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Last Updated: 11/17/2009

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City: Bournemouth
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Country: UK
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Friday, November 13, 2009 
Here is a little idea for your consumption... it's just a rough "skin and bones" version of a song we're working on, but we hope you like it.

All we ask for in exchange is your email address, just so we can occasionally send you news, mp3s, and other tidbits. Fair deal?

Click here to download Maniac.mp3

-jm

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 
stuck inside an asbestos shell 
metallic tea 
despair then hope, repeat. 

we have 5 songs on the go at the moment. been playing around with them for the last few weeks. swore we'd have them done and dusted by sunday (last sunday...). one of them is a bit dead in the water but the other four are go! on with the next bunch by fri hopefully....

surfing and cycling to keep me busy on the side. the xx album is perfect for the graveyard internet shift. need to hear some new music. if you could send suggestions over to our twitter i would be muchly grateful. spk soon. jim

 
Monday, November 02, 2009 
Did you like the 'Maniac' demo? If you're on our mailing list it should have dropped in your inbox over the weekend.

Missed out? Get on our list for the next mp3: http://lnk.ms/4GjlF

Smashing.
Thursday, October 29, 2009 
Hi Everyone,
So it seems like my summer came and went with little consequence and I feel, as I’ve felt every autumn for most of my life, kind of surprised about the whole thing. Maybe even deflated? But also weirdly determined to get things done. I think it’s an echo of school institutionalisation that I just can’t shake off; September still says “this year i’m going to get better grades and keep my books tidy.” Hah. So I find myself sitting in our little studio in the countryside in the pissing rain, considering the whiteboard scrawled with song titles good and bad that are itching to get out, thinking “this year…”
We found this place a few weeks back and it’s really starting to make sense. Since we recorded ‘Fractured Life’ some three years ago (oh god) I don’t think we’ve had a single practice that wasn’t all about preparing for a show or something. It’s been quite enjoyable just coming in a couple of times a week with no pressure and having a mess about with stuff. And so I think the plan is to get album #2 to a point where we can get into a studio and unfold it by Christmas. Tick tock…
Keep your notebooks tidy!
Much love,
Chris
Wednesday, October 07, 2009 
hi... we've spent the last few weeks making our selves comfy in our new digs. after months, or possibly years, of searching for a space that was "just ours", I think we've found it.

basically the last couple of years our gear has been frustratingly locked up in a 'cage' in london. not only is this method expensive but its not exactly creatively the best thing... long were the days we could just plug and play an idea... we'd have to book a (again, expensive) rehearsal room, book transport for the gear to get there, then spend half the day setting up and dealing with the moron 'technicians' more interested in lighting up another splif than getting the vocal to come through the PA. hmm. that turned into more of a rant than I planned. oh well.

so now we have taken over this old building in the middle of no where. its pretty run down but it does the job. all our gear is set up. we have a pool table. we have an old hi-fi.

the most important thing is we can just turn up at any time and play. just like we used to. no fucking around. somewhere between 3 years ago and now, we forgot our roots and how songs came about. especially when living in the capital city and having major record label budgets at our disposal. so i'm glad we're away from all that now. its an exciting time.

jim. x 
Thursday, September 03, 2009 
hello belgium, thanks for having us back again.
time for us to hide away now and get back to work. 
i'll leave you with photos of the trip. 

some home-made eurotunnel entertainment: 
jumpgame  jumpgame2

quack beer poured tourist style / grand place by night: 

quakfail  bigsquare

dressing room antics / shoes and sandwiches: 

dressing  shoesandsandwiches

moments before walking in-front of 45,000 people, slightly bricking it: 

before  bricking

the pukkelpop show:

 on stage  during

-jim

Wednesday, August 19, 2009 
in the studio.

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key hell.

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somewhere we like:

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centre piece of the Air Traffic tour production:

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ready to go.
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At Dover waiting for the chunnel now. On to Brussels! I'm sure a report will follow. 
jim.