Saturday night and we're gearing up for another gig for those lovely little people from Essex Rocks.

We have a good (and not overtly sexual relationship - although the tension is undeniable) with these chaps. They put us on all over the place, time and time again, despite the fact that 98% of the time we terrify their paying punters with our patented brand of anarchic noisemongery and blood soaked performances. But they never learn and we love them for it.

Saturday at The Half Moon in Bishop's Stortford was one of the 2%, despite the fact that the build up had all the markings of a potential disaster of biblical proportions.

Crammed in to a tiny function room above a pub (tables and chairs still set out for dining) with our equipment scattered to the four corners of the Earth due to lack of storage space and no time for even the most cursory of soundchecks, the omens weren't great.

Reception for the first couple of bands, Broken Mile and British Standard, were suitably warm, which given the contrast with their Kings Of Leon inspired indierock and the bile dripping, tinnitus inducing racket that we produce gave us that familiar pre-lynching feeling as we took the stage. But the big baby Jeebas was smiling on us, despite not even getting the time to Line check the sound, it was fingers crossed click click click and begin.

And bugger me we went down pretty well, understandly too loud for some, who scarpered to the remarkably spacious beer garden outside but those who braved it seemed to enjoy themselves, so enjoyable it was that we ill advisadably busted out a new song that three minutes before kick off I was still frantically scribbling the lyrics to.

After us local old school rockers Garrison Finish took the stage to scenes resembling Beatlemania, and we left nursing our damaged intruments (One splintered necked bass guitar, one wounded grill the cause of said neck injury) and the varied list of sprains and bloodshed (including a suspected dislocated finger to yours truly) that usually accompany a successful set.

Good Times.

Set was:-

What God Meant To Say
If Charlie Simpson RUled The World
100 Years Of Cake
Fidel
Land Of The S.O.P
Moremonkeythanmanman
8 Inch Pie
Like A Normal Person

Next up is the Park Pavillion, Harwich on Sat 28th March, once again for the Essex Rocks Air Ambulance Tour alongside The Krak, (moremonkeythanmanman will also be featuring on BBC 6's Tom Robinson Introducing Show that night, so ears peeled all your digital radio listeners).

Remember to buy our album so we can buy some new instruments, and appendages.

Much Love

Sim
Fashoda