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Tutu, tutu, tutu Tutu, tutu, tu So Long, H.N. Werkman Freedom of the mind Speak out, play and fight In violet lights In silent nights Circles, squares and chimneys Prints of paradise Racetracks, horses blue Blue, blue, blue Where are you Somire mare maksi Conbrise la contaksi A monde microkaksi Parfaite satisfaksi Valore non valaxi Presente par sequaxi Colosso la colaxi Un grande stupéfaxi Aquiso quasi quaksi Stupido adoraksi Next call, H.N. Werkman Carters plowing through Descent into the Maelström Round and round And round and round And round and round Tutu, tutu, tutu Tutu, tutu, tu Punches, stamps and templates Pressing cubes and lines Werkman calling hey Away we go Away we go Away we go Subito un injaksi Profonde profilaksi Ridicula loquaxi Un imposante smaksi Regarde son pretaksi Devalde educaxi Retorica redaksi Perfecte superflaxi A basso immédiaxi Salvo sonoso claxi
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Blackbirds in the sky And jackdaws are jiggling Sunday afternoon Colours everywhere A windflow is whispering Look, it’s almost June Hello sunshine Birds on a wire Playtime Hello cloud nine Girl on a swing Last call for the spring Cycling through the hills We got cream on our shoulders Sunday afternoon We’re picking daffodils We’re climbing on boulders Rollin’ down the dune Hello sunshine Birds on a wire Playtime Hello cloud nine Girl on a swing Last call for the spring Nobody makes a sound We’re trying to find common ground On Sunday afternoon
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Once upon a time when you were young You were a Northern painter Travelling to Davos On your way to clear your head and lungs But what you cleared was more Important than just those They were spellbound Vibrant So mesmerised And their heart sounds Beating So harmonised In the spring of 1921 To all your friends and allies The painter made a vow When you came back cured you said that now Now was the time to change the Furrows of the Plow They were spellbound Vibrant So mesmerised And their heart sounds Beating So harmonised
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We’re up on the shelves We’re reading ourselves We’re biding the time while you play your games We’re yearning for love A word from above Your fingers caressing our authors names We stand side by side Against the tide Shoulder to shoulder and upright You seemed so concerned When our family was burnt By people provoked by a single man There’s so much you’ve learned From the pages you turned We don’t really mind that was way back when We know you’re benign So send us a sign Come crawling out of your wasteland Are you out of your mind There’s poems and prose And comfort for those Who’re looking for shelter in fantasies There’s comics and science Some mistake lines Some heroes from fine ancient tragedies There’s motives and means To discard your screens And broaden your faltered horizon Are you out of your mind
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Out of the blue How brave are you Getting your mojo working Dusting off things Rusty old strings Getting the kettle boiling Did we explain It’s a zero-sum game endeavour There’s nothing to gain The music had changed forever Why do you sound Like no-one around Why do you keep on struggling Fallen from grace In all kinds of ways Maybe you should try juggling Did we explain It’s a zero-sum game endeavour There’s nothing to gain The music had changed forever And we’re by and by By and by And we’re by and by astray Astray Aren’t you too old To do as you’re told And follow the right procedures When will you learn It’s not our concern That artists are gloomy creatures
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Blackbirds in the sky And jackdaws are jiggling Sunday afternoon Colours everywhere A windflow is whispering Look, it’s almost June Hello sunshine Birds on a wire Playtime Hello cloud nine Girl on a swing Last call for the spring Cycling through the hills We got cream on our shoulders Sunday afternoon We’re picking daffodils We’re climbing on boulders Rollin’ down the dune Hello sunshine Birds on a wire Playtime Hello cloud nine Girl on a swing Last call for the spring Nobody makes a sound We’re trying to find common ground On Sunday afternoon

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Werkman is the fifth album by The Dutch. A mini-album this time, named after the Dutch artist Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman (1882-1945). Most songs on the album are inspired by De Ploeg ("The Plow"), a group of artists from Groningen, the Netherlands, who explored a unique kind of expressionism in the first half of the 20th century. H.N. Werkman was one of the leading members of De Ploeg. As De Ploeg was founded in 1918, 2018 marks the centenary of this avant-garde collective. So Long H.N. Werkman, the first song on the album and also the first single, is an homage to the printer, painter and artist who never ceased to inspire his colleagues to seek new ways of making art. The song reflects his adventurous nature, his optimism and the color richness of his “druksels”. In the song, Job Cohen, the former mayor of Amsterdam, reads one of Werkman’s Dadaist poems.

Other songs on the album that are inspired by H.N. Werkman or De Ploeg are Sunday Afternoon (Hello Sunshine) and Spellbound (dedicated to Jan Wiegers).

Completing the album are Out Of Your Mind, in which a row of books are feeling bored and wondering when their owner will have time to read one of them, instead of gaming and Netflixing and sitting in front of screens all the time; and By And By Astray, in which The Dutch make fun of themselves and wonder if they would be better off if they started juggling careers.
The last song on the album is a reprise of Sunday Afternoon (Hello Sunshine). In the original song, the sun is shining and everybody is hunky-dory, but there is a gloomy atmosphere around the corner; in the reprise the clouds have all disappeared and there is a feeling of optimism - the optimism of De Ploeg.

The album is released on the Run The Story label.

The music video for So Long H.N. Werkman was made by animation artist Iris Frankhuizen, and made possible by means of a financial contribution by the Groninger Museum and the Stichting 100 jaar De Ploeg.

You can buy the CD at shop.thedutchband.com.

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released May 26, 2018

The album was recorded and produced by Martijn Groeneveld and mastered by Darius van Helfteren.

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The Dutch is an Amsterdam based pop group. Son of Han is the lead singer/guitarist.

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