Hey Paula!!!!

Awwww so sorry for being away from things .... been on holiday in France and Spain surfing and chilling and writing and drinking and reading and thinking and resting. Back now though with the batteries fully charged ('bout time!)

We didnt have a break last year what with the recording and all so this year we decided to take an extra long one. I kinda needed a good break to work out my next move and get my head straight. As you are probably only too well aware we have been surprisingly inactive so far this year, especially as we gently released the debut album in January but to be perfectly honest the cost and commitment I made to make the recording has been hard to manage so I was basically forced into going out and working the sound desks for others for quite a while to try and get us into a position where we can work less and play more. It's all a bit twisted really but that was what ended up happening.

We are now in the process of booking in live show dates in the UK and because of getting a fair amount of airplay in Europe looking for some dates there too. I guess we kind of see the first part of this year as a bit of a false, or at least slow, start and in many it was and so I think we need an album relaunch to get things moving along. We have an album review in Acoustic Guitar Magazine next month (which I have seen and is very favourable- phew!) and a few other bits and bobs in the pipeline.

So to summarise, phase one was the 'soft- launch' of the album. Phase two - get out there and play the thing! Phase three is obviously world domination and a range of Sefton dolls to be released in all good toy shops in time for Christmas!! How many shall I put you down for?

Hope you are well and look forward to hearing what you have been up to / listening to etc ....

Catch up soon

Sefton

PS .... have started work on the second album!

Glad to have you back Mr S

Mostly my ears have been listening to Doves & Kasabian. I have a new found love for Doves.. almost as good as Elbow Also been listening to a lot of Brandi Carlile, I saw her on Jools Holland and was hooked by the first chorus.

I'm liking the sound of the inspiration you've picked up on your travels... I'm also liking the sound of new songs and another album, my ears are excited & the thought a gig or two is rather inviting.



Ermm.. did you bring me back a stick of rock?

Hey Paula

No rock I am afraid but how about some camenbert and a raffia -work donkey?

I really like doves too and I also like the Elbow record. I can take or leave Kasabian ..... bit too much ego on display for my liking there but talented chaps all the same. I have been listening to anything by Brian Wilson lately after reading his amazing auto- biography, it is well worth a read.

Forum is quiet again at the moment huh! Methinks a news letter to the emailing list is long overdue. Perhaps I should ask for gig venue suggestions while I am at it??? Oh for a good manager!!!!!!!

I wrote in here... where did it go????

I wrote a about Brian Wilson & gallivating across the face of the earth... but its gone???

I finished what I was writing into a PM... maybe I just PM'd it all... i'll go check

Nope only the last bit that I wanted to PM to you went... spooky... the curse of the lost comments.....