What We Did On Our Summer Holidays

Except we weren't on holiday, this was all crammed in between work days. But it was summer, and the sun was out, as you may have noticed.

In August we played at Ladyfest Bristol, along with a bunch of other great acts like Hooker, Hello Cuca, Flamingo 50, the Gossip, Rita Lynch, and lovely Allison Wolfe (ex-Bratmobile) bouncing around being part-time compere and performer. Also a remarkable band called Mooz who were unfortunaly planning to break up shortly after the festival. There was a fantastic show of comix art, films (including the amazing 'Group'), and more. They'd even got their own shop for the weekend - which is now looking more long-term. More info at the shop's beautiful site.

Straight after Bristol we played a London show at the Archway Tavern. Two weeks later we found ourselves added to the bill at Ladyfest Amsterdam - a flying visit to a beautiful place we'll surely return to. Mere days after that was Ladyfest Manchester. In the space of three weeks, we became Ladyfest veterans.

In Manchester, in a large arts complex which housed the whole event (Bristol & London's Ladyfests were spread over several venues), there were workshops (drumming, drag kings), panels (future of Ladyfest), films, lots of bands of course - didn't see many of them this time, but we did catch up with our old friend Rosie from Pussycat Trash, now performing as Ithaca Art Ensemble. We stayed (along with our pals Lesbo Pig) with Valerie's guitarist Vix - thanks Vix!

Now we're planning a new Linus EP, to be recorded this winter & released in the spring. Looking forward to playing at Frock On in Glasgow in December - no London shows scheduled for sure for the time being, though we will be playing before too long...
-Andy