Firstly if you read this in time check out Andy getting his hair cut on celebrity scissor hands tonight on BBC3....

It's been a while - hope you are all doing well. We are going to be recording some new material over the winter and looking forward to that fvor the new year. Also looking forward to the release on The Garden .

Tim is going to be in Paris for a while singing on the stage so I think we will be decending on him there to take advantage of his rented accomodation and a few Absinthes.

Check out Florence and the Machine when you get a chance - great new band - reminds me a bit of Siuxsie and the banshees ( in a folky kinda way~!!???). http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/introducing/artists/florenceandthemachine/ is a great taster especially the new single Dog Days - my tip for 2009!!

Also I'll be making a few spot appearences to show the world why I neither sing or play guitar for Van Tramp by performing a few new songs on my own with an acoustic guitar - scary - just for fun and to try out new material.

Please keep you mail coming - we do reply to it all ourselves

Mike VT