Right so, here’s the last of the foreign tour blogs.

On the boat at the moment heading home from France. I told you the last time that we’d be doing some recording when we got to Cergy. Pacific Rock was the location of the recording session and also the venue for Saturday’s show. We knew that 4 days isn’t a very long time when it comes to recording music, so, we’ve been fairly flat out in the studio since Tuesday working on new songs. The end product of this recording will be, hopefully, a new EP.

Saturday was the night of the show. When we booked the show a few months ago, we were offered the opportunity for the show to be filmed, because the venue used to be an old film studio and has all the facilities needed right there. We agreed. Preparations for filming began early on the Saturday. There were more camera crew, lighting and sound technicians there than there are usually audience members at our shows. Anyway, the support act that night was Alcohsonic, a fantastic rock band from Paris and good friends of ours. They warmed up the crowd splendidly. By the end of their set, the venue was just about bulging. Back stage, before going on stage, we conducted an interview that that was filmed and broadcast out into the venue for the audience to see and listen to. Pretty surreal. Then went out on stage. Played our songs, blah blah blah, the usual. So far as vibe goes, it was one of the best gigs we have ever played. Was gonna say that musically and performance wise it was one of the best performances ever, but I realise that the gig might end up somewhere very public so I’m gonna cover my tracks and say that we played fairly ok. Another little interview afterwards, then a few beers and a little jam on stage when most had gone home, put the finishing touches to a truly memorable night. A big “merci” to the main man Olivier and everyone else in Pacific Rock for a fantastic few days.

This tour has been the most strenuous and arduous of any that we’ve done. With illnesses and infections, being stuck in a van for long distances, sometimes sleeping rough and lots of other obstacles, we battled through it and we hope that we have won over a few people on our travels.

Next up – comfy bed, Lyons tea and beautiful Bundoran next Sunday night with some Dutch folk in attendance.

Talk t’ya.

Damo – JS

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