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I've tried to avoid writing a blog for as long as possible because, lets face it, I'm not very good at this kind of thing. In the studio day 12. Yesterday we finished yet another track for the album and Rich had somehow lost his voice for talking but strangely could still belt out the notes needed to record the vocals. Rich has been working on all sorts of extra stuff, but we decided to take a break from all the music making and Rich, Linds and myself went out into Kettering for a few drinks. The first bar looked like, and to quote Rich, "A few council houses pushed together to make a pub". But we went in and it was quite nice inside. After a drink in there we found the obligatory Weatherspoons. We had a drink in there and then went next door to what I think was a sports bar/restaurant. ...

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Rhesus log, star date 42073.1. Today has been a long and arduous day for us all. We've been putting our all into making this album, and to be frank, most of us are fucking shattered. Kieran's alright though. He's running off pure chocolate bar power. Ben, Linds and I are taking it in time to get our parts down - Neil Haynes (our producer) is putting us through our paces and the bloke won't except anything less than perfection, which is why we came back and why we love the bloke - we wouldn't want to be in any other recording studio right now!

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Studio, day 8. Or 9. Or...yeah, I think it's day 9 now. I've really started to lose track of the days. We've finished off two more songs yesterday and they sound BRILLIANT. Today we started a brand new one. And when I say new, I mean one we've only played at one gig, so many of you may not have heard it yet, but believe you me, you'll love it. It's been brutally hot in the studio today. So we've been recording, playing beat out in the car park, and generally sitting around between takes moaning to each other about how hot it is. We're currently enjoying a little flashback to 1991 by watching "Hook". What an ace film. Nearly 20 years later and it's still as good as it was when I saw it in the cinema when it first came out. (God, I'm dating myself now). But yeah, if ...

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Day seven in the studio. An early start today for the band (I refer to them as the band because I'm not doing anything recording wise at the moment - I was done in 3 days). Rich had a bit of an off day yesterday, but it happens. However, I'm not happy about having the blame! Apparently I kept him up all night by talking to him. Rich: (*Off day for me.) Anyway, the recording is coming along very nicely. Whilst they are recording I'm busy doing all the rhesus admin work. Fun! :P The evenings are more bearable now I have found a football, too! Although it's a childs ball and it's nearly flat, it keeps me entertained well enough! Last night consisted of trying to find something intellectual to watch via BBC iplayer or 4OD, but we found nothing except Junkmail Britain; which was shit. No other sign on the ...

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I know we said we'd blog everyday, but we've been busy (honest guv!) Recording has been long and hard, and yesterday after packing down, we drove 2 hrs to go and play a festival (more about that in tomorrows update). To help stop us climbing up the walls, I set us a challenge - an art challenge. 30 minutes to recreate the Mona Lisa in acrylics - easy right?

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