DE STAAT

Black vinyl with silver foil artwork

In April, following a two-year hiatus, the Nijmegen-based art rock band De Staat made their return with the much-talked-about single ‘THE KING’. It now turns out to be a preview of their new album ‘DE STAAT’ (‘THE STATE’), due for release on 18 September via V2 Records. The second single, ‘THE FIRE’, is out today; a driving track with a confrontational message. The new work is accompanied by an art installation and a conceptual live show, De Staat Becomes De Staat.

Themes such as power, manipulation, misinformation and autocracy have featured in De Staat’s work before, but never with such urgency as now. Frontman Torre Florim on the album: “As a band, we’ve often explored themes such as power, faith and the increasingly blurred line between reality and fiction. The current world has drawn us further down that dark path, and it suddenly feels as though the name we came up with 25 years ago has taken on a deeper meaning. As if we’ve been unconsciously working towards this all along. That’s why our seventh album is called DE STAAT.”

Tracklist:

A
1. THE KING
2. THE FIRE
3. THE UNDERDOG
4. FREEDOM
5. THE NOISE

B
1. GLORY
2. THE BOY
3. THE MAN
4. THE MATTER
5. FAITH

Release date: 18 September 2026