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About Me

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Though both band members live in the Antwerp area, everything we used to be originates from a dark basement somewhere in student city Leuven. Using only voice, guitar and drums, the band embraces indierock, postrock and various other influences to compose songs that leave space for experiments with loops and melodies. It results in both heartfelt melancholy and monstrous walls of sound. You can download the homemade "Heroes" demo below.Nederlands
Hoewel beide groepsleden woonachtig zijn in het Antwerpse, is everything we used to be ontsproten aan een donkere kelder in studentenstad Leuven. Gewapend met enkel zang, gitaar en drums, combineert het duo invloeden uit indierock, postrock en tal van andere genres. Het resulteert in songs die experimenteren met loops en melodieën, maar bovenal bol staan van de emotie en intensiteit. Doorleefde melancholie en gelaagde gitaarpartijen gekoppeld aan epische geluidsmuren, dat is waar de band voor staat. Hun eerste demo, getiteld "Heroes", is hieronder integraal te downloaden. DOWNLOAD "HEROES" DEMOContact
johan.roef [at] skynet [dot] be

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/2/2007
Band Members: everything we used to be is Johan Roef
guitars/bass/vocals Tim Janssens
drums/vocals gently supported by Stien Goffin
lyrics & inspiration
Influences: if we were only half as good as 65daysofstatic / Arcade Fire / The Beatles / Converge / Death Cab for Cutie / The Dillinger Escape Plan / Explosions in the Sky / The Gutter Twins / ISIS / The Mars Volta / Mogwai / Neurosis / The National / The Notwist / Pink Floyd / Radiohead / Sigur Ros / Sonic Youth / Tool we would be very proud of ourselves
Sounds Like: everything we used to be
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Summer

Hi,While we are studying for our last exams, I thought we should give you the heads up on our summer plans.Currently, we have two shows scheduled in the near future. First of all, we'll play Den Eglan...
Posted by everything we used to be on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:09:00 PST

News news news

Hey,It's me again. I have some news for you. First of all, I've decided to join the Antwerp-based postrockband Hayk on guitar. There are no songs online yet, but you might like to check them out anyw...
Posted by everything we used to be on Fri, 02 May 2008 02:30:00 PST

Live shit

Hello,I have posted some new live photography in our picture section. You might like them. Or you might not, just have a look.We were not quite satisfied with the two shows we did last week, but it&rs...
Posted by everything we used to be on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:30:00 PST

"Heroes" demo available

Hello (again),I have decided to round off the "Heroes" demo on 4 tracks. There certainly is more to come, but this is what we want to come out with so far. You can download the full demo in 128kbps mp...
Posted by everything we used to be on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:31:00 PST

Update

Hey there!I am very happy to announce you that I’ve finally uploaded some new audio material onto our MySpace player. The track is called "A Thousand Broken Dreams" and is different from most yo...
Posted by everything we used to be on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:17:00 PST

Some pics

Hey,I posted some pictures of our live performance in Fakbar 't Elixir on December 6th. Maybe worth your time, maybe not. I hope you like them nonetheless.For the moment, I am studying for my Januari ...
Posted by everything we used to be on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:55:00 PST

In Asylum

As you might have figured out, I have posted a new song today. It will be the opening track of our soon to be completed demo EP 'Heroes'. There are two other tracks, that are instrumentally finished, ...
Posted by everything we used to be on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 01:42:00 PST

Close, but no cigar

Hello there!It was quite an amazing show yesterday at Fakbar ’t Elixir. We were glad to notice that we amazed both the crowd and ourselves.We didn’t get selected as the winner of the cont...
Posted by everything we used to be on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:14:00 PST

Live @ Fakbar t Elixir

Hey,I am very happy to announce our very first official stage appearance!Everything We Used to Be will play a set at "Battle of the Bands" in Fakbar 't Elixir (Leuven) on December 6th. In case we win...
Posted by everything we used to be on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:10:00 PST

New song

Hey there!It's been a while since you heard from me, but I'm back with some newly recorded material. 'Nothing Left' contains my first vocals and is from now on available for listening on MySpace. The...
Posted by everything we used to be on Sun, 30 Sep 2007 10:28:00 PST