It's early in the morning...

...and I still haven't slept yet, which usually isn't conducive to writing the best blogs but I thought I'd have a crack anyway. Ready? Let's begin.

As Anil posted on Tuesday we were in the studio pretty much all last week in London recording our debut E.P. entitled "A Moment In Love". I know I said a few posts ago that we were going to try and record it ourselves but with the circumstances as they are, we decided that the best course of action would be to go and do it with someone who knew what they were doing - my production skills are still pretty amateurish. In short, we had the BEST time. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Gareth and Ollie at The Fold Studios for all their amazing work this week, they made it so easy and fun that the whole thing was a breeze and we think we've made the best record we can for where we're at right now. We've still got the mixing to do, but with it sounding as great as it is now unmixed, I'm confident that it won't take too long to whip into shape then master.

I'm sorry we didn't post up any photos or video while we were there, we do have some that we'll probably edit and put up later. We were working really hard though and doing long hours so it was hard to concentrate on anything much other than the record...oh, and tea, LOTS of tea :-) It might take a bit of time as both Anil and I are really busy with work for our degrees right now, but I'm resolved to keep you guys stocked with a consistent supply material and interesting things. Speaking of interesting things, we'd also like to congratulate Toby Couling who drummed our E.P. for getting the gig to play drums for Noisettes on their current UK tour. It's an amazing opportunity for him and goes a long way in validating our belief that he's one of the best drummers in the UK right now. So yeah, nice one mate, we're really chuffed for you! In addition to that, Ollie managed to persuade Sedi Acolatse, who's the other half of Speech Debelle's rhythm section along with Toby, to lay down some double bass for Snow on Saturday. It was skill! (Yep, thanks to Marsha at Xfm I've decided to bring back the use of "skill" as an adjective, just like when I was a wee nipper).

Phew, typing all that has now given me the urge to finally get some rest. It's 5.20am. Oh dear.

With love,
Charlie.
xxx

P.S. Come and say hello soon over on Twitter @arcadybliss 'cause I've been spending loads of time on there recently. Also, check out Captain Crazy, what a dude:

It's early in the morning...