From a sunny London morning I voyage alone on the train.Away from the blue skies and the angular walls of central London, into countryside of rolling hills, stone mansions covered in chemically charged green climbing ivy and set against a depressingly dense grey sky.
A misty rain, that looks as though it set in forever ago, hangs between the carriage windows and the horizon slightly distorting the scenery and giving me the desire to rug up and to sit by a lit fire. Not today…
I’m on my way to Sheffield, a city I know virtually nothing about, where tonight we will be playing the Forum. I should be travelling alongside the band, but due to a mixture of losing time, road works and a delayed train I am here by myself. I made it to St Pancras Station this morning puffing and panting rudely and frantically pushing my way past people on the escalators, juggling my guitar and rucksack just in time to watch our train slowly pull away from the platform sans the singer…
It’s our last gig outside of London and the beginning of our last week of the U.K tour. It feels as if the end of the tour brings about the end of another chapter. The past 12months has seen us playing many gigs, being on the road and becoming a live band. It has brought us invaluable experience, incredible moments and of course the harsh blows that reality can often dish out. We’ve also been lucky enough to play alongside some great and inspiring musicians and groups including The Church, Tim Rogers, White Rabbits, Dappled Cities, The Wagons, and Jordie Lane.
The return home to Melbourne will be a time to bring out new dimensions. We will be promoting a track “As Night Falls” which was written for “Blame” an Australian feature film which premiers this July. Shortly after we will be taking some time away to begin work on new material for the second Blackchords album. And a very happily accepted invitation to Join Powderfinger and Jet in Powderfinger’s last ever Melbourne show at the end October at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. You can watch our announcement video here.
I know that we have a lot on our plate and a lot ahead of us. The good and the bad, it’s all part of it and I look forward to it.
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N.M
