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Nov 14, 2025 By Dom Gourlay Photography by Roger Sargent

Dutch punks Real Farmer released their new single today (Friday 14th November) via Strap Originals. Entitled “Missing Link,” the video was directed by Roger Sargent and is Real Farmer’s first new music since the band’s RF II EP which came out in May. The song is lifted from the band’s forthcoming second album, Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right, which is scheduled to come out in 2026.

Having just played Pitchfork Paris and Protomartyr supports in the Netherlands and Germany, the band played the first of three Babyshambles support slots in Coventry Empire last night (13th November), with Norwich - LCR (14th November) and Brixton Academy (16th November) to follow.

The remainder of Real Farmer’s 2025 live dates are listed below with a full UK and EU tour for spring 2026 to be announced.

November:

14 Norwich - LCR (supporting Babyshambles)
15 Brussels - Totally Enough Festival, Le Botanique
16 London - Brixton Academy (supporting Babyshambles)
29 Amsterdam - UIUI Fest #3, Cinetol

On the new single Missing Link it feels like Real Farmer are more in charge of their expression than they’ve ever been. There’s still the battering ram drums and punk spirit that’s always been there, but through dabbling with a new armory of guitar effects and shifting the balance between the lead vocals and bassist Marrit’s hypnotic backing vocals onto a more equal volume footing, it feels like new territory. This is their least austere number yet - embracing the boogie whilst frontman Jeroen’s stonking delivery of a poetic tirade indicates a life on the edge.

To record the video, Real Farmer travelled to Margate, Kent and linked up with music photographer and video maker Roger Sargent, who is renowned for the iconic sleeve of The Libertines’ second album. The video sees the band’s lead singer Jeroen Klootsema and bassist Marrit Meinema portraying primal, blood-thirsty cave dwellers.

Of the video, director Roger Sargent says: “The dawn of misogyny, a brutal selfish act. It started with a missing link between humans and animals. Trying to depict human evolution and exploitation. For us to thrive something else needs to die.”

After completing the video shoot, Real Farmer performed live in Margate’s Dalby cafe - the cafe famed for the viral image of Peter Doherty tucking into a giant fry-up.

“Missing Link” was produced by longtime ally Niek Van Den Driesschen and recorded at Far Out Sound Studios in Rotterdam - the Dutch city where the band’s bassist Marrit Meinema and drummer Leon Harms reside as singer Jeroen and guitarist Peter (Van Der Ploeg) continue to live further north in Groningen, where the band started out. It was mastered by Melbourne-based Mikey Young, who works mostly with garage, psych and punk (Amyl and the Sniffers, Preoccupations, The Chats).

For more information on Real Farmer visit their INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK and YOUTUBE pages.