THINGS

We're back from SXSW! It was great. We tried to rock as hard as we could and it certainly was tough playing our first shows outside of Europe, as nobody really knew who we were and, to be fair, it wasn't quite the right environment for a show of our type, but we gave it a good shot and had a quite marvellous time throughout! Here's hoping something good will come of it business/music-wise; we all feel there was certainly a lot gained personally! Sun, dogs, food, free stuff, interviews, photos, insane amounts of incredible music and drinking fun tims with all of our friends. WICKED!

So yeah, we're back. I'm dead tired. But there's no rest for us goons as we embark on possibly the most important tour of our lives tomorrow: THE GREAT DEBUT ALBUM LAUNCH TOUR. Not only that, but we're touring with some of our favourite bands and, all our personal guff aside, we get to rock out to some awesome music every night for two weeks!

I hope everyone that comes to see us on this tour will have a burning urge to race to their nearest record shop or to a computer and purchase our album as soon as it drops on the 6th of April.

I've just written the chorus to a new song that has got me very excited. Our 2nd album has to be great and, so far, i'm pretty excited with what i've got splatting out of my guitar right now!

See you on tour!!! COME ON! LETS ROCK OUT!!! AND DANCE!! OH YEAH, DONT FORGET THE DANCING!!! ROCK DANCE!!!

PRESSING

HI

WE'RE DOING PRESS JUST NOW FOR OUR FORTHCOMING DEBUT ALBUM - THE GIGANTIC AND LOUD "HELLO" TO THE WORLD THAT IS 'HEY EVERYONE' - AND WE HAVE TO TALK TO ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT INERVIEWERS. YES, FROM THE BEHIND THE CAMERA INTERVIEWER WHO ASKS YOU TO ANSWER IN A WAY THAT REPEATS THE QUESTION SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE WHEN HE EDITS HIMSELF OUT, TO THE COCKY, UNPREPARED "PERSONALITY" WHO LAUGHS WHEN HE CAN'T SAY YOUR NAME AND MAKES ONE OF THE BAND DO THE FILMING SO THAT HE CAN BE IN SHOT INSTEAD, IT'S ALL GO IN RADIO MAGAZINE LAND!

LET'S NOT DO THIS THOUGH: OUR BAND NAME IS A COMBINATION OF THE WORDS "NA" "NA" "NA" (AS IN "NANANA IM SINGING A SONG I DONT KNOW THE WORDS TO NANANA NA") AND THE POPULAR CANADIAN ACTOR OF THR 80S AND 90S "DAN AYKROYD" FROM GHOSTBUSTERS AND TRADING PLACES. YES, IT'S AS THOUGH HALF-BAKED COMEDY AND MUSIC HAVE *FINALLY* BEEN BROUGHT TOGETHER *WINK* OUR FRIEND CAME UP WITH IT BECAUSE HE IS FUNNY FUNNY FUNNY AND WE DON'T REMEMBER WHY OR WHEN.

OUR ALBUM IS COMING OUT SOON AND HOPEFULLY MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF YOU PEOPLE WILL DEEM IT THE BEST BRITISH ROCK RECORD SINCE THE LAST ONE. IN OUR MINDS IT IS GOOD.

LET'S DO THIS: I WANT TO START A FIGHT-POP* GANG. WHO WANTS TO BE IN IT? WHO WANTS TO JOIN OUR BAND? WHO WANTS TO COME ON TOUR WITH US AND HELP US SHIFT AMPS AND HELP SELL OUR MERCH? WHO WANTS TO COME TO OUR UPCOMING SHOWS AND ROCK OUT AND DANCE WITH US? WHO WANTS TO START A BAND AND LET US PLAY IN IT?



WHO WANTS TO BRING PERCUSSIVE INSTRUMENTS TO OUR SHOWS AND PLAY ALONG WITH US? WHO WANTS TO HUG ME? WHO WANTS TO SEE AN END TO ALL GIGS BEING SOLELY ABOUT THE PERFORMERS ON STAGE HAVING THEIR GIGANTIC EGOS LICKED AND FONDLED AND INSTEAD CREATE A HUGE SWIRLING ROOM OF LOVE WHERE EVERYONE IS IMPORTANT? COME TO OUR SHOWS ON THIS TOUR AND STOP FOLDING YOUR ARMS OR WEARING LEATHER OR BEING EMBARRASSED IN FRONT OF YOUR BOYFRIENDS. BRING AN END TO THE "BAND".

OH YEAH, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE USA FIRST, SO SEE YA IN A BIT PUNX.

*FIGHT-POP IS A MADE UP GENRE THAT CAN SORT OF PORTRAY (IF YOU REALLY OPEN UP YOUR EARS) A STYLE OF MUSIC WHERE MELODIC AND POP ORIENTATED MUSIC IS DELIVERED IN AN "AGGRESSIVE" (VERBALLY) MANNER, OR A SITUATION THAT MIGHT USUALLY INVOLVE A BIT OF ARGY-BARGY INSTEAD INVOLVING HUGS AND DANCING. LOOK OUT.