Stones I've Thrown

Some awesome stuff has happened recently.

My 7" record 'Stones I've Thrown' is coming together. Test presses should hopefully arrive in the next week or so and I think it'll be pretty surreal listening back to them on my record player. No-one has ever wanted to put money towards any of the bands I've been in, so I'm excited as hell/nervous something will inevitably go wrong.

So much stuff could go tits up - tracklisting, tracks themselves, extra pressing charges... I've got everything crossed that it will be okay. But I'm not letting it take over my life; I'm 'just a band'. Homemade popcorn is far more important.

Paint It Black heard my cover of their song 'Memorial Day' and retweeted about it and sent out a link to the pre-order of it. That was cool beyond words. Dave House sent me an e-mail saying 'Andy PIB wants you to put it online so people can listen' one morning before I got in the shower so I celebrated my singing numerous Elton John numbers once I got in the bathroom.

Punknews.org are putting up a stream of the record in the next few days, which is insane. Bondy from Apologies, I Have None told me I'm getting too big and when I started playing shows I just wanted to play songs to nobody and get fucked up. I think I corrected him by telling him that's what I still do.

Big Cheese also reviewed the record in the latest issue. I haven't checked it out yet, but I was talking to Rey when we were shopping in Morrissons earlier that I don't care if I get a sub-par review, it will just be cool to see my name in print.

Suffice to say I'm feeling great about it all. I hope the party doesn't end too soon, I'll use up all my effort before it does.

I can't stop listening to the new Grown Ups album. I played an awesome basement show in Derby with them and it was an aw'right laugh. They're a lot of fun.

In a bit.