So Christmas is upon us!

Thanks to all who turned up to our Xmas show as part of the Is This Music? night at the 13th Note on Thursday night. We had a ball, even with the interjections of that peculiar heckler (to these eyes, the spit of a dug-up Roy Orbison).

In general HTS news, we're in the studio this weekend putting string parts down on the oft-delayed new album, in the hope that we'll be able to deliver it by the Spring. Throwing the quartet at newies Long Division, Activixiety, and Ink Wilson's World of Fear, amongst others. We're really happy with every aspect of how the record is progressing, apart from the bleeding time it's taking.

Beyond that, we've got a variety of thrills and spills coming your way in the new year; a music video to be shot by our friends at Phase VI (www.phasevi.com) for From Here To Dundee Slash Eternity, a few dates in London in February, our back catalogue shortly re-released on iTunes, and another single, hopefully in March (and possibly a non-album one-off - the first time we'll have done that, save the 2006 Xmas single).

So thanks to all of you who're still listening and coming to gigs - we hope to see more of you in 2009. Best wishes for the festive season,

How to Swim