Ey up.

A long time it has been quiet <---> I step in from the cold to speak quietly with you.

It's been a tough period, for many reasons. I lost a very close friend, Greg, in August of last year and, well, the repercussions of that still tremor through me. I will write about it more eloquently at some point. I hope such a shattering event has never visited you.

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Having an album to record at the same point was bizarre enough too, to tell the truth but sort of cathartic. I recorded it with Julie McLarnon in Analogue Catalogue though and that was brilliant as Julie is an unbelievable producer who knows her stuff so well. A real pro. We did several sessions over a series of months - all recorded to tape which was a big old first for me. 8 songs.

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I've been studying composition and music theory at college too and this has helped me massively - encouraging me to enter into a more instrumental world. The fruits of this exploration won't really appear (directly) on the next record but maybe a little further down the line.

P