Maida Vale

Hey Shnozzers, how's it hanging?

So we just got back from our latest London jaunt, had a Levi's

Ones To Watch show in the Barfly (cheers Joel!) and a Maida

Vale Session for Rob Da Bank's show (cheers Rob!).

It started off trying to ditch the van in a dodgy parking yard so

we could get into radio 1's main studios to record some voice

bits to go with the songs. God knows how they'll turn out, it's 

kinda weird talking straight when you're in Jo Whiley's chair 

after she's just left the room while Edith Bo-Man interviews 

Huge Ackman (Wolverine, of course!) live through a window in 

the studio next door. It's all over too way too quick to realise 

that all we've just said is complete shit but I'm sure those 

editors will make us sound like we're as cool as Huge himself

did next door. Actually they were piping his interview into the

bogs as well, he sounded even cooler in there.

Onward then to Camden for the Barfly show. Surrounded by 

good friends and all in the luxury of their new dressing rooms,

it really made us feel like the privileged scumbags we should 

be by now, relaxing in the shit-stinking fumes of our own 

arses! It's been a couple of weeks since we played so the hot

lights and expectant crowd was a welcome sight! Another 

chance to spaff it out good and proper!

After a long, drawn-out night, and a quick snooze, it's time 

to race across London to try and find this Maida Vale place.

Thinking we're all set up for disaster, getting the van stuck in

a Saisbury's car park and too many roadworks, we made it on 

the dot! Of all the minutes in the day, how do things always 

end up working out on the one minute you least expect?

We haven't had a recording session go so smoothly as this one

did. Basically, Miti is a hero, whilst setting up our stuff, we 

already felt he knew who we were and what we were there for.

3 hours after pulling up at the door, we had 3 hot tracks

sounding almost exactly how we wanted! A tiny bit of mixing 

here and there and that was it! I'm listening to them now 

actually (but you've got to wait, haha!) and they sound so gritty

it's amazing. And scarily fast too! TURBO SESSION. We found

out the old tape set-up they've got is due to be digitalised the

fuck out of there pretty soon. Don't do it BBC! It's worth every 

penny to keep it running. If it goes, thank god we got in 

there first!

See you all soon!

Chris D

TW