Personal Trainer
Dutch septet Personal Trainer churn out songs that sound like all your favourite indie rock luminaries jam-packed into big-beaming pop psalms. One of the band’s early career highlights was a 24-hour (!) performance at Amsterdam’s legendary pop temple Paradiso. After releasing their debut EP Gazebo on Holm Front in 2021, the band released their first full-length LP Big Love Blanket in 2022.
The band's formative years were marked by a revolving door of plucky scenesters, with Willem Smit – the band’s conductor and cheerleader – as its affable pivot figure. But now with shows at festivals such as SXSW, End of the Road Festival, Great Escape, Wilderness, and Best Kept Secret under Personal Trainer’s belt, the band nascent state-of-flux has cemented into a steady line up: along for the ride with Smit, the band consists of Kilian Kayser (percussion), Leon Harms (drums), Mart Boumans (guitar/sax), Franti Maresova (guitars/vocals), Ruben van Weegberg (bass), and Abel Tuinstra (keys/synths).
Personal Trainer
“I Can Be Your Personal Trainer”, the second song on our second album “Still Willing” live at Paradiso, on YouTube now.
Recording: Niek Manders
Mix: Casper van der Lans
Edit: Jilles van Kleef
Camera: Yana Khazanovich, Luna Sterre van Heck, Fréderique Comans, Jilles van Kleef
Come and see the show for real:
(BE) - 06.02 - Wintercircus, Gent
(BE) - 07.02 - Nijdrop, Opwijk
(UK) - 14.02 - Gorilla, Manchester
(UK) - 15.02 - The Grove, Newcastle
(UK) - 16.02 - Mash House, Edinburgh
(UK) - 18.02 - Room 2, Glasgow
(UK) - 19.02 - Ulster Sports Club, Belfast
(IE) - 21.02 - Bordeline Festival, Dublin
(UK) - 22.02 - District, Liverpool
(UK) - 23.02 - Castle & Falcon, Birmingham
(UK) - 24.02 - Thekla, Bristol
(UK) - 26.02 - The Dome, London
(UK) - 27.02 - Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
(UK) - 28.02 - Academy 2, Oxford
(UK) - 01.03 - Chalk, Brighton
(USA) - 6/9.03 - The New Collosus, New York
(USA) - 10/15/03 - SXSW, Austin
(BE) - 22.03 - Get Out Of My Garage, Genk
(UK) - 01.05 - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
(UK) - 02.05 - Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff
(UK) - 03.05 - Wanderlust, Southampton
(ES) - 21.05 - Siroco, Madrid
(ES) - 22.05 - 16 Toneladas, Valencia
(ES) - 23.05 - Heliogabal, Barcelona
(NL) - 31.05 - SPY Festival, Emmen
(DE) - 06.06 - Orange Blossom Festival, Beverungen
(BE) - 14.06 - Retie Rockt - Retie
(NL) - 15.06 - Best Kept Secret Festival, Hilvarenbeek
(NL) - 20.06 - Pinkpop Festival, Landgraaf
(DE) - 21.06 - Traumzeit Festival, Duisburg
(DE) - 02.08 - Rockwood Festival, Lommel
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The last video of our Rooftop Trilogy is out now! It’s called Testing The Alarm and we are super happy with it.
Tour starts Wednesday in Switzerland! Hope to see you somewhere soon.
#livemusic #indie #rock #testingthealarm #altmusic #personaltrainer
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If you like bands playing on roofs, black and white film and the song CYAN by Personal Trainer: it's your lucky day. Watch our second video recorded live on the roof of Erik's house now!
Directed by Thomas Foster
Shot by Flip Kwakkel
Colour Grading: Daan van der Voort
Audio by Casper van Lans
Erik’s House by Erik van der Paardt
Music by Personal Trainer (Willem, Abel, Franti, Kilian, Ruben, Leon and Mart)
Special thanks to: Lyon Pol, Haghe Film, Maloney, Camera Rentals
Come see ur
EU
29.10 DYNAMO WERK 21. ZURICH (CH)
31.10 ARCI BELLEZZA. MILAN (IT)
01.11 COVO. BOLOGNA (IT)
04.11 JOKER’S PUB. ANGERS (FR)
05.11 PENNY LANE. RENNES (FR)
06.11 POINT EPHEMERE. PARIS (FR)
08.11 ICELAND AIRWAVES. REYKJAVIK (IS)
12.11 MANUFAKTUR. SCHONDORF (DE)
14.11 CHELSEA. WENEN (AT)
16.11 SCHOKOLADEN. BERLIN (DE)
17.11 LOPPEN. COPENHAGEN (DK)
NL
22.11 VERA. GRONINGEN (NL)
27.11 DOORNROOSJE. NIJMEGEN (NL)
28.11 HEDON. ZWOLLE (NL)
30.11 PARADISO. AMSTERDAM (NL)
01.12 MAASSILO. ROTTERDAM (NL)
05.12 013 NEXT. TILBURG (NL)
2025
ES + BE
29.01 SIROCO. MADRID (ES)
30.01 16 TONELADAS. VALENCIA (ES)
31.01 RAZZMATAZZ 3 (ES)
06.02 WINTERCIRCUS. GHENT (BE)
07.02 NIJDROP. OPWIJK (BE)
UK:
14.02 GORILLA. MANCHESTER (UK)
15.02 THE GROVE. NEWCASTLE (UK)
16.02 MASH HOUSE. EDINBURGH (UK)
18.02 ROOM 2. GLASGOW (UK)
19.02 ULSTER SPORTS CLUB. BELFAST (IR)
22.02 DISTRICT. LIVERPOOL (UK)
23.02 CASTLE & FALCON. BIRMINGHAM (UK)
24.02 THEKLA. BRISTOL (UK)
26.02 EARTH. LONDON (UK)
27.02 WEDGEWOOD ROOMS. PORTSMOUTH (UK)
28.02 ACADEMY 2. OXFORD (UK)
01.03 CHALK. BRIGHTON (UK)
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We recorded three songs live on the roof of Erik’s House at NDSM-werf in Amsterdam, where we recorded and mixed most of our record Still Willing. The first one is Upper Ferntree Gully and it’s on YouTube now!
Directed by Thomas Foster
Shot by Flip Kwakkel
Colour Grading: Daan van der Voort
Audio by Casper van Lans
Erik’s House by Erik van der Paardt
Music by Personal Trainer (Willem, Abel, Franti, Kilian, Ruben, Leon and Mart)
Special thanks to: Lyon Pol, Haghe Film, Maloney, Camera Rentals
28.09 THORN IN MY SIDE. ANTWERP (BE)
05.10 COME AS YOU ARE. EINDHOVEN (NL)
EU
29.10 DYNAMO WERK 21. ZURICH (CH)
31.10 ARCI BELLEZZA. MILAN (IT)
01.11 COVO. BOLOGNA (IT)
04.11 JOKER’S PUB. ANGERS (FR)
05.11 PENNY LANE. RENNES (FR)
06.11 POINT EPHEMERE. PARIS (FR)
08.11 ICELAND AIRWAVES. REYKJAVIK (IS)
12.11 MANUFAKTUR. SCHONDORF (DE)
14.11 CHELSEA. WENEN (AT)
15.11 BARDZO BARDZO. WARSCHAU (PL)
16.11 SCHOKOLADEN. BERLIN (DE)
17.11 LOPPEN. COPENHAGEN (DK)
NL
22.11 VERA. GRONINGEN (NL)
27.11 DOORNROOSJE. NIJMEGEN (NL)
28.11 HEDON. ZWOLLE (NL)
30.11 PARADISO. AMSTERDAM (NL)
01.12 MAASSILO. ROTTERDAM (NL)
05.12 013 NEXT. TILBURG (NL)
2025
ES + BE
29.01 SIROCO. MADRID (ES)
30.01 16 TONELADAS. VALENCIA (ES)
31.01 RAZZMATAZZ 3 (ES)
06.02 WINTERCIRCUS. GHENT (BE)
07.02 NIJDROP. OPWIJK (BE)
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Personal Trainer
We recorded three songs live on the roof of Erik's House at NDSM-werf in Amsterdam. This first one to be released is called Upper Ferntree Gully. Tune in for the premiere on Monday the 16th of september now!
Directed by Thomas Foster
Shot by Flip Kwakkel
Colour Grading: Daan van der Voort
Audio by Casper van Lans
Erik's House by Erik van der Paardt
Music by Personal Trainer (Willem, Abel, Franti, Kilian, Ruben, Leon and Mart)
Special thanks to: Lyon Pol, Haghe Film, Maloney, Camera Rentals
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Still Willing is a month old! 🎉
Thanks for listening. A couple of tours back, Abel, Franti, Ruben and Mart recorded a great video for the album closer What Am I Supposed To Say About The People And Their Ways? in Valencia.
Starring Franti Marešová, Sofia Zambrano Santa, Nacha de Alfonso, Ruben van Weegberg and Mart Boumans. Edit by Abel.
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It's been two weeks since Intangible came out! Hope you're all liking it. Thanks for watching the video <3
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