ABOUT

The Vices present a contrasting mix of Britpop and Surf Rock. Imagine Cage The Elephant and The Strokes having a love-child who happens to possess a live-energy that reminds one of the early Chili Peppers. These are some big names, but above all The Vices always stay true to themselves. With child-like fun and relentless ambition they can easily play tight and explosive or playful and danceable. This all resulted in their first club tour immediately selling out and Nothing But Thieves taking The Vices along as their support act to the big stages of Europe. Big stages, small stages, moshing or dancing, it doesn’t matter: The Vices will blow your socks off with a huge smile!

"What The Vices show live is simply impressive."

- 3voor12

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Vices were featured in PEOPLE Magazine's (US) article 'Meet PEOPLE's Talented 2025 Spring Emerging Artists’. They played 26 shows in '24 during their first headline tour in the US. 

• The Vices' latest album 'Before It Might Be Gone' was released on February 7 and already reached over 3.5M streams. During the creation of BIMBG, the band worked together with Charlie Andrew (producer Alt-J). The album got support from Spotify Benelux, France, Germany, multiple global playlist placements and over 4300 radio plays at radiostations like RadioEins (DE), WNRN Charlottesville (US), NPO Radio 2 (NL), HR 1 (DE), KTRU Houston (US) Deutschlandfunk (DE).

• The band's latest album ‘Before It Might Be Gone’ came in at #2 in the Dutch physical sales chart, #20 in the Dutch album chart and was rated 4 stars by Written in Music, 9/10 by MusicServer, 8.5/10 by Nieuwe Plaat and 8 by Visions. The album also ranked #3 NMF NL, #1 + cover new alternative and global support. In Germany The Vices have been in the College radio charts for 7 weeks with Gold! Peaking at #3. In the US #8 : MMD Downloads (LP) and #8 : MMD Streams (LP). How Does It Feel: #4 in NMF NL and #1 in Radar playlist and New Alternative (incl. cover) & more than 50.000 streams in the first weekend. 'Wrong Ones' was on #7 in the New Music Friday NL, on the cover of New Alternative. Both received international play listing from DE, FR and global.

• The Vices are Spotify Benelux' radar artist.

• The Vices have their own festival, called ViceFest. The Festival is internationally celebrated with editions in Oosterpoort (Groningen), Trix (Antwerpen), Bush Hall (London) and Privatclub (Berlin).

• The Vices played Eurosonic (NL) mainstage, as well as 4 shows at ESNS and 6 at SXSW. The Vices also performed at Reeperbahn (DE), The New Colossus Festival (USA). 

• In the beginning of 2024 they sold out their biggest headline shows so far, in the Oosterpoort, Groningen and Paradiso, Amsterdam. At the end of 2024 they played TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht (cap. 2000) that sold out 4 months in advance. Their first and second Dutch club tour in 2019 and 2022, sold over a 1000 tickets in the first 24 hours and was SOLD OUT completely with capacities up to 800.

• The Vices' album 'Unknown Affairs, released on March 17th 2023, reached over 1.5M streams within a month. The album was promoted by Your Army in the US in the beginning of 2024. "CHARTING THIS WEEK: #146 (DEBUT) : NACC 200”. Currently the album has over 6M streams.

• The Vices were support act for Kensington for 3 sold-out shows with venues up to 36.000 cap., Nothing But Thieves during their European tour shows in 2022 and YUNGBLUD at the internationally well known show-case festival ESNS. They were reinvited by Nothing But Thieves to be their support act at their show in Stuttgart. 

• The band received airplay on 3FM, Radio 2, KINK and loads of German alternative radio stations with ‘Strange Again' being rewarded with the MegaHit on national radio station 3FM and KINK and reached #3 in the German Campus charts.

• Their debut album 'Looking For Faces' was very well received and reached #1 in the Dutch physical sales charts and #13 in the Dutch national charts.

• As house band of ‘M’ The Vices played on Dutch national television for 25 days.