Revelations (Chapter 10)

Everything has changed so much since I started writing this album. It's not too far off 4 years since I decided this is what I was going to do, being honest I knew well I wanted to write albums since I was 5 or 6 years old, it's just stupid it took me so long. Pete and Rob...

Rip It Up And Start Again (Chapter 9)

And finally we've completely finished some songs!!! It's been a brilliant journey so far and since the last blog, so much has happened. Neil was home for a few weeks and we got some excellent recording sessions done and a bit of boozing, obviously!! Some of the songs sound so different now, far better than I was expecting so I suppose...

Planning Ahead (Chapter Eight)

Trying to organize the release is proving tricky enough. It's the timing of it more than anything, trying to figure out when would suit everyone best. Neil is hoping to be home for a couple of months, maybe in May - June so if we could be ready to go then it would make most sense. Upstairs in...

Summer 2013 (Chapter Seven)

So it's now summer 2013, progress seems slow enough but in every session we record something that makes it worthwhile and keeps us looking forward to the next one. We're not recording one song at a time, we're recording all the drums and bass first, then we'll record the guitars, then the other instruments, then the vocals. The...

Best Laid Plans (Chapter Six)

As far as the album goes, 2013 was definitely the year we were going to make a move. Yeah, that didn't happen!! Originally I assumed this whole thing would take 6 months, it has been a lot longer but once Dave has recorded the live drums then we're finished and good to go surely? We book into the...

Taking Shape (Chapter Five)

Things are really starting to come together and take shape now. An album can only really ever be as good as the people involved, I know well how good the lads are. Pete has released a solo album of his own and is currently working on his second one, I've heard some of the songs and even though...

My Theory of Everything (Chapter Four)

So now it's early 2012 and I've been writing this thing for 15 months. My original idea was just to write an acoustic album, just me and my guitar telling my stories. I've been recording in Peter's home studio and I think we have around 20 songs done, they're flying around in my head every single minute of...

Changing Trains