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Hey guys.
How was your weekend?
We bucked our recent trend by actually playing a show we said we were going to play and had a good time of it. Thanks to everyone who came out and to [The] Goodness and My Friend Friday. We wanted to play some of the new songs we’ve been rehearsing but decided to play it safe and stick to what we know, which led to a fun but slightly unpolished show.
And then we woke up to the news that Clarence Clemons had died and it sucked. No other group has had as much of an impact on Lewis, Ben and I in recent times as that of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Back in my hedonistic days, Ben and I bonded over the Boss and alcohol, whilst Ben used Jungleland as an example when trying to tell Lewis we should have a long song.
Lewis thought the song was boring at the time but changed his mind after seeing them live and now we write songs that try to rip them off. Later in the day, I did some DIY with my dad to celebrate his status in my life. It was pretty much what men do.
Of more interesting note is that, over the course of the two days, I finally watched the Belle & Sebastian documentary that has been sitting on my shelf for 6 or so years. For as long as I can remember, people have always said we’re like Belle & Sebastian and I’ve been left bewildered by the suggestion.
But then I watched the documentary and, hey, they’re actually one of my favourite ever bands, even though I hadn’t realised it. This epiphany also helped answer my own question from weeks ago about describing LV in one sentence: the punk Belle & Sebastian.
It’s funny how things can happen like that.
The only negative aspect is that I could have made Isobel Campbell my teenage crush instead of my early twenties one. What a wasted opportunity.
Due to Glastonbury/business, we’ve not got anything planned for a couple of weeks again so use yr time off wisely.
DB x
