02.11.11

There’s a musician In The Victorian English Gentlemens Club. On Friday 21st Oct at half past midnight we announced the arrival of Sir Heddwyn Davies to the band via his first gig with us at SWN Festival. Since April the four of us have been working on a new project, entitled: - GYTS -.  Together we’ve written over an album’s worth of noise. We recorded demos of the first new tracks last week at Aerial Studio in deepest West Wales. Heddwyn plays viola and mandolin. He makes incredible noises and knows what the notes are called, it’s been an education. The songs are astounding. We can’t stop smiling. Weirdo ice cream van pop music. Dream Theatre played on saucepans ////// We’re 6 days in to the Winter Lake Swimmers European Tour. Switzerland, France and Belgium so far. Paris on Halloween was my favourite, it was racket smashed up on Gin. Though Switzerland did have astoundingly good Alps. We’re playing a lot of the brand new songs, and a lot of Bag of Meat. 6 days in, the van is a bin, I know everything about 3 other people’s bowel movements, and I genuinely mistook a band mate for a tramp in a supermarket yesterday ///// Swn was Clifford’s first gig with the band too. He was very quiet - possibly shy, possibly a bit hot as he had a duffle coat on. Him and Matilda are both having a good time on tour, Clifford lost one of his new white trainers in Luzern hanging from the lighting rig, but we’ve refastened his velcro tight. He met his human equivalent yesterday (See here) it genuinely scared the living hell out of me, they weigh the same amount, and Tom (human) had lots of affection for him. VEGC Vs AI /////// TVEGC are going to Russia, we really truly are. 25th / 26th of this month we play in Moscow and St Petersburg. The thought of one day playing in Russia was the only reason I joined this band in the first place. We’ll probably die there, so it’s all rounded off well. We’re massively looking forward to it, and genuinely, for the the third time in this blog, astounded ///// We’re heading to Amsterdam shortly for drugs, girls, chips and a gig. 
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