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Noisy, loud and ballsy. Oh Whale sends you from subtle and intimate moments to rough outbursts. Influences of Radiohead, The National and Sonic Youth give Oh Whale their unique sound. Right when you're starting to feel at ease, surrounded by soothing vocals, you'll find yourself overrun by raging seas of reverb and distortion.

With elements of (art)rock, shoegaze, noise and indie pop, the band constantly experiments with distorted sounds and textures. Like whale noises, transformed into catchy songs and rough soundscapes. Oh Whale drags you straight into the waves, only to let you wash ashore in the end, relatively unscathed.

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Our EP 'Scream In Celebration!' is out now - have a listen!

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Check out our most recent live session

Only 2 DAYS left for our show in @m_metropool and to get yourself a ticket! 🎫 Together with @lancepriester it will be a very special evening. Get the tickets in the link in our bio ❤️
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We’re going on hiatus After having had a lot of great experiences we feel it’s time for a break. Before that we hope to see you one more time. February 8th we’re playing a show in Metropool Enschede @m_metropool. You can support us by getting your tickets and creating a special evening together. Over the last few years we had some really nice shows, met amazing people and grew close together - all for which we are beyond thankful. However, we feel like we’ve lost some passion and drive to keep on doing the same things. In order to find back that feeling of excitement in creating music we want to take some time off to focus on projects that are not Oh Whale. We don’t know when we will return but, when we do, you’ll be the first to know. In the meantime you can follow our personal accounts to stay up to date on any other exciting projects we might be involved in. We will tag them in the picture. Thank you for always giving us your love and support. We hope to see you on February 8th. Get your tickets in the link in our bio <3 With love, Rimme, Amber, Kees & Jochem
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Last fall we had the wonderful opportunity to tour with the @popronde through the Netherlands. As a thank you to the people who stopped by to support us, @anagalbana and our own @rimmerutten designed unique posters for some of the cities we got to play in. They’re all handmade and numbered so if you’ve got one treat it well!
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This saturday we’re playing at @hitthecity.festival Eindhoven!!! 21:00 at @cafe_wilhelmina_eindhoven 🕺🏼💥 Will we see you there? 👀
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𝐎𝗵 𝚆𝓱𝓪𝓵𝖊 𝓲𝗻 𝐇𝖆𝓂𝒃𝘂𝑟𝐠??!! Yes! At 05/12 we will play our first gig ever in Hamburg!! Together with @deathbysurf in @astrastubehh 🥵🔥 The evening will start at 20:00, be there and get your stehplatz now 😼 Tickets in bio! . Artwork by our own @keesjuh
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DEN BOSCH ❤️🔥 We’ve had an amazing night, thankyou @worldskatecenter @poprondedenbosch for having us, @8blackbirdcreative for these beautiful shots, @merlin_boom for being our amazing drummer sub tonight and YOU for being there with us 🥰 Next up: Tonight @magazijndordrecht @popronde_dordrecht 👀✨
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❗️𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗢𝗪𝗦❗️ Some more @popronde shows added: 09/09 Roxy’s, Nijmegen 15/09 Gigant, Apeldoorn 30/09 De Meester, Almere 05/10 De Drie Gezusters, Groningen 06/10 World Skate Center, Den Bosch 08/10 Het Magazijn, Dordrecht 12/10 De Witte Bal, Assen 15/10 Mess, Harderwijk 22/10 Uffies, Zutphen 26/10 Studio, Tilburg 29/10 ‘t Kroegie, Hoorn 03/11 DAVO, Zwolle 04/11 Roodkapje, Rotterdam 11/11 DAVO, Deventer Tonight ALMERE @poprondealmere, where will we see you? 👀
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🛍️ 𝗢𝗛 𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗖𝗛 🛍️ Not only do we have our posters and black shirts, but there’s also a very new white shirt on offer!!?!! We’ve designed some very new very nice very good quality shirts in white for you. Available at our upcoming shows (@popronde)❤️‍🔥🐳
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💥 𝙋𝑶𝙋𝑹𝙊𝑵𝘿𝑬 𝑺𝙃𝑶𝙒𝑺 💥 AAH! We are veryveryvery excited to be playing this many cool @popronde shows!! Come find us at: ➡️➡️➡️ 09/09 Roxy’s, Nijmegen 15/09 Gigant, Apeldoorn 05/10 De Drie Gezusters, Groningen 06/10 World Skate Center, Den Bosch 08/10 Het Magazijn, Dordrecht 15/10 Mess, Harderwijk 22/10 Uffies, Zutphen 04/11 Roodkapje, Rotterdam More shows tba 👀 See you soon! ❤️‍🔥🫵🏼
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A little dance before the show 🤭 Thank you @gardenlivestreams ❤️❤️ You can rewatch the whole show now, link in our bio ;)
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Next week, 22/06 we’re playing at @rmt.next @rijksmuseum_twenthe 👀🔥 Will we see you there??? . . 📸 @serge.hasperhoven
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Last week we released the live vid of our EP release show @burgerweeshuis. If you havent seen it yet, check it out!!!! The link is in our bio 😼😼😼😼😼 Credits to: Henrike Thiel and Finn Fredeweß for filming, Finn Fredeweß for editing
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💥LIVE VIDEO RELEASE💥 It’s here!!! The live video of our EP release show @burgerweeshuis. On this evening we released our latest EP ‘Scream In Celebration’ 🥵 You can watch the whole video on our YouTube channel (link in bio 😼) and you can listen to our EP everywhereeeee 🥰 Special thanks to: Henrike Thiel and Finn Fredeweß for filming, Finn Fredeweß for editing
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‼️🚨LIVE VIDEO TEASER ALERT 🚨 ‼️ Last december we had our EP release show @burgerweeshuis and we recorded it!!! Here is a snippet of one of our released songs ‘Swim Along’ 💥 More info soon 👀🫵🏼 . . Camera: Henrike Thiel, Finn Fredeweß Edit: Finn Fredeweß
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Woohoooo our shows in June! 🔥 (With an acoustic gig??!!!? 👀🫵🏼) 03/06 Stoer Voer Festival, Enschede 08/06 Mañana Mañana, Laren 09/06 Eureka, Zwolle
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Last week Bevrijdingsdag @burgerweeshuis ✨🫵🏼 It was epicccc Today @cultuurtuin_osdorperhof Amsterdam, 16:00 🍃 📸: @10uzz
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🥁 SHOWS MAY 🥁 5/5 Bevrijdingsdag, Zwolle 5/5 Bevrijdingsdag, Deventer 13/5 Cultuurtuin Osdorperhof, Amsterdam 17/5 20 jr. Popacademie Festival, Enschede 18/5 Jannarok, Diepenheim Really excited 🥵 see you guys there 🫦
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🥁 SHOWS MAY 🥁 5/5 Bevrijdingsdag, Zwolle 5/5 Bevrijdingsdag, Deventer 13/5 Cultuurtuin Osdorperhof, Amsterdam 17/5 20 jr. Popacademie Festival, Enschede 18/5 Jannarok, Diepenheim Really excited 🥵 see you guys there 🫦
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THERE WE GO! @popronde we're coming for you 😈 From september until december you can find usssss... Well, pretty much everywhere. See you soon 😘 . . . 📸 @maaikeronhaar
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💫 SUPPORT KLANGSTOF 💫 Last week we had the pleasure of sharing the stage with a big inspiration of ours; @klangstof in Enschede, Leiden en Rotterdam. Thanks a lot for letting us be a part of your tour 🙏🏽 Thanks to @justinvanbrussel for making us sound good, @vandalitmus for making epic pictures and you for stopping by at the shows ❤️ see you soon!
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Yesterday, support for @klangstof ❤️🙏🏽 Tonight @gebrdenobel, Leiden Tomorrow @rotownrotterdam, Rotterdam See you there 😎 Epic picture by @vntoninv 📸
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⚡️SUPPORT KLANGSTOF ⚡️ 06/04 Metropool, Enschede 07/04 Gebr. de Nobel, Leiden 08/04 Rotown, Rotterdam We are veryveryvery proud to announce that we will play some supportshows for @klangstof next week 🙏🏽🥰 We’ve been listening to this band for a long time sooooo its very cool to share the stage with them. The show in Rotterdam is already sold out, but there are still some tickets left for the shows in Enschede and Leiden, so make sure you get yours and we’ll see you there 😎🫶🏼
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𝐁𝐄𝐕𝐑𝐈𝐉𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒𝐃𝐀𝐆 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 🕊️🌞 Come dance with us and celebrate freedom together ▶️ @bevrijdingsfestivaloverijssel Zwolle 15:30-16:00 ▶️ @burgerweeshuis Deventer 21:20-22:00
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RESCHEDULED TO JUNE 9! ❗️ZWOLLE❗️Next week we”ll be playing @eurekazwolle, see you there 😎👀 Tickets in link in bio
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AAAH we’ll be playing at the Penguin Showcase supported by @esns.nl !! 20 january, 23:00-23:30 at @driegezustersgroningen. Come and have a dance with us 💃🏽❤️‍🔥😈 More info: https://www.artez.nl/nl/page/13274 #ESNS #ESNS2023 #artez #conservatory #enschede
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Last week was amazing. Thanks to everyone who was there and thanks again @maaikeronhaar for the most beautiful photos ever 💫 Take a listen to our music, link in bio 🐳
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💥 Scream In Celebration! 💥 Today is a very very special day for us. We’re very proud to present our second EP 💫 We want to thank the special people who made this all possible: @justinvanbrussel for engineering and mixing, @fabi_bruemmer for mixing, @olafskoreng for mastering, @senarechten, @poppuntoverijssel and ofcourse @burgerweeshuis ❗️❤️ We’ve had a banger of a release party yesterday, thanks a lot to everyone who was there and celebrated with us and thanks everyone for listening to our music, hope you enjoy ❤️
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“Scream In Celebration!” 02-12-22 Pre-save link in bio
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New music, new EP, this friday 02-12-22
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We had an amazing time @breblen @debasisnijmegen last week💥❤️‍🔥 Also, there are still some tickets left for our releaseshow @burgerweeshuis 👀🫢 (link in bio) be there xx
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*Edit: thanks to an anonymous sponsor we have lowered the busticket price to €7,77!!* 🎫🚨OH WHALE BUS TOUR 🚨🎫 Sooo as you may know on the 1st of december we have our EP releaseshow @burgerweeshuis. For you we’ve arranged a bus tour from Enschede to Deventer and back (bc the OV can be quite expensive AND it will be lots of fun of course 😎) There are limited seats sooo if you wanna join the bus make sure you reserve your seat!!! Just message us or leave a comment and hopefully we will see you there ❤️❤️❤️ More info: 🚌💰: €7,77 🚌➡️: 18:30 at Wenninkgaarde 30, Enschede 🚌⬅️: 23:30 at Burgerweeshuis, Deventer
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“June, 2021” is out now!! It’s our newest single from our upcoming EP 👀❤️‍🔥 And again a big thanks to @justinvanbrussel for recording and mixing, and @olafskoreng for mastering 🥰🥰
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JUNE, 2021 11-11-22
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Thank you everyone for coming out yesterday night and going mental at @museumnacht.enschede As a treat for your good behaviour we have some new earcandy for you next friday. So go presave that shit, link is in bio 🐳.
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HOLD UP HOLD UP EVERYONE CLEAR OUT YOUR CALENDARS: DECEMBER 1ST WE ARE HAVING A RELEASEPARTY AT BURGERWEESHUIS! *Calms down* okay now that is out of the way, some useful info: This evening we will present you a completely new show starring our upcoming EP “Scream In Celebration!” Support by our dear friends and very talented colleagues @droomdit Ticketprice: €8.50 Doors: 19:30 Link: In bio Fun: A lot ❤️‍🔥 Hope to see you there 🫶🏼
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We are proud to give you our new baby “Misfire”! It’s the first taste of our upcoming EP “Scream In Celebration!” so keep your ears peeled for more goodness. As always we want to thank everyone who helped us make this real: So thank you @justinvanbrussel and @olafskoreng for making us sound good and thank YOU dear reader for listening, we appreciate it heaps xoxo 🥰
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MISFIRE 14-10-22
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Hello, we’re back with some new music. 14-10-22
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This summer we got the opportunity to go in residence at @debasisnijmegen 👀 A big thank you, we had a great time 🥰❤️ . 📸: @elskenissenph
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Oh yeahhhh 👁👁 This wednesdayevening we’re playing at @stanislausbrewskovitch, come grab some amazing beer and join us 🍺🥰 Starting time T.B.A. . . 📸: @maaikeronhaar
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In preparation for the summer they locked us into @burgerweeshuis for a week. This sunday you can see the result at @hoogtevrees_festival 🐳
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WOHOOOOO we just released our debut EP "Fall ApartFeel Again"!!! We want to thank everyone who made this possible: @justinvanbrussel for engineering @fabi_bruemmer for mixing @olafskoreng for mastering @_ilonaweiss_ for being the figure in our teasers and on the album cover Roel Rutten and Massimo Arena for helping us create a little world for said teasers and album cover And of course everyone who is supporting us love ya <3
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FALL APARTFEEL AGAIN EP RELEASE TOMORROW 24-06
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EP RELEASE 24-06
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Thanks a lot @kattegatzwolle 😻😻😻 . . 📸: @cescophotography
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Last week at @bamfestival.hengelo 🫶🏼❤️ Tomorrow we’ll be playing at @kattegatzwolle, 20:15 😼🌱 . . 📸 1, 2: Frans Snoeijs 📸 3, 5: @aleksfotograaf 📸 4: @irene_snijders_fotografie 📸 6: Hans van der Perk
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Rimme saying hi to the crowd last saturday in @burgerweeshuis
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❤️🫶🏼🐳 SHOWS 🐳🫶🏼❤️ 26.05 Green Vibrations, Enschede 28.05 BAM Festival, Hengelo 28.05 Support @whisperingsons, Deventer 11.06 Kattegat Festival, Zwolle 03.07 Hoogtevrees Festival, Deventer 09.07 Kollektiv, Oldenburg (DE) 23.07 Kultursommer, Oldenburg (DE) See u there 👀😎🫶🏼
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📸📸📸 from our livesession we recorded for @boosterfestival a few weeks ago, check it out (link in bio) 🫶🏼❤️ . . 📸: @done.live
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A few weeks ago we recorded a livesession for @boosterfestival go check it out on their youtube page its pretty and cool 👉😎👉
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We just had the amazing opportunity to go into residence at @burgerweeshuis and @metbrut for 4 days to work on our liveshow and to write new material! Thanks to everyone who made it possible ❤️
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Tomorrow 22:30u @pothuys Utrecht!!
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BAM BABY! Happy to announce we're playing Bam Festival in Hengelo. May 28th letsgooooo
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This saturday we are closing off the grote zaal @m_metropool Enschede, 23:30u on @boosterfestival !! 🐳 Be there 😎
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Wow, what an amazing week! We had an absolute blast with everyone who participated 🥰🥰🥰 Special thanks to @popcollegetour_ for making this possible and a just as special (maybe even more special) thanks to @cloud_cafe.band @bandcalledsam @lancepriestermusic @jobimbam @groetjesloe @ymevane For the wonderful music, people and Yme for making sure we got home okay 🤭 📸: @maaikeronhaar
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Our tour starts TOMORROW!! 👁 Tourdates 👁 20-03 —> Bird Rotterdam 21-03 —> 013 Tilburg 22-03 —> Patronaat Haarlem 23-03 —> Metropool Enschede 26-03 —> Q Factory Amsterdam 27-03 —> Ekko Utrecht Entrance is free so NO EXCUSES
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Hoogtevrees Festival, HERE WE GO 👁👁
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Hey everyone! Today marks the release of our second single Talk To Me. It's about all the insecurities you can experience about falling short as a partner within a relationship. It's a very personal and painful song for us so we hope we succeeded in capturing that on tape. Let us know what you think :) For this release we again want to thank @fabi_bruemmer @olafskoreng @justinvanbrussel @_ilonaweiss_ for making this whole project possible 🥰 we love ya! And all of you who are listening to our music ❤️❤️❤️<---- u r in there
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Talk To Me 11-03-22
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BE CAREFUL TO NEVER GET LOST
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A finely selected compilation of the least interesting moments of us recording Lifeline back in july. Somehow Kees looks older there than he does now but life do be like that sometimes P.s. keep your eyes peeled for maybe definitely some new music next week 👀 📽: @irissnellenburg
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A snippet of Tension/Release which we played for our Overijsselse Ambassade live session! You can watch the whole session on youtube and on @poppuntoverijssel 's website 🐳 www.poppuntoverijssel.nl
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🚨TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT🚨 Another big announcement (hope you're not getting tired of these cuz we're not stopping): We're going on tour! On tour? Yes on fucking tour! From 20-27 march we will be visiting every city that houses a major conservatory to play a joint show with 5(!) other bands. 💥TOURDATES💥 20-03 —> Bird Rotterdam 21-03 —> 013 Tilburg 22-03 —> Patronaat Haarlem 23-03 —> Metropool Enschede 26-03 —> Q Factory Amsterdam 27-03 —> Ekko Utrecht Entrance is FREE so come dance your asses off For more info go to: www.popcollegetour.nl @popcollegetour_ 1)📸: @maaikeronhaar
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We proudly present De Overijsselse Ambassade! Together with 8 other amazing acts we've been chosen as ambassadors of the Overijsselse music scene. Do whales blush? We don't know if they do, but we do 🤭 To celebrate this @poppuntoverijssel and @hedonzwolle organized some kickass live sessions that you can watch right now on their website (www.poppuntoverijssel.nl) and on youtube. Thanks to everyone involved! ❤️ #overijsselseambassade #livesession
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THIS THURSDAY 👉🏼👀👉🏼 . . 📸: @maaikeronhaar #overijsselseambassade #livesession @poppuntoverijssel
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Little Valentine's card to surprise your lover with 🥰🥰 we put it on the gram because the real sign is a bit to big to fit through the mailbox
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IT'S OUT IT'S OUT IT'S FINALLY OUT! Today we give you Lifeline, the first single of our upcoming EP. It's been quite the journey and we've had help from a lot of people to make this thing happen. So a big special thanks to @fabi_bruemmer @olafskoreng @poppuntoverijssel @jeffreyrevet @justinvanbrussel @_ilonaweiss_ @lauriestoverink and of course everyone who's listening to our little baby and posting it in their stories ❤️❤️❤️<-----u r in there
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Your lifeline is coming 11-02-2022
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HEY THERE
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LET’S GOOOO 👀👀👀 @boosterfestival
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From Oh Whale to you with love <3
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Spooky times
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"Yes, mom, this is the shred solo we were talking about and YES paying a bonk of money to study music IS worth it"
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Tonight on "What the fuck is Oh Whale doing?!": Kees tells the people to shut up in a very aggressive manner because we are RECORDING smh so rude. Anyways stay tuned for an epic shred solo in tomorrow's episode 🐳 . . 📸 @vivianmajoor
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Me looking out the window and seeing the next lockdown on the horizon
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MUSEUMNACHT, TONIGHT 21:40 @m_metropool For an optimal concert experience spectators are encouraged to "turn the f up" to the maximum of their abilities for tonight's show. Anything below that threshold will negatively affect the net happiness in the venue. Thanks for understanding, Oh Whale
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Wowawiewa! This saturday we, as the extremely cultured band we are, will be playing @museumnacht.enschede. As you might know you are supposed to be quiet in museums but we mentioned we're quite loud so they moved us to @m_metropool 🤷🏻‍♂️. Luckily we're playing together with @chris.egbers and @primaatband so it's bound to be a friggin party! Come see us! 🐳
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Look at how much fun we were having last wednesday :^) what a crazy crowd and crazy talented people we got to share the stage with! Big shoutout to sheryl, chris & silke for giving sick shows and @ancojongsma for making us sound good, cheers! 🐳 . . @artezpopacademie @m_metropool 📸: Martijn Emmen & @sherylflamand
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BOOM COME SEE US TOMORROW AT METROPOOL ENSCHEDE IT STARTS AT 19:30 AND SOME OTHER SICK BANDS WILL BE PLAYING OK SEE YOU THEN 🐳 . . 📸: Emiel Ouwens
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Our first international gig?? Our first international gig!!! Tomorrow we're playing a show in Oldenburg for @gruene_ol , so if you're in that area stop by (I think you can even dance in Germany it's great) 🐳
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WOWIE! what a fucking great evening we had last week on ArtEZ Afterglow. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did, babes. Special thanks to Metropool for the sick lightshow and @marek_on_drums for filling in for our lovely Jente 🥰 . . 📸: @irene_snijders_fotografie #ArtEZ #Afterglow
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A few shots of us recording our upcoming single (which we totally finished in one day like we had planned and didn’t have to plan 2 extra days for 😳). Whale keep you posted 🐳 . . 📸: @irissnellenburg
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Another gig? Another gig! July 1st, 20:00 we'll be playing at Tankstation in Enschede 🐋
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Thanks to everyone who came to our show <3 and a big thanks to @burgerweeshuis for having us 🐳 . . 📸: @photos.by.annemarie
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Is that a new song I hear?? 👀 This is a tidbit from our track Talk To Me that we performed at @boosterfestival ✨ Special thanks to our boosterbuddies, @tornadolivestreams and @het_paradijs for making this possible <3
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OOH BABY WE'RE PLAYING A LIVE SHOW AGAIN (hopefully pls corona don't take this from us). After all. this. time. on the 18th of June we'll be playing a show at @burgerweeshuis ! The talented @babsopdebeat and @verabonmuziek will also be performing, so treat yourself on an old-fashioned night out and buy a ticket for each show (3 euro’s a piece 🐳) ➡️ link in bio
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HEE JIJ, VERGEET NIET TE STEMMEN HE?! 🐳 . . . 📸: @celinavphotography
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Dear concert photographers, Please please please make more pictures of Jente cuz this is the only one we have of him playing and we're sad 😢
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A tiny piece of "Cover Me". Sounds like a blanket dunnit? Link to full gig in bio And of course a big thanks to @m_metropool 🐳
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Ten bucks to whoever can guess what we were listening to 🕺🏼 . . . (Kees do be swanging that booty tho 🤭😳) 📸: @celinavphotography
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Lil snippet of our song “Blue Lake” that we played in our MetroTV session a few weeks ago. Rimme still doesn't have his voice back after that scream 🥵 Link to full gig in bio And of course a big thanks to @m_metropool 🐳
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We can finally tell you guys we're playing at Booster Festival 2021! Looking forward to it 🐳
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Big shout-out to @m_metropool and @zehraband for giving us a taste of the live life back. Thank you 🐳
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To give you all a small reminder 🐳 We're playing at MetroTV tomorrow. Make sure you check in at 20:30!! Link in bio ✨
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This is it! The last video from our live sessions. It's called "Watch The Flame" and it's sure to keep you warm in this chilly weather. Special thanks to @noudwellink @samuelredjono_ @lauriestoverink and @maartjecarolien for making this project possible. We'll be back soon 🐳 . . Video by @noudwellink Mixed and mastered by @samuelredjono_ Artwork by @lauriestoverink
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This is video number 2 "Way Down" (it's a moody one). Next week this series will meet its fiery conclusion 🐳 . . Video by @noudwellink Mixed and mastered by @samuelredjono_ Artwork by @lauriestoverink
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It's here! Our first live video "Lifeline". Next week we're going darker...🐳 . . Video by @noudwellink Mixed and mastered by @samuelredjono_ Artwork by @lauriestoverink
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