A Happy New Years!

2008 eh. It began I remember with Nick and myself both a bit disillusioned with the present. There were three amazing demos that we had done with Nick Batterham and the sound we’d been looking for was starting to come through. I was sick and tired of making coffee, serving bitter people and listening to hank williams every damn hour.

To just quit my job on faith of a better path was the calling.

Soon after saw us in the studio recording the album. with long days and nights between sing sing 2 and Mr Batterhams studio. To say I was naive and raw to the recording process would be an understatement and working with such talented minds as Nick Batterham and Adam Rhodes scared the shit outta me at the time, but what I’ve learnt and witnessed during that process has been truly incredible. July saw Nick disappearing to Paris with the talented Anne-sophie at his side… and I found myself walking the hallway of my house not really knowing what to do with myself. I had to fill my life with some company.. and that came in the form of one of the loves of my life. A new amp! The Vox AC30CC with 4X12 speakers affectionately known as ‘The cardi’. So with the return of Nick M and playing for the first time with the talented Nick C , I found myself amongst some great musical moments. with playing the songs for the first time since recording them, and now with keys in the live set for the first time in four years. It feels right, and I can’t wait to see out other chapter, the live shows unfolding and evolving in 2009.

Thanks to everyone involved in the blackchords trip in 08. especially those that volunteered their hours and time. Trevor, Katie, Anne Sophie, Tov, Caz… and Phoebe and S.J. for helping us haul our machines of music over Melbourne. We can’t thank you enough!

To sit here hungover, smiling, writing this with the knowledge we’re about to release our debut album and knowing I’ll be creating more sound with my best friends is a peace. To be remembering this evolution, with memories of nick coming to me with chords and scribbled lyrics of songs which would later become ‘switch’ and ‘22’. Waking up most days in february to the piano at the other end of the house, then to be around the strings being recorded and driving ‘disappear’ and ‘these lights’. The universe has been good to us..

Happy New Year

See you all soon.



Dim