Update

We hope to have some more reviews for you to read in the near future... In the meantime we'd like to point your attention to some (new) shows:

March:

26th: Vliet 60, Den Helder, NL w/ Undefused

28th: Onderboek, Nijmegen, NL w/ Ninja Gun (US)

April:

10th: Nozem, Heemskerk, NL w/ Elle Bandita

16th: Dynamo, Eindhoven, NL w/ Antillectual and Screw Houston Start Screaming

18th: JH Knipperlicht, Zulte, BE w/ Pretty Whores (Swe) and Dear Hearts (Be)

May:

7th: GYC, Guildford, UK w/ Statues (Can), Vicious Cycle (Can) + more

8th: Crabtrees, Harrogate, UK w/ Sweet Revenge (UK) + more

9th: The Alma Inn, Bolton, UK w/ The Great St. Louis + more

15th: Jugend Cafe, Zwiesel, DE w/ Go Rampage (De) + more

28th: Patronaat, Haarlem, NL w/ Sellfish, De Aanslag

August:

15th: Asgard, Beverwijk, NL w/ Het Brein...

September:

15th: Winston Kingdom, Amsterdam, NL w/ Dead To Me (US), Sellfish

18th: Mukkes, Leeuwarden, NL w/ Barn Burner (Can)

28th: Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk, NL w/ The Arteries (UK), Bangers (UK)

Check the flyers:

Also, if you still don't have our EP, shame on you:

sweetempire.bigcartel.com

For you UK people, check these out:

http://www.allinvinyl.com

http://differentkitchen.bigcartel.com

Now I got to catch a bus.. Until next time!

Keep the soul alive...

Second review

A second review of 'The Flood' has been published (in Dutch again). Please check it out over here. It is on one of our favorite websites Punx.nl

Here's an update on where you can buy 'The Flood' from:

- our shop

- our label, Black Death Records

Or just search for:

NL: Shield Recordings, Reflections Records, Crucial Attack, Sonic Rendezvous, Crashlanding Records, De Graanrepubliek, U-Lit Records (coming soon).

UK (coming soon): All In Vinyl, Different Kitchen Records.

DE (coming soon): Yo-Yo Records.

BTW; We are looking for shows in Belgium (April 17th / 18th) and Germany (May 14th / 15th), if you can help us out, please let us know! Thanks...

That's it for now, until next time, bye

Recordings

We spent last weekend in the studio to record two new songs 'On Fake Borders' and 'Emma'. Recordings are done and now it's time for mixing and mastering. We will hopefully release these songs on a split. More info will follow.

We also did a photoshoot last week because we wanted to feel like real rockstars. The photos have been published on a Dutch music website called 3voor12. Check the whole thing out here.

The first review of 'the Flood' is also online. It's on the PlugOut website (Dutch): here!

Besides that the upcoming shows are:

March 26th: Vliet60, Den Helder, NL

March 28th: De Onderbroek, Nijmegen, NL

April 10th: De Nozem en de Non, Heemskerk, NL

April 17th: JH De Choke, Herselt, Belgium

May 7th: GYC, Guildford, England

May 8th: The Little Wonder, Harrogate, England

May 9th: The Alma Inn, Bolton, England

May 28th: Patronaat, Haarlem, NL

August 15th: Asgard, Beverwijk, NL

The Flood out now!

Finally, we have released our debut EP 7" called The Flood (on white and light blue vinyl) on Black Death Records.

Check our webstore: http://sweetempire.bigcartel.com or the label's site:http://www.blckdth.com to get a hold of the record.

Now check this out:

Artist: Sweet Empire

Title: The Flood

Released: February 20th 2010

Label: Black Death Records (blckdth015)

Tracklist:

Side S:

1. Flood

2. Chaplin

3. Intelligent Design

Side E:

4. Red Flags

5. A Mood So Ordinary

Wow.

Coming up soon:

- Tour video

- New t-shirts

- More things I can't think of right now.

Webshop and more

We have recently set up a webstore, on which you can order 'The Flood' and other cool Sweet Empire stuff. Check: http://sweetempire.bigcartel.com

Don't forget to come down to the Groote Weiver, Krommenie for our EP release show on February 20th!

BTW; Jort, our guitarman, is hosting a show in Cafe Lokaal, Heemskerk on Tuesday April 6th; Ninja Gun (US), Caves (UK) and Bivouac (NL) will be appearing! Free entrance for everyone...

UK visit

We proudly announce the dates of our upcoming UK visit have been confirmed:

Friday May 7th: GYC, Guildford w/ Statues (Can) and Vicious Cycle (Can)

Saturday May 8th: The Little Wonder, Harrogate w/ Ericbana + 2 tba

Sunday May 9th: The Alma Inn, Bolton w/ the Great St. Louis, Droves, + 1 tba

We can't wait to get back over to the UK! See you there... Next time we will be over for a longer period, unfortunately work/uni have withheld us from a longer visit.

Disconnect Disconnect Compilation

Our song 'Flood' has been featured on a great (free but feel free to donate) compilation which is available for download here:

http://disconnectdisconnectrecords.bandcamp.com/

This compilation, made available by Disconnect Disconnect records, contains 19 tracks in total with bands such as Rentokill and Red Lights Flash. This will surely make your day a bit better!

Also make sure you check out this great record label over here:

www.myspace.com/disconnectdisconnect
www.facebook.com/disconnectdisconnectrecords

We'd like to thank John for making all this possible!

Enjoy!