In-tentions

 

It's a great feeling when you've got a busy festival weekend coming up & you see posts showing a well drilled team preparing.

Photos from Midsummer Middlewich where we're playing;

Saturday - The Turnpike, 2pm 

Sunday Solstice - Newton Brewery, 4pm

It's not a competition (unless it is).

 June 2nd, 2026

The evening marked my 1st (and maybe only) time in the role of a Battle of the Bands judge. I was on the panel at a local college (if you know me personally, you'll know which one it is) to help select winners from 1st year student bands. A really enjoyable night, and great to see such a variety of genres on display as well as fabulously burgeoning new talent. 

The panel's desk

A pre-judgement rest

Magnolia Trees

Em, Simon and I tried a run through of a brand new song in Em's kitchen- Magnolia Trees. 

I'm sure it will evolve further as we play it more & backing vocals & Dave's parts are added.

Sometimes...

 24th April 2026 Tom's Tap 

Sometimes there's magic in the room.

Tonight was one of those nights, & that can never just come from the band - it's a two way/multi-way/musicians-audience - all-one-mind beautiful thing that is so precious, a thing that is becoming more rare as it only happens there in those moments in a room together. 

The wonderful Hayley Strangelove brought the magic and the emotion in, and so much more.

Mike on the desk gave us our best sound yet on stage at Tom's, something that allows us to really did deep into the music we're creating in the moment, putting an aerial out into the cosmos and getting lost in the music ourselves. 

Thank you all so, so much xxx

*P. S. A notable feature of this gig was that or was the 1st show where Em played violin and the first one in which Dave played the bodhran (in addition to thier usual instruments). 

JT 

Em

Dave

Hayley Strangelove x

For Sean Bartley 

I'm Pretty Excited

 Load-in is arranged, songs, a long set is rehearsed, tech-spec sent and... I'm pretty excited about this one in particular!