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Dutch melodic punks Ink Bomb release new music video: Human Remains

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The Dutch melodic punk rock band Ink Bomb is releasing a new song today: Human Remains. The song consists of melancholic verses and explosive choruses, typical for the four piece that is increasingly following their own path. With the accompanying beautiful, almost film-noir like, true crime video the band presents the first single from their upcoming second album.

Human Remains is about a broken relationship told through a metaphor of a murder. “Love is dead, but the corpse is still warm,” singer Joost Hoedemaeckers explains. The song has a classic song structure and illustrates that Ink Bomb has developed their sound further, but meanwhile has remained loyal to their formula melody + melancholy. With relatively quiet verses that almost sound like new wave, catchy choruses and a heavy bridge, Human Remains shows Ink Bomb in all their facets.

Human Remains is the first track from an upcoming album. At the moment they are still working hard on completing this second full-length. Guitarist Quirijn Foeken, who is responsible for the recordings at his own Fiction Studio: “We wrote our first album Fiction in two years and then recorded everything. Now we alternate: we write a couple of songs and record these. After that, we focus on another couple of songs. That’s not only faster but also makes the album better. We keep each other sharp by getting the best out of short recording sessions.”

For the music video, Ink Bomb worked together with Edwin Willemsen from Ambivalent Aardvark Productions. Willemsen is also known as the singer-guitarist of the punk band Circle of Friends.

Biography Ink Bomb
When the members of the Nijmegen melodic punk band Ink Bomb stepped in their practice space for the first time in 2015, they were complete strangers to each other. Fast forward a few years later and the band has toured several countries and released a split (2021), a full album (2019) and two EPs (2017, 2016). They shared stages with bands like The Toy Dolls, SNFU, The Last Gang, I Against I, MakeWar and Martha.
Ink Bomb is currently writing and recording their second album. These new songs again feature the band’s trademark: fast, aggressive songs that don’t always follow the standard song structure or punk rock clichés, but always features great melodies with a healthy dose of melancholy. The band is reminiscent of bands like Bad Religion, No Fun At All and Pears. They love playing live and in 2022 the band played many shows, including the prestigious Valkhof Festival in their hometown Nijmegen, Jera on Air, Haltpop and a UK tour.

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Ink Bomb released their Bad Religion charity cover today!

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Ink Bomb releases acoustic Bad Religion cover for charity today

Dutch punk band Ink Bomb is selling a cover for charity from today. This year the Nijmegen foursome has chosen for their own acoustic take on the Bad Religion song Cease. They are selling this at a minimum price of 3 euros. The band will donate all proceeds to Brigada de Alter, an organization that tries to combat forest fires in the Amazone.

Listen to Cease here

Live recording
For this fourth edition of their annual donation cover Ink Bomb chose a new approach: “This year we wanted to challenge ourselves. Normally we’d record with just guitar and vocals but now we wanted a full band co-op. That’s why we also used bass, percussion and keys. We also had the opportunity to collaboratively record in a studio. This enhances the intimacy as well as the live-feel of the song,” according to guitarist Quirijn Foeken.

Instore tour in Nijmegen (NL)
To garner more attention for this release Ink Bomb will be performing several sets in the city center of their home town Nijmegen on December 22. “The fun thing is that people cannot only donate online but also in real life,” explains bassist Arina Banga. The instore tour takes the band to library De Mariënburg, record store Waaghals and comic store Señor Hernandez.

Choice
Brigada de Alter is a voluntary fire department group, that partly consists of members who live in tribal communities in the Amazone. Because of measures taken by the current Brazilian government the Amazone forests are facing more and more pressure. In coordination with the punk rock charity Minor Operation Donations the proceeds will be used to buy safety gear, oxygen masks and helmets for the organization.
Buying the cover
Everyone can listen to the cover for free on Bandcamp. Whoever wants to buy the song as an MP3 and in this way wants to donate to Brigada de Alter, can do so in two ways
– Transfer 3 euros to account number NL76TRIO0379211440 with name Q.O.B. Foeken with reference to ‘donation2019’ and your mail address. In this way the whole amount is donated to Brigada de Alter. The band will send you the MP3 by mail.
– Buy the cover on Ink Bomb’s Bandcamp page using Paypal or a credit card. Because Bandcamp and Paypal charge administration costs 70% of the donated amount via this route will be donated to Brigada de Alter.

You can donate up until January 9.

Listen to Cease here

Biography
When the members of Dutch melodic punk rock band Ink Bomb stepped in their practice space for the first time in 2015, they never met before. Fast forward a few years later and the band released two EPs, three singles for different charities and finally their debut album Fiction (August 2019). Fiction is the culmination of their hard work over these past few years and showcases the band’s trademark sound: fast, aggressive songs that might not always follow standard song structure, but always features great melodies with a healthy dose of melancholy.

The release of the EPs Invincible Summer (2016) and Swim (2017) piqued the interest of people from many corners of the earth, leading to shows in multiple countries as well as praise in a variety of magazines, websites, radio shows and podcasts. The band has been compared to scene veterans such as Bad Religion, No Fun At All, Pulley and Ten Foot Pole.

Another defining trademark of Ink Bomb is their preference to do everything themselves: recording and mixing songs, writing press releases, booking shows and releasing records. This might originate from the DIY ethos in the punk rock scene but is probably a result of their stubbornness. The effort that the band puts in creating Fiction, resulted in a record that is above all a perfect representation of everything that is Ink Bomb.