Today marks 8 years since this journey began. Honestly, I almost didn’t realise it until someone pointed it out. I’ve been so focused on the big things ahead, like episode 100, that I forgot to pause and appreciate how far Distant has already come.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the support and the stories you’ve shared about what Distant means to you. It’s incredibly moving to see how much impact a single hour of music a month can have in someone’s life. Here’s to many more to come. I hope you enjoy.

Distant Episode 96 / July 2025

Puppet Strings (from 'The Static State')

MIDNIGHT MENACE 

Energetic punkrock influenced by bands such as Ignite, Bouncing Souls and Rise Against. Pounding riffs en catchy melodies combined 
with powerfull vocals of female leadsinger Heleen Tichelaar, creating an unique and convincing sound. 
This five-piece band is seriously pushing forward since 2008. All bandmembers got necessery experience in previous bands
such as One Clear moment, Educational Chaos and Veralynn.

Fences
Midnight Menace enters the studio in November 2008 with producer Nico van Montfort (Antillectual, Tenement Kids, Smash the Statues)
to record their debut EP ‘Fences’. The five-track EP gets raving reviews by magazines/E-zines such as Aardschok, Oor.nl, Spinner.nl, Upmagazine and Punx.nl.
Besides playing a long list of liveshows, Midnight Menace wins several bandcontests wich resulted in sold-out shows with Destine and Ignite. 

The Static State
During 2010 a lot of material gets written which resulted in about 15 brand new tracks.  The poppy-uptempo-punkrock-sound is traded in for a more mature rock sound. 
The band went through some line-up changes as well: guitarist Kees leaves the band due to his photography career and gets replaced by Nangko (the Hug, Veralynn). 
Nangko pitches in quite heavily on a vocal level as well which gives the new tracks even more depth and dynamic.

In October 2010 Midnight Menace enters the studio once again with Nico van Montfort to record 7 brand new tracks that have become  ‘The Static State’ EP!
The sound of ‘The Static State’ is energetic, clear and full with a raw edge. 
Now Midnight Menace is ready to transform the new material into an explosive liveset.


Puppet Strings (from 'The Static State')

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