Did you know that 'J' and 'V' were only recently officially incorporater into the English alphabet? Previously, 'I' and 'U' respectivly were used in their places.

Hence, we would have witnessed the following exchange, had typed minutes existed in the mid-16th Century:

Iohn: Good morrow, Daue!
Daue: Iohn, you old uagabond, how dost thou?
Iohn: I am full of ioy and friuolity!
Daue: But why? Haue not your wiues and children caught the Plague?
Iohn: Ay Daue, 'tis true. But my spirits are lifted by news iust recieued from the [as yet undiscovered] Australian colony.
Daue: Speak you of this "Me and the Grownups," news of whom hath set fair London a-talking?
Iohn: Ay, I do! What know you of it?
Daue: Prithee, Iohn, I hear they are a uibrant musical couen, a Slauic half-breed and a colourless Tuton warlock fronted by a siren-uoiced Polish harlott. Do I haue it rightly?
Iohn: Ay, fair Daue, but the news grows fairer still! These ueteran Troubadors haue once again ioined with Planet/MGM [a renouned Elizabethan indie distribution firm] to release their second album [a kind of Haddock], "Knowing Louers, Naiue Louers!"
Daue: Why, it giues cause for iubilation indeed! Not euen the infirmity and ineuitable death of your loued ones should serue to dampen your spirits!
Iohn: Uerily! In fact, I have iust iizzed my iocks!

Having established this, we can now unveil further scintilating details of our newest release, Knowing Lovers, Naive Lovers!

The 45-minute disc contains eight exciting tracks, a combination of live favourites and new numbers. We've left two tasty nuggets for you to sample - skin-free!

Ensconsed snugly betewen dust-jacket and disc will be a 32-page, full-colour graphic novel, illustrated by Anita Lester, an up-and-coming graphic designer whose distinctive style and dark imagary belie her youth. Anita is also the singer in upcoming Melbourne three-piece Me and the Gtownups, check them out! Obviously, if you buy it on iTunes you won't get to see it - HAH!

And former Guns 'n' Roses guitarist Slash makes a fun-filled guest appearance on the record, taking over guitaristic duties track 5, "Buy the Bridge".

Be sure to meet him and other people also at our exciting CD launch at The Toff in Town on Thursday, February 26.

Until then, uroooom, uroooom, errrrrrk!