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21 July Blog

I Should Be At Truck Right Now, Playing A Gig. Bugger

So….Club NME last night. Usual stuff – don’t meet anyone from the ‘NME’ or their representatives. They really make you feel WELCOME, knowwarrameeen?? Whatever. Gig was generally OK (thanks to the ever reliable Harling out front on sound), and I thought we played a particularly good ‘Misunderstanding’ and ‘If That’s The Case…’ but these are people without an attention span whatsoever, and we really shouldn’t have wasted our efforts on ‘Everybody Wants’ – they just don’t care (though I did see some folk with their fingers in their ears right at the end, which is as good as someone clapping these days)

After the show I was chuffed to find that the dancing dude on the balcony (who I gave a shout out to in ‘Misunderstanding’, though I couldn’t make him out at that point) was none other than Tom, a friend I met at High Wycombe University years ago. Anyway, it was great seeing him again – swapping tales of travelling and the odd paths both our lives have taken in the past few years. It was also sweet to see Ed, a guy we used to see quite a bit at shows. He complimented the current line-up and was generally encouraging, which was nice. He’s also a Young British Sudoku Champion, and has represented us as far away as Hong Kong, so don’t mess.

Anyway, the whole evening was kinda overshadowed by the fact that we heard on the way up that the mighty, the one and only, the undisputed champion of the world, Truck Festival…..is under about a metre of water, oh, and it’s off. Whole thing – cancellotronned. Well, kinda put the shits on our whole day really – aside from the fact that Restlesslist had rehearsed for four and half hours the previous night/morning and had our shit worked out moreso than ever, I was actually really looking forward to chilling in a field and seeing some great bands. Oh well, it’ll have to be September (22nd/23rd, just in case you hadn’t heard).......and just in case you ain’t heard about the fundraiser either: today and tomorrow at Oxford Brookes Uni. See thisistruck.com

Our thoughts are with Robin, Joe, Edmund and all who are currently trying to piece something together out of this bizarre, unfortunate mess. Good luck boys, and we’ll see you tomorrow. ESP on ‘bout 6, Goldrush after, then Garth and Maud Hudson. Wooooo-eeeeee!!

TW