We’ll be back in November. We’re playing Canterbury on Sunday the 7th of November. More info on that show later, you’ll want to be there though. If anyone can hook us up with a show on the 6th (Saturday) please get in touch! That weekend will start with a show in Lendelede, Belgium on the 5th by the way.

It’s out. Our record is now officially out, go pick it up. Get it straight from our website or from Carry The Weight Records (get in touch with them for wholesale prices too).

This is what Aversionline.com had to say about it:

… (Weight Of The World) sees the band continuing to improve upon their unique style of hardcore. The driving midpaced rhythms and sincere vocals (which combine a gruff edge with vague hints of actual singing) are still the driving force, but there are a few more tempo changes happening this time around – lending both a little more crunch as well as a little more melody to the songwriting. There are a lot of quick little lead riffs going on, and the basslines feel more active here as well, which is always a plus and makes perfect sense given the band’s solid sense of groove. It’s the vocals that really give the material a different energy than a lot of what’s out there, though, and that makes a huge difference for me. I guess European hardcore bands still tend to fall on the underrated side of things, ’cause if Said and Done was from the US and signed to a label like Deathwish Inc. or something, I can’t help but think more people would be all over this shit… – Andrew (Aversionline.com (USA) – May 2010)

More reviews here. If you want to do a review too, get in touch.

In other news: Working on new songs, chilling in the sun, playing some shows here and there (Sweden/Finland next year? Maybe…) and being siked Restless Youth is playing a show again.

As always, get in touch if you want us to play your show. Oh and follow us on Twitter and join us on Facebook. Because you can.

It’s out. Being able to hold your new record in your own hands. It’s a damn good feeling. Still. Every time.

But no time to enjoy that. We’re gearing up for our trip this weekend. We’ll be releasing this record in the UK, doing 3 shows with Never Again. As I’m typing this Stef is picking up the van. I’m taking caring of the release/trip covers we’ll have with us etc. Lots of stuff to do still. We’re stoked to get back to Newport and Nottingham and it will be our first time in London. Teaming up with the nice clean cut straight edge dudes of Never Again is something we’re looking forward to too. And the best thing? At the moment there are no last-minute cancellations. That’s a first time I think? You can be proud of yourself UK, haha. Let’s hope it stays that way.

Ok enough bullshit, here are the flyers:

We’re leaving Friday morning.

Please spread the word and we hope to see you at one of these shows!

We just received this intelligence from the HQ in the UK. Aint it pretty?

Pre-orders will be shipped this weekend. Thanks for the patience people!

The new 7″ will be released on our trip through the UK with Never Again (14/15/16 May), hope to see you there!

In other news: Pim put up a blog for his zine “Some Will Never Know”, check it out at www.somewillneverknow.org

That’s all for now.

4 brand new songs. Recorded in January. Pre-orders up now!

GET IT @ CARRY THE WEIGHT RECORDS (UK)

Check the title song on our media page, Myspace, Facebook, wherever.

SPREAD THE WORD!

2009

January 2009 started with the return of Joost. As you might know he was off to Taiwan for the last half 0f 2008. Wiser (we hope that is) and a great experience richer he returned to our small town. Quite a bit different from the hectic surroundings he was used to in Taiwan to say the least. He quickly took back his seat behind the drum kit and it was like he never left. To get fully back into gear we decided we would do all the remaining shows in January with Henri. Aside from that it gave us some time to organise a kick-ass goodbye show for Henri. Those shows in January were cool, especially the one in Hamburg at Rota Flora. An amazing venue (and old theater I think?) and Joost was enjoying the show from the crowd (something we don’t see that often haha). So in February Henri played his final show with us in his hometown Boxmeer. Just a small bar filled with friends. It was a blast to say the least. Just check the video below to see the end of the set (some covers and “Into The Distance”):

Between February and June we worked on new songs and played some cool shows like the Shield Showcase @ the Stage in Arnhem, the AZ (another amazing venue!) in Germany with No Turning Back, again @ the Stage with Bitter End and in a town nearby on our friends from Make Them Suffer their releaseshow etc.

In July we were invited by mister Alex (Remember Hoods Up?) to come play 2 dates of the 3 day weekendtour of Cold World in Germany he was organising. It brought us back to the Rota Flora in Hamburg and made us play Essen too. Two totally different places, but both were really cool. Needless to say we had a blast and so did the people visiting these shows (including the one in Rosswein) I think. It was, amongst other things, cool to talk to some people again we haven’t seen for quite some time, to see Cold World 2 nights in a row, to see Dirty Money tearing up the place and No Turning Back showing why they’re so big right now. Good times.

In August it was time for our trip through Europe. Since Joep couldn’t make it to the trip we welcomed back Henri, this time as our bassplayer (dude’s like a local Dave Grohl!). Together with Goran (from Make Them Suffer) who acted as merch-man-roadie-’the-guy-who-you-can-call-names-all-day-and-nightlong’ dude, we set out for a trip that brought us to 5 countries in 6 days. Highlights include playing 3 shows with Trash Talk (Those dudes are c-r-a-z-y. Destroying everything in their way.), playing France again (Always good to see our friends from France. Check out Wank For Peace people!), getting a great welcome in Poland (Kuba, Kasia and co, thanks once again!), visiting Vienna (most beautiful city ever? Good schnitzel too haha) etc. But that whole trip was pretty much one big highlight. You can read all about it in our trip report.

In September Korneel, a Dutch comedian (or something like that) wore one of our shirts on a Dutch improvisation program called “Badgasten“. Cool to see our shirt on national TV.

In the last months of 2009 we played the Some Hardcore Fest in Belgium, featuring an exclusive show by Guns Up! amongst others. A cool location with less people than expected but it was a good day anyway. Our friends from France (Simon and co) made it out to Belgium as well, so it was cool to talk to them again. We also made a little trip to Weisswasser in Eastern Germany together with Strike First. Something we should do more often, always cool to hook up with Emiel and co. I don’t think those Germans knew what the fuck was happening when two groups of Dutch men were screaming at the top of their lungs outside of the venue. No worries, just a small “megabombe” fight as patented by those dudes from Strike First.

To close the year off and to celebrate Joost and me making music for 10 years already we released a 7″ at the end of the year. The tape we self-released at the end of 2008, was pressed on a limited amount of 200 pieces of vinyl by German based “My Fist, Your Face” Records (Thomas is one of the friendliest Germans ever) as the “Feel It EP“. We released it during a short weekend trip in Germany, getting to play Rosswein (and seeing Greyli again who we did meet as the Trash Talk driver during the Euro trip in August, top dude) and the AZ in Aachen again. We need venues like this in the Netherlands people. Damn. We have the Innocent and that’s cool, but Germany is way ahead of us. On this trip we had Rick on bass instead of Joep (who couldn’t make it due to work commitments). He learned our songs in just a week. Dude’s a hero and you’ll be hearing more from him soon without a doubt.

Maybe less interesting, but being the little nerd I am I have to mention it; 2009 was also the year of changes on the web for S&D. In October we started to use this new website (based upon WordPress) and during the year we witnessed the growth of Twitter and Facebook (Myspace is more like a sinking ship at the moment or so it seems). We opened accounts on both and it gave us another cool way to interact with people and give them updates on what we’re up to. Check us out on those social networks if that’s your thing. Follow/join us!

2010

All in all 2009 was good to us once again, let’s hope 2010 will be good too. A short glimp into the future already shows some nice things:

This weekend we start the first day of recording the “Weight Of The World” 7″ for Carry The Weight Records from the UK. We’ll be recording with Nico van Montfort once again. We’re aiming for a release at the end of February / early March. Just in time for our Euro trip in March. This time we’re hitting Belgium, France, Spain and probably Portugal. Keep an eye on our showlist to see if we’re coming close. We can’t wait. In May we’ll do a weekendtrip to the UK and that’s just what already is in the pipelines.

Let’s get this year started. Are you doing a show? Hook us up!

NEW RELEASES

FEEL IT 7″

In December Joost and I (Pim) are jamming for 10 years already. Time flies. To celebrate this we’ll be releasing the 3 song promo tape on vinyl as the “Feel It” EP. “My Fist, Your Face” Records from Germany approached us to make a limited edition of 200. There will be no represses. Nico re-mastered the songs for the vinyl edition, free downloadcards will be included. Pre-orders will go up early December. Keep an eye on our website.

We’ll be releasing the record in December when we’re doing a German Blitzkrieg weekend:

SATURDAY 26TH OF DECEMBER
@ JUHA, Rosswein /w Born From Pain, Another Breath, Turn Away & Way Down

SUNDAY 27TH OF DECEMBER
@ AZ, Aachen /w Goldust & World Gone Mad

SHIELD RECORDINGS: 5 YEAR SAMPLER

Shield Recordings, who released “Everyday” and “Endless Roads” are celebrating their 5 year anniversary in December. To celebrate this they’re releasing a sampler, including two of our (previously released) tracks. Go pick it up because there are some damn good bands on that disc. On to another 5 years Gert-Jan and Fieke, keep this up!

WEIGHT OF THE WORLD 7″

A bit farther away, but not that much: At the end of January we’ll be locking ourselves away again with Nico van Montfort. We’ll be recording a couple of new songs for a 7″ on “Carry The Weight Records” from England. Estimated release-date is February. Right in time for the following trip we’re planning:

MARCH 2010 EURO TRIP

In March 2010 we’ll be hitting the road again. At the moment the plan is to hit the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Spain and Portugal in this period. As always though we’re open to anything, so get in touch.

SATURDAY 13TH OF MARCH until SUNDAY 21TH OF MARCH

6 persons. We’ll be having our own backline with us.

If you can help us out, get in touch!

NEW WEBSITE, NEW MERCH

You might already have seen it, but we launched a new website not too long ago. We’ve added another layer of communication by adding comment functionality. Talk to us.

Aside from various zines and selected records and tapes (we like it oldschool) we added some new S&D merch to the distro. Zipped hoodies, longsleeves, shirts. The works. Design is done by our friend Sieb (www.siebdesign.nl – hire him!) . Check our distro for a bigger version of his drawing. Dude’s awesome.

Guess that’s all for now. We’ll be back in December. Stay classy internet people.

PS > Check out Ignorance Is Strength, LIFERS, Heat, Effort, At Both Ends, Twisted Wrongs & Crooked Rights, Just Say Yo, Milkshake, Malfunction, Against The Haze etc. etc. etc. Read. Support zines.