What's the do?

What's new?

Well, we had three tracks at once in the HypeMachine chart. It's a kind of blog presence aggregator which tells you who's the most talked about artist across the internet. We had it with Red and Emanate, and now Undone has done the same. That's cool, right? This remix of Once Again is in there, too. It's lovely to have so much support that we start getting involved in these things. It's a clear sign that things are moving forward. I mean, we love what we do and have loved everything we've done so far, but moving forward in our online presence and getting more people involved is just so good; knowing that we're able to reach so many people by doing what we enjoy.

Thanks, everyone.

Undone, if you're not aware, is now available to stream. Display is on its way. 16^Th June. You can pre-order via iTunes (UK, US) OR take a look at our limited edition vinyl, available here.

Two launch shows; one in Brighton and one in good old London town, at one of our favourite venues. We're talking to the string quartet. We'll be...stringing them along.

Eh?

Eh?

So clever.

We had a rehearsal yesterday for our appearance at Wychwood festival tomorrow. First festival of the season!

Ed hands me a sustain pedal, back in the Phoria house.

'Tim, I've got to go and sort something – can you please remember to bring this to practice for me?'

'Yeah of course!'

So ask me why I left the rehearsal room and got in my car just as we were getting started. Go on. Go on, ask me. Go on.

He got his revenge. 7-0 on FIFA 13. 7-0. I'll get my revenge, though. I wonder if his gear will be at the gig tomorrow, or whether it will have mysteriously disappeared into a ditch somewhere along the A27.

I wonder.

Otherwise, it's work. More new stuff. Talking to people. Doing interviews, watching the reviews come in.

Getting ready for an exciting recording session at a very famous studio at the end of June. Who knows what'll come out of it. Music, probably.

Jeb's working on a couple of videos for us and other people, which should make their appearance soon enough. He showed me some of the drafts yesterday and they're really impressive. I mean, like, really impressive. Damn him.

All I've seen Seryn doing of late is sprinkling salt on buttered toast. What a wacky neighbour.

And I'm just sat here typing.

The weekend's coming up. If you can't feel the sense of pure unadulterated ecstacy that I'm trying to force through this post, then to be honest you're not ready for the weekend ahead of you. I'd pretend it's Monday tomorrow and go back into training, if I were you, which I could well be without your knowing.

Perhaps I should put the keyboard down, now, and play Fez for the rest of the day.

If you're going to have fun, make sure you grease your toes with butter, first. It aids the dancing.

Pleasure, as always.

Heartford O'Helt.

(Tim).

'He said he just wanted to say 'Hi.' Shall I let him in or shall I scrape his face with this automatic rake? He's got long hair.'

Where have we been?

Well, we've been on Radio One, for a fucking start. Thanks, Phil and Alice.

That's a good thing, I've heard.

Radio Six Lauren Laverne record of the week, last week. Thanks, Lauren.

I've heard that's good also.

Where have we been?

Well, we played at The Great Escape on the 8^th. Did an interview, in a fantastically lucid state of mind, for Juice FM on the morning of the 9^th...

...and since then it's all been back to normal. Planning. Sorting. Even a little bit of WRITING NEW STUFF. That's right, we never sleep. We're too big for it, now.

It's not long until Display is out. [preorder UK] [preorder US]

Trewin's spent a bit of time out in the woods, Jeb's been cooking up fantastic videos, Seryn's been mixing things up, and Ed's been in Wales, skipping around the mountains, yodeling and putting his thumbs in his backpack straps whilst looking out over grey hills, breathing in the cool mountain air and wondering if he remembered to hoover both sides of the sofa cushions.

I've been sitting around, tapping at this keyboard thing, drinking all kinds of exotic teas because that's the kind of man I am; watching lots of The Larry Sanders Show for the millionth time, and am right now reclining with hovering feet watching Sigur Ros live and contemplating the last few months of stress and insanity as we finished off Display.

It's nice to be here, in the land of italic descriptors.

Thanks for the support, everyone. [Theveryone]

My brain is sautéed, but I thought it polite to pop my head into your crevice and scream 'Hello!'

Hope you're well on this Sunday. It's sunny here in Brighton.

Best close the curtains, then.

Timmy.

My inability to find a parrot has given me a real chimp on my shoulder.

RIGHT!

What's the do, then?

Emanate's doing well. Thanks for that, everyone. You're all part of our team, now. Display is on its way. Here's the pre-order link (US). We're so happy with the response so far. Too many blogs have picked up on it to mention here – needless to say we very much appreciate all the positivity.

We were up to Liverpool on Saturday for the Sound City festival, which was great. It was my birthday (a fact which I allowed no-one to forget, after leaving the house just before 8am and spending nigh on seven hours in the van, staring at roads; Costa coffee and UKIP signs), so we had a RUDDY GOOD LAUGH trundling around Liverpool, playing for some lovely people at the awesome Kazimier venue and getting a free dinner. Everyone was chugging energy drinks like they were suspiciously fashionable after spending the last few days saying 'Hurrah' to the Emanate release, and putting the final few tweaks on the other EP tracks. Our eyes were puffier than Sean Combs riding a hot-air balloon through a wind tunnel.

We caught up with fellow Brightonians The Physics House Band too, bumping into them in the middle of the street and later catching their awesome set at The Black-E, which was another damn cool venue. I don't think any of us had been to Liverpool before. It was RUDDY nice, I tell thee. I even had a stare down with a man in a car after we accidentally parked the wrong way on a one-way street, as on our manoeuvring he insisted on staring deep into these holes that have been punctured into my face. He either wanted to kiss me or hug me, I think. That's the whole story, but it made me feel like a man. I need some indication. (We held each others gaze until the car disappeared out of sight, and then I panicked; wondering if his group were perhaps staying at the same hotel as us and I had just gotten us into a lot of trouble with fists.)

So, we've surfed through it all. Display EP done and ready for release, single released, gig in Liverpool played...

The next one's at the rather good The Great Escape festival in Brighton this Thursday. (I tried to find a good link to put here, but they either weren't working or weren't informative enough. We're at St Mary's church on 8/5 at (I'm quite sure) 19:30. Keep an eye on our FB etc. for more info. The festival has sold out, but you could probably stand in the street and shout our name.) We'll be wide awake and hot-to-trot. New material, and all that.

Things are fun.

So, having spent that day on the road (and the next day, too) and, despite appearances, working – today is a day of rest and opening presents. Pants, socks, and the inevitable Terminator 2 board game. Bacon and maple syrup pancakes for breakfast. The snooker starts at 14:00.

That's all for now. We've been so squirrelled away, it feels strange to put it into a readily assimilable capsule for semi-public consumption. Still, here it is. Here's whatever it is.

Do have fun. It's a bank holiday, which I assume means that money assumes no value for the next few hours.

Go to Waitrose, then.

Warmest regards and fondest well wishes,

Tim