They won this competition on votes from the public and topped bands like Lark and Taxi Violence.
The video to "Gedagte vir die dag" also spent five weeks at number one on the MK Top 10.
The album was recorded in the band's town of origin, Potchefstoom, as well as Johannesburg and Pretoria from August 2018.
The first song on the album was written in June by frontman Bouwer Bosch, and immediately the music portrayed a new direction for the band.
The band continued to write the rest of the album for the following 3 months, with recording taking a total of 6 weeks.
For the album, the band chose to work with 7 producers, namely Ewald Jansen van Rensburg, Carlo de Villiers, Rudolph Willemse, Peach van Pletzen, Stefan Swart, Bouwer Bosch and Johan Oelofsenn.
Straatligkinders described their main challenge with the new album as the quest to marry their heavy rock sound with more popular pop angles and melodies heard on radio today.
August 2021 sees the release of a brand new single from STRAATLIGKINDERS, entitled KOM SAAM.
With a high energy feel to it, KOM SAAM is a rock song with electronic elements tapping into the current relevant sound and genres.