Dutch punks Real Farmer release their new single “Missing Link” via Strap Originals, the first new music since their EP ‘RF II’ arrived in May. The track is lifted from the band’s upcoming second album ‘Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right’, slated for spring 2026 release, and arrives amid the band’s biggest UK shows to date supporting Babyshambles at Coventry Empire, Norwich LCR, and Brixton Academy. On “Missing Link” it feels like Real Farmer are more in charge of their expression than ever before. The battering ram drums and punk spirit remain, but through dabbling with a new armory of guitar effects and shifting the balance between lead vocals and bassist Marrit’s hypnotic backing vocals onto more equal 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, renowned for the iconic sleeve of The Libertines’ second album. The video sees lead singer Jeroen Klootsema and bassist Marrit Meinema portraying primal, blood-thirsty cave dwellers. 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.” “Missing Link” was produced by longtime ally Niek Van Den Driesschen and recorded at Far Out Sound Studios in Rotterdam, mastered by Melbourne-based Mikey Young, who works mostly with garage, psych and punk. 2025 has been a busy year for the four-piece, playing festivals including Primavera Sound, The Great Escape, Eurosonic, and The Libertines’ Gunnerbury Park festival, completing their first UK headline tour and playing dozens of shows around Europe. The band emerged from the vibrant Groningen DIY scene in the north of the Netherlands and signed to Peter Doherty’s Strap Originals off the strength of early releases and their reputation as a fierce live act.