Three little things

Three little things I wanted to mention today in the haze of an appalling hangover...

1. My sister got married yesterday. I doubt any of you really care, but I do, and I wanted to share the love a bit and say "congrats" one more time. So, congratulations guys. Also, I am dying hungover. Seriously doubting my ability to carry on right now. Wearing sunglasses as I type this, and as some of you will know, I hate people who wear sunglasses. It's that bad.

2. I finally played a show in cardiff - woohoo! And it was a stormer as well. I'd like to extend my thanks to Cosmo, who sorted the show (and is now looking after my hat...). I'd also like to point you lot in his direction - his website - as he was thoroughly excellent himself.

3. I played a show a while back in Hertford, and shared the stage with a guy going under the name of Everything I Do Is Perfect. He rocked the house, and he's finally got himself a myspace with some songs on it. Awesome lyrics - check it out.

That's all for now. I'm going to lie down and die quietly somewhere.

Happy Easter

I currently find myself in Oxford, chez Dive Dive. It's Easter Day (cue many jokes about me looking like jesus...). Every year for the past four years I've forgotten to figure out when Easter weekend is in advance, and so have found myself on tour somewhere, much to the disdain of my family. It's something that reminds me that I've been doing this touring thing for quite a while now. It also means I haven't had an Easter Egg for years now. Thankfully, I've been invited to a family meal with Tarrant's folks, which is great news. Nut roasts all round.

The tour is going well, long and tiring, and there's more dates popping up here and there (many more French and Belgian dates on the site now, and confirming lots more UK and European dates at the moment). The EP is all ready to rock, and there is something you lot can do at this stage to help out. Take the time to go to your local record shop and ask them to pre-order in the EP. It's called 'Campfire Punkrock', it's on Xtra Mile Recordings (distributed by Vital) and it's out May 15th. One of the problems for releases at this level is the whole chicken-and-egg thing about shops stocking the release - people won't buy it unless it's there, but shops won't put it there unless they think people will buy it. So if you have the time to pop into as many stores in your area as you can and mention it to them, that helps an awful lot. Thanks people, much appreciated as ever.

The calm before the ROCK

Today is my last day of tour preparation. Thusfar I have folded T-shirst, burned CDs, booked Travelodges, talked to promoters, printed mailing lists, packed pants and socks, and even oiled my beard-trimmer (no really). Ready to go, and it's going to be ace. In some ways it feels like the old days (with MD) but this time it's just me - something that both makes me a little sad and confident.

As with every tour, my on-line-ness will be a little subdued for the next month or so. But safe to say I'll be seeing you all at a show (right?). There's now a Cardiff date on April 27th (at last). I've also just confirmed some Irish dates in June - check the gigs section. I finished recording my side of the forthcoming split with Jonah Matrangah and it sounds ace - we'll be doing some shows together in the summer to promote it, and then, all being well, I'll be heading stateside for a while too. Busy busy busy.

And finally, a link to a guy I shared a stage with recently and am still in total awe of - check this out.