It's Been A While...

Hey, admittedly, I've not updated this in a very long time, but what the hell... a lot has happened since I last posted in February.

Where to begin. The Studio I suppose. We were in the studio for the best part of a week... it wasn't long enough if you ask me, but I'm a choosy fucker anyway. It was great crack though. Late nights playing Guitar Hero on Playstation 2... Stevie thought he was the fucking king.... I mean, the boy can barely stand up... playing Guitar Hero? Haha... you're having a fuckin laugh right?

A story:

I should tell you right now that Stevie is a modern day Richey Edwards... he can't play bass to save his fuckin life... in fact, we had to pay some poor cunt to come in an play bass for him.

Now that I've dropped that bombshell, I shall continue.


Ah yes, the studio. A time of wine drinking(rose, yes, we're fags), Vodka(non) drinking. It took Darren 3 days to drink one glass. Give Darren his dues, he did make us breakfast, I was a lazy cunt and never made anyone breakfast. Fuck that, it's bad enough that I have to be in their presence most of the time, nevermind maintaining their existence!

We tracked 3 songs in 3 days. It was a great experience. Had a load of time to sit around and be picky about things. Mark was a pleasure to work with yet again. His attention to detail was great and he really knew how to get the best out of us. Yes, Mark threatened to kill us. He had Darren in a chokehold for a few seconds which scared the shit out of Stevie and I(quite literally in Stevie's case, it was more watery than normal though.)

Renaissance, our debut mini-album, was launched in March at a gig with Theatre Fall(yey) and some band from Glasgow who's name honestly escapes me right now. It's ok, they never really spoke to us much anyway. Theatre Fall were gentlemen of the highest order though. We spent most of the day with them, I highly recommend that you check them out. Great band and nice chaps to boot.

We played with Hayseed Dixie again in March... I think it was March, it's a bit of a blur to be perfectly honest. It was in Wick... a bit of a non-event really. Wick is hardly rock capital of the world.

We went to Aberdeen and Dundee in March. Mark, our producer, was doing sound in The Moorings... it was a bit of a shock walking on stage in a strange place with the sound man shouting "HI BIY" through the monitors. A pleasant surprise none the less.

I should probably take this moment to introduce our good friend and of course, the newest "member" of Astronot. Kevin "ehhh" Macleod. He's a fine chap, he carries our gear, he gets drunk, he gets Stevie even more drunk, he says "ehhh" A LOT, he mumbles and takes a hell of a lot of cheek. He's a good man though. He does the sound in Skinandi's when bands are playing, so he's a fine chap to have on our side.

What's happening now then? Well, since we recorded our mini-album in March, we've written three new songs. Well, I should rephrase that. We've finished one and have another two in the pipeline. We can't be fucked going to studios now, it's fucking expensive for a start. We're going to record ourselves and release our new tracks online via our website...aren't we? I think so, I haven't told Darren about the website thing yet, but yeah, that's the plan. So, not only do we give away free keyrings, stickers and sign male nipples, we're gonna give our music away now too. We'll package it into EP type things or release them in groups or something. I haven't quite decided yet, but I'd like to have some stuff available by the end of summer.

Finally, a bit ironic really, especially since I slagged fuck out of them in an earlier blog. We're playing with The Jyrojets at the end of this month. Yipee... or not.

I should note, that my earlier comments stand about them. I was voted against 2-1. Nevermind... sure it'll be grand.

I'll update again soon, promise.

Jamie