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Howdy Folks. An update form Holmesy. He's halfway through the mixes for KC Underground. 

I wasnt expecting this album so soon. I figured maybe next year.

I'm not going to bet on a release date yet. There's still potential for significant variability, however, Holmesy is on a mission.

So far we're looking at:

Hey Child (stormcellar)

We The People (with Danny Cox)

Don't you know who I am ? (Stormcellar)

Day By Day (Ron Teamer original with Stormcellar backing and Jo singing duet)

Last Man Standing (with Millage Gilbert)

Nobody Knows Better (with Max Groove)

Chalk Angels (Stormcellar)

+ 3 Millage Gilbert songs, inc a couple of Millage originals.

There's no guarantee that all of these songs will make release stage. There's also the chance of last minute change, even though we're now 6000 miles from Holmesys Underground Lair.

Meanwhile...

Today we're going off to record an overlay vocal for Better Off Without You. When we recorded it on tour, Mr Wizard proposed a melody in the middle 8 and we all rubbished the idea.

About a week later I became convinced he was right. Bugger. We fix.

Also, where is this song going? It's not for 'everywhere feels like home'.

It's not for the KC Underground - I mean that album will have a unique sonic characteristic. I wouldn't go mixing it with tracks recorded elsewhere.

When I pointed out that this is a ridiculous rate of release Mr Wizard just replied 'meh'. We're taking inspiration from the Japanese scene he's into. Make it, release it, move on.

I'm fairly sure that this is contrary to commonly held beliefs regarding how to release albums or is it simply that the Future Has Arrived. 

I mean, you, dear reader, are here. But how did you hear about us? What makes you come here? How do we interact? How do I get you to send me $5?

OBEY THE HYPNOTOAD

These questions perplex me.

For EFLH we still have 1 version of bloomington scheduled for recording, and if I can't round'em up I'm going with the live take from the townie.

There are also a few instrumental pieces I wouldn't mind adding..but. I have been listening to an Album Order for EFLH and I'm good to push the Mastering Button.

Yikes. Gotta get one off the tracks before the next train rolls through.

Yay we're getting ready to do some last fixes for the song we recorded at the Static Shack in Indiana.

This week will see the return to recording as we do some vocal additions for Jo.

Meanwhile, Everywhere Feels Like Home is still circling waiting for permission to land and KC Underground is in mixing.

And yet we want to record yet more stuff.

Meanhwile I have vids and blogs from the tour, plus recent footage. Crikey.

:-) Busy times. Stay tuned for some output.

UPDATE LZB have shifted our booking to the 20th Nov.

We're at The Coast on Sat night

Howdy Folks.

That was a big night last night.

Not because we drank (I was on cola). Not because we partied (i had half an anxiety tablet before the show, thanks panic attacks) but because we were doing something we love doing, with people we love doing it with.

Luke Escombes original songs are great. Funny as heck. a great way to start the night.

By the time we got up to do our stuff things were primed for a good night.

I was reading an article about 'flow' this week. It's a subject of discussion within the band and I know I've written here about it before. The whole being in the zone thing.

Last night we found a few moments of it and it was wonderful. No matter how hard you try, sometimes you get there, sometimes you don't.

But when you do...

Ahh.

All the songs we didnt get to play on tour and two concert sized sets. Rosie and Bill played some fiendishly good stuff and everything was pretty cohesive.

A result.

After the show, in the backstreets, we had to take a moment and offer some help after we saw something go down. A big shout out to Ms Nancy for flagging down the cops, she gets our bravery award. 

Your friends in the Stormcellar don't dig violence, and don't condone it against women or pretty much anyone.

More importantly, as individuals, if we see something, we say something, call the cops, alert those who can help. It's not up to us to judge or get heroic, but we have a duty of care to each other and to our fellow humans to see that we treat each other a little kindly.

Gig shout outs to Cassidy and Michaela, Andy and Candy (im not making this up) and a big thanks to Mis Sal for sound and to Luke for an awesome show.

Howdy folks.

Researsal last night till Mr Wizard blew a valve.

At the Townie tonight we'll have the first chance in a while to

A: do 2 full sets

B: Do all the weird stuff

B: Do all the Igloo Glop Fleebel 

C: Do the loud raucous stufff

D: do some new new stuff.

Yeah not just the new non-recorded-stuff but stuff from our KC Underground sessions. New songs.

Only trouble is, that's a lotta words.

Rosie very helpfully pointed out that we have a Lyrics section for that very reason, quite well formatted to Mobiles.

Thank you Internets.

Now all I gotta do is remember the words so I can write them into an article. Y'see its been a few weeks since we recorded them, I havent got a copy of the mixes and well... I already got some bits wrong.

However, as it was us what made them, any 'errors' are now Official Product Enhancements and I woulda made it that way back then if I had got it right.

Yeah I do have a copy of the original words somewhere but they kept getting tweaked during the recording so they're more of a set of guidelines...

That's it, I am gonna go remember them as best I can and type'em up so they're available online wen I need to remind myself of that they might be. I can always fix them after I get the recordings back.