the sweet & the bitter

Dear listeners,


We have made a new record. It has been a long time in the making and we’re very proud of the result. We’ve locked ourselves away for a few weeks on our boat where we built our own studio so we could do whatever we wanted, i.e. burn piano’s, scream at the sky and electrocute each other while singing. It was amazing.

We have decided to call our second album Hymns from the Blazing Flesh. It contains 13 songs and it is now yours. You may pay what you like through bandcamp (credit card & paypal accepted) or donate directly to 5696360, Stairs to Nowhere V.O.F. If enough funds are raised through album sales, there will be a physical release on vinyl.

 


As with most things, the sweet goes with the bitter. We have decided that with the release of this album,  it is time for Stairs to Nowhere to call it a day. We’ve put a lot of ourselves into this record and for various reasons  we have not been able to get everything back into our bodies again. We’ve always tried to remain true to the axiom that we’d give it everything or nothing, always. At the present time, we cannot give you everything, so you will get nothing. We sank the boat and gave away most of our stuff.

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▲▲Stairs to Nowhere is on indefinite hiatus▲▲ 

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We made everything we did because we simply had to. All the amazing places we played our shows, the infamous Sinking Sessions, all the haunted factories, dizzying cranes and endless tunnels we explored and every piece of music we wrote and recorded will always be very special to us. We want to thank everyone who was or in any way felt like they were a part of that.

 We hope you enjoy our album and some B-sides we saved from the burning wreckage, it has been a wild ride. This is Stairs to Nowhere signing out, this is Hymns from the Blazing Flesh plugging in. Thank you all, so very much

Stairs to Nowhere.

A few weeks ago, our friends from Cardboard Motel made a remix of our very own ”Flight of the Anti-Ming Rebels”. A few days ago, Bram decided to join them in their live-set on a festival called Symphonica Electronica, by doing live vocals for the song and running around like a maniac. Some pictures have surfaced.

On the 4th of may we went to Belgium to play the Antwerp on Stage-festival, the day after we drove like maniacs to Amsterdam to play the official afterparty for “bevrijdingsdag” in the Winston Kingdom.

Both shows where great! Thank you all for coming. Here is a short impression of what we did. Live pictures from Wannebes.be,

Last picture is a little blurry, but it’s the Winston Kingdom filled to the bloody ceiling… Yes!

Sinking Session #5, I’m getting better and better at making pictures of campfires.

Thank you all for coming, swimming and chanting. We love you.

There it is, Urban Riots, Sinking Sessions-style. Thank you FIY, thank you Renee and Paul Matthijs for filming.

Enjoy.

Remixin’ the rebels

There it is, from the deck to the dancefloor. Our friends from Cardboard Motel made a delicious remix for The Flight of the Anti-Ming rebels. Great stuff!

Check it out over here on Soundcloud

Sinking Session #4

Way too much fun (again). Thank you all. Here are some great pictures, all hail goes to Jeroen Audier for this.

The guys from Film it Yourself (Kyteman, Jack Parrow) offered to help us record a bit of the show, together with all you Iphoning-partypeople. We will post this as soon as it’s released. Yes! #sinkingsessions.

Hey there,

We had a great time with you all at the 3rd Sinking Session. Playing all our new material, getting dazzled by the brand new ghetto-style lights (thank you Anna!) and burnt by the fires afterwards. Thank you, here are some pictures. Check all them #sinkingsessions Twitters right here.

The Sinking Sessions!

Ahoy sailors,

Bram is returning from China, we’ve released an EP and thus we’re going to start playing live again. To celebrate we’re doing four small location shows in april, a continuation of our ‘Sinking Sessions’!

We’ll be playing the whole new album and there’s a little party and good times afterwards. Bring some coin, we’ll supply drinks for cheap. Optional campfire and BBQ if the weather allows it. 

We have chosen the following days:

  • friday, 8-4 SOLD OUT!
  • thursday, 14-4 SOLD OUT!
  • friday, 22-4 SOLD OUT!
  • thursday, 28-4 SOLD OUT!

If you’d like to be there, send us an e-mail at info@stairstonowhere.nl with the number of people coming and what date you’d like to attend, and we’ll get back to you! Spots are limited, so be sure you can make it. :)

See you soon!

Update: That’s it, in just a few days, we’re all loaded up! Thank you all for the overwhelming response. We’re looking forward to an awesome month, all aboard!

First review of Diamond Wing EP is in →

They love us, one sentence though, but you can feel it…

Silly Rabobank. We told them over a year ago: LOCK THE DOOR. →

Now look what happened. Not everyone is just there to smell the fresh air and enjoy the view, apparently.

Bram is still over in China.

This time he sends a video of a Chinese funeral.

OUT NOW:
DI∆MOND WING EP

OUT NOW:

DI∆MOND WING EP

New EP next week & other updates

Been a while.

On thursday the 17th of february, we will release new material for the first time since Adieu Delicate Atheist (still a free download on Bandcamp). 

It will be called Diamond Wing EP and will contain three tracks. It will be released through Bandcamp, and you can pay whatever you like for it. 

The tracks from the EP will also appear on the album we’ve been recording since the end of last summer. Keep an eye out for that toward the end of this summer.

When Bram returns from his voyages in march, we will start playing live again. We want to host small shows to get back into the swing of things. If you’d like to attend one of those shows, send us an e-mail.

More updates from now on.

Remember, this thursday: new music.

Meanwhile, in China…

Bram is over there, researching death rituals.

He sends us moving images, like this one. Enjoy.