'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

Thick grey test cape.

The sun is shining, and it's time for The Great Escape.

For those who don't know what it is, The Great Escape is a big music festival based around the city of Brighton. When I first moved to this city, the festival was pretty big. Now it's very big. I'm not saying there's any kind of causal relationship here, but watch the graph happen:

As you can clearly see, there is at least a medium-strong correlation between my arrival (and the subsequent formation of Phoria) and the current popularity of the The Great Escape festival as measured in the Scottish standard TB scale. Again I emphasise, there may not be any causal relationship. I think the very existence of the graph speaks volumes.

We'll be out there tonight at this event, slightly off the beaten track, checking out Wolf Alice and Mt Wolf in particular, both of whom I know I'm currently enjoying. We won't be playing this year, alas, due in part to Trewin's continuing struggle with Lord Hoarse.

On the subject of illness, the Red video has been put in the can, and is enjoying great popularity across the blogs, etc. Thanks to everyone who shares their views on it. It's lovely to have such a nice set of people commenting so positively. We really appreciate the support and all the sharing you guys are doing. Hurray! It's here!:

Lovely. Thank Jeb, Trewin, and Thom Novi at Novi films.

The band are getting together this afternoon, too, to work on more new material. We're going to try and get this new stuff out as soon as we can. I know Jeb's got some mighty fine visual treats for everyone aswell. He's had his sip of tea. Now it's back to work.
What an exciting and productive day we'll all have! Eh? Yeah! Give yourself a big hand. Start your day the right way!

Oh, and click here to purchase the EP, if you decide you want to...

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As always, there's so much on the way. We've locked Seryn in a basement with no chairs and only bid-up.tv on the television until the t-shirts have all been finished. I've also seen what look like a bunch of Phoria warfare frisbees - little silver discs of one sort or another. Next we just need the Ed Sanderson action figure (following our market research, it was found that 73.9% of both genders aged 14-98 found his appearance 'fascinating, compelling and/or worth £15.99') and then we'll have an action figure, some frisbees, and some t-shirts. That's just all of the previously listed items put more concisely. You shouldn't need that. It kind of takes the rhythm out of the end of that sentence.

Have a lovely day, whomever you do.

Tim