Secret Shine's little autumn burst of activity in the shape of our German
tour has now finished and we had such a brilliant time. Our two German mini
tours in 2008 and 2009 have been some of the best shows we've played in the
last few years and again we thank all the people who made it happen - Andi,
Laura, Frank (sorry you were ill in Münster!), Nils and Fred. Lets hope we
can go back next year when our new album finally surfaces.

Also, it was a pleasure to play two gigs with the wonderful All in the
Golden Afternoon. If there's time to catch Rachel and Carlos on their final
European dates then make sure you go along. We hope for a Secret Shine /
All in the Golden Afternoon collaboration in the future, if only just to
hang out with them both again!

We're now furrowing back into our den and going into winter hibernation,
except we won't be sleeping. We will be working hard (until Christmas
intrudes) recording vocals, some more guitars and adding some sparkly
touches to our new record, with a spring 2010 release in mind. We are
finally conceding that CDs are not as popular as they once were so the
actual pressing may be limited but it will be available to download
everywhere. For those, like me, who still love vinyl and CDs (I've never
downloaded one single song), don't worry because we have a couple of offers
to do some vinyl seven inches next year.

If you fancy a sneak preview of one of our new songs then visit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XVES_P7jxs
This is Touching Nothing recorded acoustically at the Big Pink Cake
weekender during the summer. Kathryn was actually in the audience rather
than singing but Dean does a good job as choir boy.

On the subject of Big Pink Cake - keep an eye on their myspace for some
great gigs and events, although it's better if you live in Bristol because
this is where most of them are held. We're looking forward to seeing Clare
Wadd from Sarah Records DJ'ing December 5th at the Mother's Ruin. We'll be
on the dancefloor, unless she plays one of our songs like last time - that
might look a little embarrasing, dancing to your own song!

And finally, we've really enjoyed our laptop gigs lately but we're kind of
thinking a drummer would be cool again so if you know anyone who might be
interested in joining us then please let us know. Preferably someone who
lives somewhere in the south west UK!

Happy winter, more news soon

Scott