Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Playing at Zero For Three Festival - Maastricht, this Friday! ⏰ 23:00! 020
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 07/02/2026We can’t believe it’s exactly one year ago since we released our album “Deep Below”! 🐌 Still our favorite album so far but as we speak we are working on new songs. To be continued… 🎵 021
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 03/11/2025The Muziekgieterij Session we played at @bksfestival.bsky.social last summer is online now! 🎥 Watch it here. 👇youtube.comRATS ON RAFTS - Live at Best Kept Secret 2025 - Muziekgieterij SessionsYouTube video by Muziekgieterij 052
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Our new single 🌹 Painting Roses 2025 is out now! 🎧 Stream it everywhere: ratsonrafts.lnk.to/PaintingRose... or watch the stop-motion visualiser ↓youtu.beRats On Rafts - Painting Roses (Official Visualiser)YouTube video by firerecords 030
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 23/10/2025🎉To mark the tenth anniversary of ‘Tape Hiss’, a limited edition run of 75 numbered cassette copies have been made (📼 cut from the original analogue masters, guaranteeing yet more glorious hiss). 🦓 ratsonrafts.lnk.to/TapeHissratsonrafts.lnk.toRats On Rafts - Tape HissListen to Tape Hiss by Rats On Rafts. 031
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 18/10/2025Watch the full #Rockpalast live session at Haldern Pop Festival now! 🌑🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfjm...youtube.comSession: Rats On Rafts | Haldern Pop Festival | 2025 | RockpalastYouTube video by WDR Rockpalast 031
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 17/10/2025We played a live session for the legendary Rockpalast in a boiling hot studio 🔥 during Haldern Pop Festival in Germany last August! 🇩🇪 Winter songs in the middle of summer ❄️☀️ check out Japanese Medicine here 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFzz... 031
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 10/09/2025We’ve been fans for many years, so we are thrilled to announce: Plus Instruments will be joining us at the upcoming shows at de Muziekgieterij in Maastricht on the 28th of November and Fluor, Amersfoort on the on the 4th of December ! Tickets: ratsonrafts.com 010
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Out now: @heavenmagazine.bsky.social published an interview with us about our new album & live shows! The interview took place just after we played a live session on the #Muziekgieterij stage at #BKS25 040
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Exactly half a year ago we released our album Deep Below! 🐌 On our way to celebrate this anniversary at Haldern Pop Festival in Germany 🇩🇪 with two shows: 13:00 at the Jugendheim featuring @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social and at 18:00 in the Tonstudio Keusgen: Prost! 🍻 061
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Peter Meeuwsen @petermwsn.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Looking forward to Haldern Pop next week w/ @ratsonrafts.bsky.social @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social, Mermaid Chunky and others 062
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Richard James Foster @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social · 25/07/2025Announcement: the mighty @ratsonrafts.bsky.social and I continue our on-off collaboration at Haldern Pop, Thursday 7th August. 062
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Festivalinfo en Podiuminfo @festivalinfo.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Nieuwe tour voor Rats on Rafts langs vier zalen en twee festivals - fest.nl/CF4_SE 021
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 25/06/2025It’s a pleasure to announce our Deep Below tour will continue across the Netherlands with six new dates for this autumn! 🍂🐀 020
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Yesterday was exactly 11 years ago we supported Echo & the Bunnymen at the Tivoli Oudegracht ! A magical night spent mostly chatting to @willsergeant.com Does anyone have some pictures of the event ? 041
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Accompanying our last Deep Below show at Le CHAFF in Brussels 🇧🇪 next Monday (12 May) is a new interview (in Dutch) with the Belgian online platform Dansende Beren 🐻 Hope to see you there! www.dansendeberen.be/2025/05/07/i...dansendeberen.beInterview Rats on Rafts: ‘Alles wat we doen en gedaan hebben, vereist aandacht’Rats on Rafts is niet weg te denken uit de Nederlandse alternatieve scene. Met een duidelijk visie op hoe muziek moet worden gemaakt, én hoe het mag 040
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Absolutely thrilled to announce we are playing at Best Kept Secret ! 192
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 31/03/2025After so many great nights in the UK and Holland, we will be on our way to France, Germany and Belgium for the next chapter of the tour! 🎶🔥 Starting at Le Sonic in Lyon 🎸 on Wednesday, after which we will play our first German show at Swamp in Freiburg! 🖤 Tickets & info: ratsonrafts.lnk.to/Tour 070
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀broccoli.fm @broccolifm.bsky.social · 29/03/2025RATS ON RAFTS in EKKO Lees een nieuw artikel op broccoli.fm/rats-on-rafts/ Luister naar: Rats on Rafts - Japanese Medicine #ratsonrafts #ekko #utrecht #postpunk #newwave #live #livemusic #concert #broccolifm #sharethemusic 🥦 071
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 29/03/2025After two great nights at Effenaar and EKKO we are off to de @melkwegamsterdam.bsky.social for our last Dutch show of the ‘Deep Below’ album tour! 🎶 Doors at 20:00 still some tickets left! 🎟️ 📸 1: Truus de Groot- @ Effenaar 📸 2: @jacco.bsky.social - @ekko.nl 050
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Peter Meeuwsen @petermwsn.bsky.social · 27/03/2025German tour for Rats On Rafts coming up next week! @ratsonrafts.bsky.social 031
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 26/03/2025This Friday we are playing at EKKO! Our album ‘Deep Below’ has a special connection with this venue. In 2021 we teamed up with Palmbomen for an in house residency and turned EKKO into an analog recording studio. One of that weeks creations Cashmere Carey was released on Ekko’s 35th anniversary LP. 071
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 21/03/20253 shows down, three to go. 2 sold-out nights already—thank you all for coming to see us at Rotown, Vera and Merleyn! Next week, we’re back for the final 3 NL shows. Looking forward to seeing you there. 🎶 27 Mar Effenaar, 040 28 Mar Ekko, 030 29 Mar Melkweg, 020 Tickets: ratsonrafts.lnk.to/Tour 040
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀dekrentenuitdepop.bsky.social @dekrentenuitdepop.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Recensie op de krenten uit de pop: dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.com/2025/02/revi... De Rotterdamse band Rats on Rafts reproduceert op haar nieuwe album op prachtige wijze de postpunk en new wave uit de jaren 80 en heeft een album gemaakt dat in de jaren 80 zomaar mijn favoriete album had kunnen zijn.dekrentenuitdepop.blogspot.comReview: Rats on Rafts - Deep BelowDe Rotterdamse band Rats on Rafts reproduceert op haar nieuwe album op prachtige wijze de postpunk en new wave uit de jaren 80 en heeft een ... 051
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Jan-Koert @jkramone.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Rats on Rafts uit Rotjeknor in een redelijk goed gevuld Vera Groningen. 091
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Playing at Merleyn in Nijmegen on Saturday with Nouveau Vélo! 🚨 Only a handful of tickets left for this show‼️ 🎟️ Tickets & info: www.doornroosje.nl/event/rats-o... 010
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Surprise announcement ! We are supporting Franz Ferdinand tonight at Paradiso! We are on at 19:15 ! 🏴🖤 071
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 01/03/2025🇳🇱 The Dutch dates of our Deep Below album tour all take place over the next month! 🐌 Starting in our beloved hometown at Rotterdam @rotown.nl (Just a few tickets left!) on Friday the 7th of March with Nouveau Vélo. 🙌 Tickets: ratsonrafts.lnk.to/Tour 020
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀MuziScene @muziscene.bsky.social · 27/02/2025@ratsonrafts.bsky.social doet tijdens hun tour Londen aan en wekt ontzag met een set vol nieuw stemmig werk. Wie op de oude hits hoopte, komt er bekaaid vanaf. #TheVictoriaDalston #london #review #concert #goldheart #richardjamesfoster muziscene.nl/2025/02/27/d...muziscene.nlDe Rats in Londen: geconcentreerd, accuraatThe Victoria Dalston is een traditionele Engelse pub, een beetje in het noord-oosten van Londen. Bijzonder is dat in die pub, verborgen achter een boekenkast, een concertzaal is te vinden. Je loopt… 031
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 25/02/2025UK Tour is over! A big thank you to everyone for coming out to see us 🙏 thank you to all the show promoters and all the great bands we played with!💐 Next up: Rotown, Rotterdam. It’s very close to selling out so make sure you get your tickets asap! 🎉 Tickets: shorturl.at/tX7Ytrotown.nlRats on Rafts - Vrijdag 7 maart 2025 - Rotown, RotterdamDe Rotterdamse band Rats on Rafts speelt op vrijdag 7 maart een thuiswedstrijd in Rotown! Tip voor fans van The Fall en Joy Division. 151
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Sink or Swim Promotions @joesors.bsky.social · 25/02/2025Thanks to Joy Richings for taking some amazing photos of @ratsonrafts.bsky.social Here's 4 for you to wet your whistle! 0101
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Peter Meeuwsen @petermwsn.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Rats On Rafts will be playing Mostä Festival in Nantes (FR) in April, cool line-up! @ratsonrafts.bsky.social 042
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Kieron Tyler @kierontyler.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Went to see @ratsonrafts.bsky.social at The Victoria, Dalston. Not the gloomsters they appear to be on new album Deep Below. Dancing! Wrote about it for @theartsdesk.bsky.social: www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/ra... 252
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 23/02/2025🇬🇧 Last show of our UK tour at the great Ramsgate Music Hall tonight and the first one of the tour with a mighty analog mixing desk! 🎶 🚪 doors: 7:30pm debdepan 8:15 Rats on Rafts 9:15 Tickets: www.ramsgatemusichall.com/tc-events/ra... 030
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Just arrived in London 🇬🇧. Playing Victoria Dalston tonight! 🚪 Doors: 7:30 pm Goldheart 8:15 pm @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social 8:45 pm @ratsonrafts.bsky.social 9:20 pm 071
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Anthony Gregory @anthonygregory.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Rotterdam’s finest @ratsonrafts.bsky.social on top form in Coventry last night. Came home with a (reasonably priced) purchase too 0102
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Sink or Swim Promotions @joesors.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Thanks to all who came to see @ratsonrafts.bsky.social and DSM IV Both bands are outstanding in their own right and both welcome back anytime they want! 081
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Cath Aubergine @cathaubergine.bsky.social · 19/02/2025There days ago I was in the Netherlands, last night the Netherlands came to visit us, specifically Rotterdam's finest Rats On Rafts at Peer Hat, 13 years (and two weeks) after their first Manchester gig at Gullivers which I put on/promoted alongside NL's @richardjamesfoster.bsky.social . 13 years!!! 1122
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Sink or Swim Promotions @joesors.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Back at The Tin on Thursday! Rats on Rafts are top notch, so pull through 👌 031
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Menno Pot @mennopot.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Heerlijk eigenwijze (en erg goede) band is dat toch: Rats on Rafts. Op hun nieuwe album 'Deep Below' staan songs als mistige spiegelpaleizen. ★★★★☆ in de Volkskrant. #NewMusic #RatsOnRafts #Volkskrant #recensie #review www.volkskrant.nl/cs-be0717c5/volkskrant.nlRats on Rafts biedt op het rijke ‘Deep Below’ songs als mistige spiegelpaleizen 1122
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Spending our Valentines Day 🥀 in a city we love: 🏴 Glasgow ! 🏴 Tonight we will be playing at the Old Hairdressers with Normal Service ! Doors at 7:30 pm 030
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Fiery Mark @fierymark.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Rotterdam’s Rats On Rafts at Edinburgh’s Voodoo Rooms were top notch tonight. They played this which is ace: youtu.be/vFHvH7LuX3s?... 281
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Great first show of the tour at the Engine Room in North Shields last night. Thanks to everyone for coming ! Playing at the Voodoo Rooms in 🏴 Edinburgh 🏴 tonight with Puppy Teeth ! Doors at 7:30 pm ! 060
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀MuziScene @muziscene.bsky.social · 12/02/2025@ratsonrafts.bsky.social presenteert hun nieuwe album Deep Below. In deze podcast praat Wim du Mortier met David Fagan onder andere over de ontstaansgeschiedenis van het album, analoge opnametechniek en we luisteren naar inspiratiebronnen. #podcast #ratsonrafts #firerecordsmuziscene.nlMuziScene Podcast: David Fagan over Deep Below van Rats On RaftsDe Rotterdamse formatie Rats On Rafts presenteert hun nieuwe album Deep Below. Daarop laat de groep een ander geluid horen dan wat we tot nu toe gewend waren. Het is een stemmig album. In deze podc… 011
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Foggy Notions @foggynotions.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Rats on Rafts @ BelloBar Dublin Sunday February 16th www.ticketmaster.ie/rats-on-raft... 071
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀kino @kinodb17.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Rats On Rafts - Deep Below Feb. 7, 2025 Album #NowPlaying #MusicSky 🇳🇱 Rotterdam, Netherlands ニューアルバムを発売 Franz Ferdinand の来日公演のオープニングアクトもつとめ日本の音楽などにも造詣が深く、MVでは日本とオランダの映像がミックスされています 公式アカウント↓ @ratsonrafts.bsky.social Spotify open.spotify.com/album/6WwS4d... Apple music.apple.com/jp/album/dee...youtu.beRats On Rafts - All These Things (Official Video)YouTube video by firerecords 0222
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀MuziScene @muziscene.bsky.social · 07/02/2025@ratsonrafts.bsky.social slaat met Deep Below een nieuwe weg in. Het is een stemmig album met vooral lange nummers op langzaam tempo uitgevoerd. Het meest consistente album in sound en sfeer en daarmee ook hun beste werk, het mooiste, tot op heden. #firerecords #kuriousrecordings #recensiemuziscene.nlRats On Rafts – Deep BelowRotterdams Rats On Rafts is altijd al gehuld in een zweem van invloeden uit de muziek van de jaren tachtig. Dat ze ooit Moneyman van Kiem coverden zegt genoeg. Niet enkel in de muziek komt dat tot … 042
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Luistertips @luistertips.com · 09/02/2025Twee dagen geleden kwam het nieuwe album Deep Below van @ratsonrafts.bsky.social uit. Het mooie van deze band is, dat ze me bij iedere nieuwe release steeds weer aangenaam weten te verrassen. Door consequent niet in herhaling te willen vallen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEYm... #inthedutchmountainsyoutube.comRats On Rafts - All These Things (Official Video)YouTube video by firerecords 042
Rats on Rafts 🐀 @ratsonrafts.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Next week, the Deep Below tour kicks off in North Shields! 🎶 Two weeks of shows in England, Scotland, and Ireland! 🇬🇧🏴 🇮🇪 Who’s coming? 👀 Tickets: ratsonrafts.lnk.to/Tour 060
Reposted by Rats on Rafts 🐀Retratando Voces @retratandovoces.bsky.social · 08/02/2025@ratsonrafts.bsky.social return to shake up the post-punk scene with their new album, “Deep Below”, via Fire Records, accommodating their style to a darkness of vivid sentimental vulnerability, lo-fi reverberated vocals and mournful new wave #NBTW retratandovoces.blogspot.com/2025/02/rats...retratandovoces.blogspot.comRats On Rafts - Deep BelowMi banda fetiche por antonomasia y amigos de corazón, Rats On Rafts , vuelven a sacudir la escena post-punk con su nuevo álbum, "Deep Below"... 041
