Headed down to the studio at lunchtime, but 6 months of working on this album has really taken it's toll on my concentration span in the studio. I can only really work for about 3-4 hours at a time before I lose all perspective and have to call it a day - that might delay getting the last few things done, but I can't just blag it now. Am trying to use the time I am not there to get everything else ready, and I'm not doing too bad.

I think this album has taken other tolls too - once again I've become so used to listening for mistakes that I will never be able to hear it as just a recording by a band in a little garage with no budget, I'll just be asking what we could have done to make it better.

There are plus sides though: I'm looking forward to playing live even more than ever before because I've been denied it for such a long time. I'm looking forward to writing new songs, and will be more confident that we can pull off any idea on record. I'll be way more confident heading into the next recordings because I've learned a lot of lessons the hard way and won't make them again - there'll be a whole lot of new things to try and fail.

Anyway, i'm gonna go stick these new mixes on my iPod and decide what sounds right and wrong, wish me luck,

Max.