#the klittens

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"Taxi" by The Klittens https://ift.tt/hpCob0u

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The Klittens | Taxi

Este quinteto de Amsterdam está por estrenar álbum, pero nos dejan su track "Taxi" mientras esperamos.

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The Klittens Release New Single "Taxi"

Photo by Jade Sastropawiro Amsterdam five-piece, The Klittens, today share their second single “Taxi” from their long-awaited debut album, Have A Heart, due out 25th September. The album will be self-released via Cargo Records. Album Preorder Link The new single showcases a more adventurous side to The Klittens’ sound. “Taxi” speaks to our sense of restraint, both in its sound and story. A…

The Klittens Release New Single "Taxi"

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The Hobknobs - Enarmoured from the album 'Helmets Off', out June 26 2026 preorder : https://thehobknobs12xu.bandcamp.com/album/helmets-off

(UK/EU : thehobknobs.bandcamp.com/album/helmets-off)

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The Hobknobs - "Dictionary" from 'Helmets Off', out June 26 preorder : https://thehobknobs12xu.bandcamp.com/album/helmets-off

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coming June 26

The Hobknobs - 'Helmets Off' (12XU 179-1)

preorder : https://thehobknobs12xu.bandcamp.com/album/helmets-off

http://12xu.bigcartel.com/.../the-hobknobs-helmets-off-lp...

'Helmets Off' can be described as an honest attempt at honesty. Although all options are open at the moment of conception, the end result often remains bare. Instruments come in when they are needed, but the songs apparently don’t need that much at all. Every word and every strum sounds like it’s placed in exactly the right moment. Perhaps it is this bareness of the songs, that makes it feel as if The Hobknobs are speaking to the listener directly. It is clear that they don’t want anything to cloud this human interaction.

Yaël Dekker, whom you may also know as the singer of The Klittens, and Arie van Vliet, who used to spread his word through the band Lewsberg, were once described as loving misanthropes. Listening to 'Helmets Off', this description seems rather accurate. A consoling song like “The Mind” sounds haunting. Even words seem to have lost their meaning in “Dictionary”. Songs that seem cheerful and naive at first appear to be pleadings on second listen. And is “Enarmoured” a pro-war protest song? What war do they want to fight?

Dekker and Van Vliet’s voices seem to know each other well, in a way that magnifies the songs on 'Helmets Off' beyond their deceptive simplicity. Together with the minimal production by Jaap van der Velde, it makes that the album hits the sweet spot somewhere in the middle of ‘instantly familiar’ and ‘no one else sounds quite like this’.

'Helmets Off”'will be released on June 26th, 2026. In North-America, the album will be available through 12XU. In the rest of the world, the album will be available on vinyl and cd through Cargo Records distribution and on all major digital streaming platforms.

(EU/UK orders : thehobknobs.bandcamp.com/album/helmets-off)

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The Hobknobs - "Easier Listening" from the album 'Helmets Off', out June 26