Hello world.

i’ve been on a bit of a self-imposed hiatus lately, sorry for the lack of blogs. It’s been a really long time hasn’t it?

i haven’t checked, but i think the last time i wrote anything, i was yammering on about two things: writing a second solo EP, and some cute girl. one of those things will definitely happen, one of them won’t.

Ash and me are making a break for the real world once more; we’re moving into our new home, a flat above our local cafe, in the next couple of weeks… it’s going to be great to have our own space again, it’s been a long time since we’ve had our own space to call home, i’m really looking forward to it. even if we don’t have most of the shit we’ll need in order to live there just yet.

I’m singing again, i feel free. As much as I love drumming, and pouring everything I can into a beat to drive a song forward, to be at the very heart of something, after fourteen years of doing that both on the kit, and in my head, you feel a little trapped by it.

What’s more, i’m writing again, in a one-thing-at-a-time, baby steps way. The last time i was hearing prototype songs and could-be band material in my head was august 2006, a lifetime ago. There was a period between then and now when i didn’t pick up a guitar, at least with any meaningful intent, for about a year… and now i can again.

Threequartersmile, as always, hidden from the world, is sounding great these days.

Even though we’d love to sound perfect [and believe you me we've had some rough sounding practises], gears have shifted, people have changed and it’s reflected in our sound every time we play. Even if we can’t stay focussed 50% of the time, from where i’m standing at least, the pieces are all in the right place on the board.

I should wrap it up here… it’s boiling hot tonight, and this shiny, sexy, nippy as fuck Macbook Pro lappie isn’t helping… it’s actually cooking my legs. Barbeque anyone?

My final thought is this; I used to be pre-occupied, sometimes obsessed, with wiping the slate clean, and starting again when things got too messy. I’ve spent the last few months taking stock of everything… it’s given me the perspective to look beyond the things that i thought were most important to me last year. I’ve been wandering the wilderness and the waste for a while, and though it’s been lonely, I’ve seen some beautiful things.

Friendships i thought long-dead have burst into action again, a brother i’d thought i’d lost is now closer than ever before.

The moment I stopped thinking twenty-four-seven, about how someone could cut me out of their life, and I had a chance to look around unhindered, *bam* … more people, people that i wouldn’t change, walked into my life.

I’m done with washing my hands and starting again, it only ever put me back in the same place… this summer’s going to be about building bridges.

right. to bed!

night all x