How are you doing?

We're sorting out releasing something in the Autumn, we're not final on which song/songs or in which format yet but it's very excited thinking about the prospect of putting new music out there. You have all been so wonderful about our new stuff when we've played it or when you've heard it and so it's just going to be amazing to be able to have something that's been properly recorded for you to hear. I would at this point like to express my sheer gratitude to everyone that's been making positive comments on the new songs, it really is the only thing that has kept us all going is to know that we've got some amazing music that people really want to hear. 

What a crazy 18 months it's been! There have been so many changes and quite a few obstacles along the way but I have always felt that it's incredibly important that The Pipettes continues to exist. We're paving our own way, we're trying to make the best pop music we can with the people and the tools that we can get hold of. I can't tell you the amount of times that people have told me to give up on this and perhaps I'm just being pig headed but it just aint happenin! I'm getting to write the best songs that I can, people are playing them with me and I can completely trust that when I hear opinions back from everyone else involved that it's right and that it's the truth. If, I mean WHEN we manage to pull this off guys, it's really going to be worth the wait for all of us, I promise! 

Sometimes I come across really nasty stuff that people say about us, I shouldn't look I suppose, I have to admit it's gotten easier over time, but nothing I've read has been by anyone who really knows anything of what is going on in our band, which makes it slightly frustrating, it all comes with making stuff I guess.. I can totally understand that there are people that are still hung up that we have new members but I think it's clear that we are all where we should be by now. Nothing lasts forever unfortunately, and I'm sure there'll be an opportunity to talk about everything that's happened over the past few years at some point but I think that it was always so important that all of us who were involved were given the space to get on with things quietly. And thank you to all who have given Beth and Ani the chance that they deserve! And everything is all speculation until you see us play and hear our album I guess.

Gah! I'm really so, so excited for you to hear the new songs. They're really what I think the greatest pop songs are, heartfelt, funny stories and perfect to dance to and I was listening to the mixes the other day in the sunshine and it made me really, really proud that we've kept going. There is an energy which The Pipettes creates all on it's own somehow, which none of us can really take full credit for and which seems to carry us all forward, to somewhere new!

I hope that you're all enjoying some sunshine!

Lots of love,

Gwenno and The Pipettes

xxx