CAJUN DANCE PARTY

 karaokeee amylase
      picture taken by layla         xDaniel 

-Daniel

tour bus rehearsals back home ferry   

technical problems…  -Daniel  

Bus chairwe went to this weird greeny building to mix a song    in the night time, max went to sleep  -Daniel 

               -Daniel 

10th July 2008

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(l-r) Spike - Sound Engineer, T - Backline Technician, Alex - Tour Manager
    

 - Daniel

Saturday morning saw departure from Glasgow for T-in-the-Park. The journey was preceded by our first encounter with an enormous animal-body-suited-being, as Max and I skulked the streets in search of sea-sickness tablets and Will’s requested tobacco.

The festival itself was good fun; I thought the setting and general vibe were really impressive. Seeing Biffy Clyro confronted with the array of Scottish lion flags held aloft by a manic crowd was quite a sight (as was Daniel’s enthused reaction). The early evening slot on the “Futures Stage” was our first festival appearance since Leeds last year, but despite overloading our set-list so that we were forced to cut “The Hill, the View”, I think the performance built on the three previous northern dates. Heading over to the Main Stage straight after to catch Rage Against the Machine was a definite highlight of the week, although in belting all those long-remembered lyrics, my voice was quickly lost and embarrassingly is still not yet found.

Sunday (Oxegen – Ireland) was a little more taxing. A delay on the ferry (that was minor in retrospect but fucking torture at the time) resulted in Vicky’s narration of Max’s poem below, which was then and continues to be inexplicably hilarious, particularly for the poet. Most of us slept for the rest of the morning – arrival at the festival, communal showers and doing the press rounds were all fairly confusing as a result. Thankfully, our set was booked for late and pushed yet later so we had some time to recover. A word of thanks is due to those that came down for the show thus missing out on both RATM and the Chemical Bros.

The Monday morning four-hour crossing from Ireland to the UK mainland progressed from fairly surreal (eggs on toast with a coffee apparently costs over £7?) to genuinely upsetting as I was awoken from deep slumber by a massive orange monkey stroking my face.

Last night we played our London show, which felt fittingly climactic. A gracious crowd, the chance to give two new songs an airing and a few new bits of gear made the time on stage very enjoyable for us.

Set-List:

Colourful Life
Time Falls
5 Days
Amylase
The Firework
New Untitled Song (“Blues”)
The Race
Buttercups
The Hill, The View and the Lights
The Next Untouchable

So, that wraps up the Mini Tour – which was important for us, hopefully setting the tone for recording over the next few weeks, and laying the ground for the Japanese/UK festival dates in the near future.

I’m writing in the small hours and am off to Benicàssim in a few minutes but next week we’ll be back to work on Album no.2. I’ll continue to keep everyone posted as to the band’s activities and whereabouts.
Until then, sending my/our best to all,

Robbie

Now Listening to: Portishead – “Portishead”
Now Reading: Boris Pasternak - “The Last Summer”

 Coventry set list  daniel