Grand tour blog vol. 4

Last night was Hertford marquee. I've noticed that the closer you get to London, the higher the chance that half the crowd will leave after watching their mates' band. Good venue though. Winterkids locked their keys in their van at the end of the night, which was very unfortunate... but no doubt divine justice for twisting the outcome of our inter-band bowling tournament earlier in the week (we won.) They kicked our arse at lazer quest though. We probably should have a darts showdown or something... all tie-breaker sport suggestions welcome... oh, and if you're reading this, get down to the boiler room in guildford tonight if you can, it will be tip top.

Alexander



Enjoying a curry at The Tamarind, Leicester

Grand tour blog vol. 3

Kingston was pretty surreal, a giant inflatable shark was suspended above the stage and i believe the next function was an ibiza foam party. Special mention to the man who came up to us outside after the show to say that despite not normally being into our sort of music we got him 'here', which was the biggest compliment and made the whole slightly awkward experience well worthwhile. Got caught in some inexplicable traffic jam at half two in the morning that came from nowhere and disappeared just as fast. The debate over the strange death of liberal england album still rages strongly in the van, and i still think seinfeld is shit. Tonight is Leicester Sumo, pretty much the birthplace for Elles first incarnation, and i'm excited because we'll finally be able to see the back stage area... they had fairy lights and a couch. Mucking fagic! - Alexander

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oh my word. elle milano in almost faultless gig shocker! thankfully someone was shining down on us yesterday as the borderline gig went pretty much as perfect as elle milano can get right now! unfortunately to celebrate i had a bit too much red wine, fell and hurt my foot! lord above! alex is in turmoil over the fact that we are insisting on watching seinfeld on the bus, that man is just too cultured, he need to learn to appreciate his lowest common denominator comedy! we are currently embroiled in a merch stand war with winterkids (all friendly fun of course!). last night we added some fairy lights to our display and apparently today the winterkids are going to up the stakes. by the end of this tour expect some kind of pyrotechnics display over at the merch desk! (please don't wear shell suits to any shows, those things are extremely flammable.)

chloe x


bass tips with tony smith

Grand tour blog vol. 1

We're sat around the breakfast table now, mulling over the joiners and getting 'psyched' about the borderline show tonight. Despite some horrendous technical gremlins the first date was pretty rad... our van isn't shit and max, our driver, turns out to be a family guy connoiseur. The winter kids apparently love curry. Things are looking up.

Alexander



Indeed... after a serious incident last night in which a fucking huge psychotic moth wreaked havoc in the bedroom (it took 3 of us with pillows and a coat hanger to take it down), we slept in 'real' beds rather than on the floor, so we're fresh and ready for the Boarderline gig. Everyone I've spoken to LOVES this venue so obviously, I'm pumped for this one! We're currently organising some crazy threads to wear tonight so ye be warned, it's gonna be a wacky!
Now we gotta go buy a board to put our merch on and make a sweet display that'll out do the Winterkids' one, we'll probably just add fairy lights... In other news, we're trying to come up with a name for this tour... "Hi Fives & Slow Jives Tour 2007" ?

James