One of the shows we have coming up is at a place called the Pool Club in our home town, I played my first ever gig there when I was younger and have seen pretty much every home-town band there at some point. It's not a nice place, but it always had a cool atmosphere when we used to go there - we'd hang out, get drunk and watch bands and then get into trouble on the way home...what nights out were made for. We bumped into a friend yesterday who told us that there were a lot of fights there at a recent show, so many that the entire night was cancelled and everyone was sent home. It sucks that violent people have so much power over a situation and it sucks even more as we have a show booked there and we have no desire to put ourselves, or anyone else, in any danger. As of right now, we are still down to play, but I will check out what's being done about the trouble and we'll see what happens. If it gets cancelled, don't be surprised, but we should all be disappointed.

ok...onto better things...i think i am getting better right now - not that i've been sick, but something has been on my mind but i'm shaking it as we speak so all is looking up. It's ironic that i find myself constantly in a situation that i hate, but am usually the cause of....maybe it's less ironic, more sad.

We go back into the studio in the first couple of weeks of December for the new EP. this will be the last EP before a full album (i think i've talked about why in another post...?). We are proud of the way Friends In Name Only turned out, but we learned a lot of lessons and the next one will have a lot more to listen out for - it's one more set of lessons before we make an album...which I think will end up pushing us harder than we've had to work for previous releases. We are already discussing plans for how some songs will fit together and the way we want it to work.
I don't want the album to take time to draw breath, it should make your heart beat faster from start to finish....or maybe just mine....but that'll be enough. I only own a few albums that do that to me, I want ours to be one of them.

The three of us drove up to Birmingham for Music Live (a pretty cool music exhibition where they showcase equipment and instruments etc.) this weekend. We listened to a few albums in the car...ones we loved and some new ones. Dan and i ended up chatting about lyrics...i sometimes get sick of songs with a loser as the hero. I love listening to rap music with a complete arrogance in every line - they believe they are the best artist ever and that's all they need. If you hear me sing lines like that, then it's because I know we aren't all losers all the time, sometimes we are the kings of our world and it's ok to tell everyone now and again. Don't worry, we are also all losers sometimes so that'll never fade.

Time to go, i have a couple of hours before rehearsal so I am gonna go try and write something that will be worth recording. It can be a hit miss thing, so let's all cross our fingers and hold our breath....

Max xxxxxx