albums Henk (1986) and URK (1989, live). Late November the band played "Radio Orange" on Holland's biggest TV show De Wereld Draait Door, after which angst returned to the iTunes Top 15. Early December NITS played the same song on Belgian TV show "De Zevende Dag". In January 2018 Spotify released the playlist This is: NITS featuring 40 songs from Tent (1979) all the way up to angst (2017). From Tutti Ragazzi to In The Dutch Mountains and from Giant Normal Dwarf to Pockets Of Rain. On November 22, 2019 Knot was released to favourable reviews in OOR, Parool and Written in Music a.o. On Monday May 16, De Werf - the studio, archive and base of operations of the band for more than 40 years - tragically went up in flames. A big loss for the band and the music world in general. The new Nits album was completed just before the fire. In December 2021, the video for single Beromünster was still filmed there. On September 30, 2022, the album NEON was released, the third in a trilogy with angst (2017) and Knot (2019). The album was preceded by the singles and videos Sunday Painter, The Ghost Ranch and the aforementioned Beromünster. On the day of release Spotify included the song Shadow Letter in its popular New Music Friday playlist, like the other singles before. Current and past members The following people have been considered full members of the group: Henk Hofstede (main vocalist, guitar, some keyboards) - 1974 to present Rob Kloet (drums and percussion) - 1974 to present Alex Roelofs (bass, backing vocals) - 1974-81 Michiel Peters (guitar, backing and some lead vocals) - 1974-85 Robert Jan Stips (keyboards, backing and occasional lead vocals) - 1983-96, 2003 to present Joke Geraets (bass, guitar, some backing vocals) - 1986-91 (but inactive after 1989 due to illness) Pieter Meuris (violin) - 1991-6 Martin Bakker (bass) - 1991-6 Arwen Linnemann (bass) - 1998-2003 Laetitia van Krieken (keyboards) - 1998-2004 Timeline Lyrical themes The group travel widely, and Hofstede's lyrics often concern his impressions of places he has been. The official Nits website includes a map showing the locations that the group has written songs about. Another common theme (to some extent overlapping the first) is songs inspired by works of art, literature and museum exhibits (e.g. "A Touch of Henry Moore", "Soap Bubble Box", "Nescio"). Many other songs are