Personal Trainer (band)

Personal Trainer
Personal Trainer performing at Rockaway Beach festival in 2023
Background information
Origin	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Genres	Indie rock
Labels	Holm Front, Bella Union
Members	Willem Smit
Website	personaltrainertheband.com

Personal Trainer is a Dutch indie rock band based in Amsterdam. The band, occasionally referred to as a collective, ^[1] is built around frontman Willem Smit and has a continuously changing line-up with which they perform. ^[2]

History

The band initially started as a solo project of Smit, who frequently asked different people to play along on stage. ^[3] Currently, Smit is the only permanent member of the group, and his fellow band members rotate between artists who are part of, among others, Pip Blom, Bull, Home Counties, The Klittens, Global Charming, Canshaker Pi, and Steve French. ^{[1] [3] [4]}

In 2020, Personal Trainer performed at Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen. In 2021, the band played continuously for 24 hours in Paradiso Amsterdam. ^[5] They have furthermore performed at major Dutch festivals, such as Down the Rabbit Hole, Best Kept Secret, and Into the Great Wide Open.

In December 2023 it was announced that the band had signed to the Bella Union label.

In July 2024, the band released their second album Still Willing. ^[6]

Line up (2023 tours)

• Willem Smit – vocals
• Franti Marešová – guitar
• Leon Harms – guitar
• Ruben van Weegberg – bass
• Abel Tuinstra – keyboards and trumpet
• Kick Kluiving – drums (Kick announced that he would be leaving the band at the end of 2023)
• Kilian Kayser – percussion

Discography

Albums

• Big Love Blanket (2022)
• Still Willing (2024)

Singles and EPs

• "The Industry" (2018)
• "Issue Box" (2020)
• "Politics" (2020)
• "Muscle Memory" (2021)
• "Gazebo" (2021)
• "The Loozer" (2021)
• "Key of Ego" (2022)
• "Milk" (2022)
• "Rug Busters" (2022)
• "The Lazer" (2022)
• "Former Puppy" (2022)
• "Texas in the Kitchen (Live at Katzwijm)" (2023)
• "The Feeling" (2023)
• "Intangible" (2024)
• "Round" (2024)
• "Cyan" (2024)

References

1. "Artiest: Personal Trainer" (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
2. "Personal Trainer is de nieuwste 3FM Talent". NPO 3FM (in Dutch). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
3. Shields, Willow (17 February 2021). "Personal Trainer: Birth of a Band". Wax Music. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
4. Cole, Dan (21 March 2023). "Personal Trainer". EuropaVox. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
5. Pisart, Timo (22 April 2021). "Personal Trainer speelt 24 uur in Paradiso: vreugde, uitputting, overwinning". 3voor12 (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 September 2023.
6. Kamer, Gijsbert (2024-08-01). "Speels en aanstekelijk schiet Personal Trainer op het tweede album alle kanten van het rock-'n-rollspectrum op". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2024-08-01. Retrieved 2024-08-03.

External links

• Personal Trainer at AllMusic
• Personal Trainer discography at Discogs
• Personal Trainer discography at MusicBrainz