"There's Always One Who Reads The Daily Mail..."

I've been enjoying my last few days of freedom, before the start of the uber-tour, by, erm, well, by ending up getting roped into playing more shows - I did two in London over the weekend. I was booked for the one on Sunday at 6.30am that morning. Goddammit. But it was for a worthy cause (my friend Sarah's birthday) and she told me that my Leonard Cohen cover "nearly made me wet myself" (something I'll be putting on my CV from now on). So it wasn't all bad then.

In serious news, it's all about releases this week. I've contributed a track to the forthcoming Public Service Broadcast compilation that's coming out through the good people at Small Town America Records. It's a limited run, so if you're interested, go check it out. It should be hitting the outside world for April 17th. Then there's the Campfire Punkrock EP, the final mixes of which I got yesterday (they sound ace). It's now definitely scheduled for release on May 15th. And finally, I'm definitely going to be releasing a split of some description with my friend Jonah Matranga in June sometime. It'll feature me covering some classic American songs, and him doing the same for some English ones.

And then of course there's a million gigs in the offing too, details of which can be found in the usual places. I can't wait to get out on the road with Gabby Young and pals, it's a pretty intense schedule - coming home every week or so, as I have been of late, is unsatisfying. Time for a proper chunk of tour.

The Times They Are A-Changing

One of these days I'm going to pick a week in my diary and write "HOLIDAY" across it in massive letters, and then in that week i'm going to hide in the mountains somewhere without a phone, a computer, or any other people. The problem is that I keep trying to do this, and then I keep getting offered some great shows that I can't turn down. The final few dates of the Gabby Young tour are to be confirmed shortly. Then I've got things coming up in France, Belgium, Ireland, and Eastern Europe (including Russia), festivals to confirm, mixing of EPs to do, gigs with David Rovics and (hopefully) Jonah Matranga, pant pant... Anyways, it's nothing to complain about really, it's just that on days like today I kind of wish I took a bit more time off.

In other news, had a great session on Mike Davies' Lock-Up the other night, went very well, and I seem to have made a lot of new friends in the process. If you missed it you catch it again here (although be warned: it does feature Evan on backing vox). And to clarify: I was joking about throwing cutlery, clearly.

Also, a quick word about releases. Campfire Punkrock, a 5-track EP, will be coming out through Xtra Mile in May (exact date tbc). This means that pretty soon now, I'm going to stop selling the demo. For people ordering it online, the cut-off day will be 31st March. After that the buttons disappear. I will also be taking a few copies with me on the Gabby Young Tour, but after that no more - proper CDs in the shops from then on only, I'm afraid. So if you or your friends want one, I'd get on with it!

Getting Behind

I know I know, it's been a while since I updated the site, posted a blog, or did anything. Not that anyone cares much, but it still keeps me awake at night. I'm curently in Oxford with the lovely Dive Dive recording an EP, and it's going very well - five songs, just finishing the guitars now, got some violin, piano, organ, and even an instrument which we can't identify (so we called it an Uzbekistan, obviously). It's sounding great and it's going to blow your socks off. Nice. I also ended up playing a last minute gig last night in a bar called Babylove, which was a little surreal but good fun.

A few things... the EP release date shifts like the sands because I want to make it earlier if I can. The Gabby Young tour is extending itself, I have a few more dates to post on the site when I get a minute's rest. Also, the Brighton show for March 6th has moved from the Polar Bar to The Globe. In the final stages of booking some shows in France and Belgium too, and sorting out a return visit to Eastern Europe for the summer. Busy as hell, in other words. But it's all good!