This is the last single from what I have to describe as the awesomely successful Beer vs. Records project. We haven’t sold out yet, but I have to confess, I never anticipated being this close to doing so. We can’t usually sell 250 of anything this fast, with the exception of a couple of the bands we work with, and given this was hardly a high-profile release I have to confess I wasn’t all that sure how it would go.

Anyhow, I’ll officially announce the winner next week, but for now, this is the last of the live videos we made during recording, and it’s a truly awesome pop song by Zed Penguin. We ended up including the live guide vocal in this mix, and loading it with distortion, just to give the chorus that extra bit of snarl. I think it works really well – I love this song, and I’m really glad I had the chance to record it.

We still have a few copies of the Split 12″ available too, and you can get the beer in Vino in Edinburgh, The God Spirit Company in Glasgow and Rough Trade East in London, I think, assuming they have any left.

Our first house gig in a while sees the awesome Liz Green joining pal Rob St. John in our living room. Rob you should all know quite enough about as it is, but Liz I haven’t seen before. ‘She’s brilliant, and a fantastic raconteur’ is the verdit from Mr. St. John however and Rob tends to be right about this kind of thing, so pick up your tickets from the Paypal link below, and we hope to see you in a couple of weeks.

Actually, what with Meursault practising there, as well as Rob’s own band, I think he’s spent more time in our living room than we have recently, so he should feel right at home. It’s going to be a bit like when the kids leave home for uni, I suppose. Mrs. Toad and I grouse about it all the time, but the house will feel strangely empty when we finally get all the bloody instruments out of here and return to something resembling a normal life.

Sold out now, sorry.

Tickets for the show will be a fiver, all of which will go directly to the bands, because we’re nice like that. And bring your own booze. We’ll be getting a keg ourselves, so you can chip in to the cost of that and drink our beer instead if you’d rather, or just bring your own stuff – whatever you prefer, really.

Well in case you’ve blocked out everything I’ve been on about on the internet for the last few months, you’ll know that there is a new Sparrow and the Workshop album in the offing. Well, its release date is TODAY, so as I am sure you can imagine there is much excitement around Toad Hall. I intend drinking gin and listening to the album rather too loud because, well, how else would you celebrate a release on this record label.

From a fan’s point of view, the album is bloody brilliant and you should buy one. You can do so here, or alternatively ask your local record shop.

From the band’s point of view, congratulations guys, it’s a great record and you should be really proud of yourselves.

And from the point of view of 9PR and Rocket who did the print press and radio plugging respectively: thank you so much, you both did and excellent job and it’s been a pleasure working with you. Sorry for being such a demanding little shit but umm, well I guess (and hope) you’ve probably had worse. Either that or you’ll hate me forever, which I suppose is a possibility.

Now stop staring at the bloody internet and go out and buy records, people. Time’s a-wasting!