Hi there. How’s things? You well? Healthy? Happy?
It’s been a long time since any of us rapped at ya (to paraphrase Jim Anchower) but we’ve been more or less hard at work on some brand new music. Seems to be going pretty well at present, although no-one’s yet learned how to play the cuica we impulse-bought at the beginning of the year. We’ve tried everything; licking fingers, not licking fingers, all manner of damp cloths, and still we’re can’t coax the faintest hint of an hyperventilating chimp sound out of it. I’d say right now its sounding half loud, percussive and frenetic, half thoughtful, soft and poignant. Nice to have a bit of light and shade in your life. Anyway we’re gonna keep cracking on with that, and I’m sure you’ll hear some of it at a point between now and the end of time.
It may not have escaped your attention that we’ve been nominated for 2 Brit Awards. That’s surely pretty good going, so well done us. Sadly, we’re not going to be at Awards because we’ll be busy topping up our heatstroke and falling asleep in the middle of the day in Australia. If we win we’ll have to send over one of those excrutiating videos where the singer stumbles over his words of thanks while the rest of the band stand behind him in sunglasses nodding. Before we get to that awkward rite of rock band passage, we have to win one of the categories, and you, dear reader, can help us do it. Here’s how you do it; simply wait until this Saturday (6th Feb), and then follow Radio 1’s instructions on how to vote for us. I’m sorry if that’s a little vague at present, but as soon we know we’ll start bombarding you with irritating reminders. We’ll be pleading our case on Fearne Cotton’s show next Monday, so listen out for some headline-grabbing broadsides against our Brit rivals JLS (who by all accounts are lovely chaps).
I think that’s all right now, I’ll leave you all to mourn Fall Out Boy’s reported split.
all the best
Jack x
