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Discography

Explore the discography, starting with six studio albums, in reverse chronological order:

Fading Sun (2026)

May 8, 2026

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Fading Sun

Ten new songs recorded in the band's own studio. Blues, roots rock, and a bit of gospel thrown in for good measure. Slide guitar, harmonica, backing vocals — the works.

The songs circle around that moment when life knocks the wind out of you — when you look in the mirror and don't recognize yourself anymore, when memories feel heavier than the road ahead. Some tracks burn hot, others take their time. And somewhere in there, a fading sun sets the sky on fire.

First Single

Fading Sun

The title track. A slow burn about standing in the dimming light, counting scars, wondering who that person in the mirror is. Whiskey in hand, old stories in black and white, and a lonesome train whistling through the night.

Released July 18, 2025

Second Single

Queen of the Board

About someone who knows exactly what they want and how to get it. Struts through life like they own the place. Everyone has met that person.

Released January 2, 2026

Revelation (2018)

Released 2018

Revelation

Released in February 2018 and produced by Mario Goossens from Triggerfinger. Six tracks, louder and heavier than anything the band had done before — big drums, overdriven slide guitar, the volume turned way up.

Opens with the driving "High and Fine," moves through "Ain't That Something" and the darker "Head Down in the Darkness," then closes with "I Know It's Right." Blues Magazine called it "a hard punch to the gut" — can't argue with that.

Hoodoo Down (2015)

Released 2015

Hoodoo Down

Released November 2015, this is where things got bigger. The band brought in guests on organ, Wurlitzer, piano, saxophone, violin, percussion, and backing vocals — still blues at heart, but no longer limiting themselves.

"The Porch Light" has that Chicago shuffle feel, "Alley Cat" owes something to Louis Jordan, "Turmoil" is a protest chant, and "The Golden Stairs" goes full gospel call-and-response. The quiet JJ Cale-style closer "The End of the Road" later ended up in the short film Missed.

Rolling Into Town (2014)

Released 2014

🏆 Best Dutch Blues Album 2014

Rolling Into Town

Launched live at Paradiso Amsterdam in November 2014, this third album features fifteen tracks recorded at Red Bull Studios. It won Best Dutch Blues Album — third year in a row, which nobody saw coming.

Acoustic fingerpicking blends with jazz and Dixieland influences: the slow-burn title track, the ragtime swing of "My Baby'll Make It Right," foot-stomper "Ride the Blind," and a slide-guitar nod to Muddy Waters on "Patron Saint." "Sounds of Eyes" is the closest the band has come to straight-up jazz-blues.

Sell Your Soul (2013)

Released 2013

🏆 Best Dutch Blues Album 2013

Sell Your Soul

Released Friday the 13th of September 2013 — seemed appropriate. Cut live at the BandBunker in Amersfoort, thirteen tracks, mostly acoustic. Won Best Dutch Blues Album for the second year running.

Stripped-down delta blues with a few full-band arrangements thrown in. The raw, slide-driven opener sets the tone, and "Number 10" gets swampy and electric. Most of it is just guitar, harmonica, and whatever the band could drag out of themselves that day.

The Damned and Dirty (2012)

Debut 2012

🏆 Best Dutch Blues Album 2012

The Damned and Dirty

This self-released debut was recorded in just two days at 20Twelve Audio in Amersfoort, back in September 2012. Thirteen acoustic blues tracks, put online for free — the band figured that would be the end of it, a fun side project, nothing more. Then it won Best Dutch Blues Album. That wasn't the plan.

Lo-fi delta blues: screaming slide guitar, raw vocals, wailing blues harp. Not polished, not trying to be. The kind of record you make when you're not thinking about making a record.

Singles

Most albums are accompanied by a few singles, but there's also a few standalone singles that are not part of any album. Here they are:

Bye Bye to Ya (2016)

Single 2016

Limited Edition Vinyl Single

Bye Bye to Ya

/ I ain't coming home

This limited-edition 2016 vinyl single features sharp-edged slide guitar, raw harmonica, and stripped-down drums. Presented at Paradiso Amsterdam — the band at their loudest and most unpolished.

The vinyl-only B-side, “I Ain’t Coming Home,” features a more laid-back, country sound complete with violin. And don't miss the live version of this single at Paradiso!

The Porch Light (Live) (2020)

Live single 2016

Recorded live on Radio Veronica

The Porch Light

Live at Countdown Café / Radio Veronica

This radio-session take on fan-favourite The Porch Light was captured live on Veronica’s legendary Countdown Café in 2016 and finally released to streaming only in 2020. Mic bleed and over-compressed audio drop you straight inside the studio!

Catch the original broadcast on YouTube.

The Pandemic Sessions

During the COVID-19 pandemic, The Damned and Dirty released a series of singles in 2020 and 2021 called The Pandemic Sessions. These tracks were recorded remotely, with each member contributing from their own home. In chronological order, they include:

Lockdown Blues (2020)

Pandemic Sessions

Lockdown Blues

Written at the height of the first Dutch lockdown, “Lockdown Blues” is a classic 12-bar, delta-picking lament recorded remotely in separate living-rooms. A tribute to the toilet-paper hysteria that gripped the nation in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

The music video’s split-screen shows the same day on loop: coffee, couch, dog-walk, repeat — capturing the numb monotony many of us felt in spring 2020.

Curfew Boogie (2021)

Pandemic Sessions

Curfew Boogie

A biting foot-stomper born in 2021, right when the Netherlands imposed its first nationwide curfew since WWII. It mocks the mass hysteria — 5G conspiracies, vaccine fears — and the government’s belief that locking everyone indoors would somehow fix things.

The videoclip is pretty fire, watch it on YouTube!

Vaccination Rag (2021)

Pandemic Sessions

Vaccination Rag

A tongue-in-cheek ode to “getting the jab.” Bottleneck guitar, washboard taps and Kevin’s harmonica were recorded in separate living-rooms, then stitched together overnight and released on 25 June 2021 as the final chapter of the Pandemic Sessions

Watch the lyric video on Youtube.