april Hell yeah!!! There's a new CAMPUS song ("Fate suits us perfect") up for listen at their myspace profile : www.myspace.com/campusbe The new and first full length album 'WE ARE THE SILENCE' will officially be in stores on the 9th of may and all you people visiting Groezrock, will be able to buy it at the funtime stall on the punk and hardcore market, but first there is the official CD PRESENTATION on the 25TH of APRIL in Tessenderlo. Labelmates SPARKLE OF HOPE will also present their new full length album 'Light the Torches' on that very same day at that very same place. Other fine bands performing include Decided We Fall, Exit on The Left, The Maple Room and The Violet (cd release). BUT, in the meantime, CHECK OUT THE NEW CAMPUS SONG !!! And some more good news!!! SPARKLE OF HOPE just unleashed a brandnew song ("light the torches" aka as the title song of their upcoming new album) at their myspace profile : www.myspace.com/sparkleofhope The new full length album 'LIGHT THE TORCHES' will officially be in stores on the 23th of may, but all you people visiting Groezrock, will be able to buy it at the funtime stall on the punk and hardcore market. But first there is the official CD PRESENTATION on the 25TH of APRIL in Tessenderlo. Labelmates CAMPUS will also present their new full length album 'We are the silence' on that very same day at that very same place. Other fine bands performing include Decided We Fall, Exit on The Left, The Maple Room and The Violet (cd release). In the meantime, CHECK OUT THE NEW SPARKLE OF HOPE SONG !!! 29th of March 2008 Hello there, Here we are with some more news out of the crypts of funtime records... First some news about the new SOON album 'as of yet'. The original release date (april 11th) has been postponed to the autumn (sep/october) due to some mixing issues. The band didn't feel satisfied with the way the endmix turned out and decided to do the complete mix all over. They're reconsidering the whole mixing thing at the moment and as soon as we have some more news, you will be the first to hear about it. BUT, you can also find some relief in the soon available new split cd of SOON with the US bands MEMORIAL (ex Renee Heartfelt) and ELEMAE (on Engineer rcs USA/UK). On this split cd you'll find one new Soon song (and 2 songs of 'under the wire') and 3 songs by both Memorial and Elemae. Each of the 3 bands deliver the goods in a very cool way and this results in a fine cd full of postcore, emorock, indievibes and postpunk...We will have a limited amounts of copies for sale for the Benelux, so hurry up if you want to catch one or place a preorder by sending a mail to johan@funtimerecords.com. Here's some more info about the split: CD TRACKLIST SPLIT CD: Elemae - 1. Pulse, 2. Hospitals & Mazes and 3. Fiction Mouth Memorial - 4. Who Are We To Say?, 5. If It Helps and 6. Munich Soon - 7. There Go The Boys, 8. Inverse Ratio and 9. Serenade The City. With our third installment of 3-band splits for Engineer, we bring you triplicate new tracks from both Elemae and Memorial, as well as two new tracks and a signature track from a previous european full-length, from Soon. Each band compliments one another in an effects-laden yet propulsive indie rock sound, though the way each paint from similar musical palettes turns unmistakably their own. Elemae hail from northern New Jersey (USA) and have turned the corner on their 8th year of bandhood. An EP, a 7-inch, two long-player albums and countless compilations later, you could say they've learned their strengths and weaknesses and matured with each step of the way. Time has refined Elemae into the musically diversified band they are today. Putting forth some of their strongest material to date, these three new tracks are tensive conversational pieces, bearing their teeth with a quiet discomfort found in some pretty intense subject matter. (religion, healthcare, the virtue of honesty) These songs sound like the build-up to a heated discussion AND the discussion at hand. Memorial call the historically stringent Richmond, Virginia (USA) music region their home and musically speaking, sound just as emotive and vibrant as those that carried the torch before them. Taking cues from the most earnest of times in post-hardcore (mid 90's) and marrying them with a sense of grandeur that make bands fill stadiums, Memorial comes out with a bang on their three debut tracks. Boasting the singer-guitarist from the belated Renee Heartfelt and a crew of seasoned players surrounding him, these songs are iron-clad anthems perfect for a maturing audience of post-collegiate rockers. Soon rounds out the release by way of a burgeoning Benelux region, Belgium to be exact. Courtesy of the Funtime Records family of bands, Soon showcase their lightly-distorted post-new wave sound in the most memorable of ways. An immediate band to sing-along with, Soon's vocals are catchy and clean and just feel cooler than any band you've heard in a similar light. Musically, nothing falls short. Smart rhythms, ambient note bending, rapid wall of sound guitars...it's in there. It's a shame this band is not known more thoroughly on American shores. Here's to a few more ears turned and a few more fans earned with your first introduction to Soon. With all three bands skimming along the perimeter of post-hardcore from which they cut their teeth, you can hear how their sound currently resonates beyond it's restrictions in directions each band culls from their influence. It's in the way Elemae, Memorial and Soon interpret their similarities, which makes them compliment a joint release cohesively, share some fans and not leave a redundant tone, one after the other. QUICK POINTS: . Elemae has released 2 full-lengths (Engineer Records); a 7-inch(Ignition/Engineer Records); an EP (self-released); as well as taken part in a Tribute to SEAWEED (Engineer) and a tribute to SHUDDER TO THINK (Ignition/Engineer); and various compilations & cover mount CDs. Elemae's second full-length CD "Popular Misconceptions of Happiness" was also re-released as a "bonus edition" on Embrace & Engineer Records with added tracks, artwork and multimedia. . Memorial will be releasing a full album on FLIGHT-PLAN RECORDS in mid 2008. . Memorial contains members from RENEE HEARTFLET (Textbook Music/North Sea Records/Limekiln Records); WORN IN RED (Exotic Fever); and THE SILENT TYPE (Limekiln Records). . Soon has released 2 proper full-length albums (Funtime Records) and tours their Benelux region as well as Europe, appearing in bars, clubs and notable festivals in Europe including Rock Herk, Pukkelpop, Funtime Fest, Peacedog and more. In the meantime, check them out on one of their upcoming shows to catch some new vibes already...you won't be dissapointed. Or check their blogs at www.myspace.com/thehodynasty. CAMPUS / SPARKLE OF HOPE ON THE WAY! Both Campus and Sparkle Of Hope albums are in the final recording/mixing process and will be out in may. The Campus 'WE ARE THE SILENCE' album will be available in stores on the 9th of may, the Sparkle Of Hope 'light the torches' will be released on the 23th of may. If you want to grab hold of a copy of both albums however, feel free to place a preorder at johan@funtimerecords.com and you will get some extra's like bandposters and stuff. But before those dates, you can check out live what's ut all about with the new songs on the 25th of april at Tessenderlo. Both bands will do their cd presentation -together with the Violet who are also presenting their new album- and with some extra guests like The Maple Room, Exit On The Left. Keep an eye on those myspaces : www.myspace.com/campusbe and www.myspace.com/sparkleofhope. UPCOMING FUNTIME SHOWS: Friday 11th of april 2008 at JC De klinker, Demervallei in Aarschot (www.jcdeklinker.be) MY RAVEN + SPARKLE OF HOPE + HOMER + ACTION MEN (it) + THIS IS A STANDOFF (can) www.funtime.be - www.myspace.com/funtimerecords - info and res : johan@funtimerecords.com - doors : 18.30 - start 19.15 Sunday 18th of may 2008 at SOJO club, Eenmeilaan 35, 3010 Kessel-Lo (Leuven) SLUDGE PHENOMENON + EPHEL DUATH (it) + 1 more band tba www.funtime.be - www.myspace.com/funtimerecords - info and res : johan@funtimerecords.com - doors : 18.30 start : 19.00 h Sunday 22nd of june 2008 at DE CHOKE, Herselt (a cooperation of funtime and JH de choke) JEDATHAN (uk) + SOON + FRANK TURNER (uk, Million Dead frontman presenting his solo stuff to Belgium!) www.funtime.be - www.jhdechoke.be 3th and 4th of october 2008 at JC De Klinker, Demervallei in Aarschot (www.jcdeklinker.be) FUNTIME FESTIVAL It's about time to announce the dates of this year's FUNTIME FESTIVAL, so you can mark those two days in your agenda :-) FUNFEST 2008 will be held on the 3th and the 4th of october at the fine KLINKER club (www.jcdeklinker.be ), Demervallei, 3200 Aarschot. Just like the former edition, we will offer you some of the best Belgian and Dutch punkrock, hardcore, emo and indierock. We also got a first slice of confirmed artists already... On the 3th of october the following fine bands will try to make your day: MUSTH - very promising postrock/postcore band out of the Leuven/Aarschot area and destined to make some waves! www.myspace.com/musthcore TRANSIT - postrock darlings out of Gent, with a fresh and sparklin' album under their belt on Zeal Records (label of Toman, Confuse The Cat...) A really cool band that will impress for sure! www.myspace.com/transit2006 SOON - One of Belgium's indierock darlings and on the edge of releasing their brandnew album. A sure shot of good oldies and fresh newbies will colour their set! www.myspace.com/thehodynasty AMEN RA - Belgium's nr one sludgecore/postcore monster! www.myspace.com/amenra + 1 more band On the 4th of october the following fine bands will rock your pants: ANTILLECTUAL - Dutch topquality punkrock, political and emotional and sure to break the hearts of all you Propagandhi, Love Ones and Hot Water Music lovers...their new album is 'da bomb'! www.myspace.com/antillectual EXIT ON THE LEFT - Aarschot emo poppunk rockers that surprised friend and foe with their debut ep 'revenge never sleeps'. www.myspace.com/exitontheleft + 8 more bands You can read all about the funfest updates and stuff at www.funtimerecords.com or www.funtimerecords.com/funfest distribution |
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