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Is this the end for us, London?

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I leave for Australia in just under five weeks. To tour and (hopefully) play a couple of festivals there in March before we return to this hemisphere. My partner and…

AI Don't Like It

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When I opened Microsoft Word today there was the now ubiquitous AI ‘friend’ asking me what I wanted to write. I could have just told it that I wanted to…

In The Valley

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I wrote this piece in early February 2022. And a gentle heads up, it's about death and grief but also about one of my very favourite people. If this isn't…

Track #4 - On the Level

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SORRY I MEAN TRACK NUMBER FOUR. 

xo

Track # 4 - On The Level

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Today we have arrived at track number four on The Second High, a song called On the Level. The song gives me a particular kind of satisfaction to sing. A…

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The Super Reds and a Positive Attitude

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This week I’m in Yorkshire for my partner’s grandfather’s surprise 80th birthday party. We picked up the rest of his family, who had just flown in from Germany, from various…

Track # 5 Criminal

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Strap yourselves in, this one's a rambler!!


Criminal is the fifth song on the album and is the first part of the story I finish telling in To Survive. The…

When the Blinkers Come Off

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On Thursday I announced a load of shows. Five in the UK and seventeen in Australia. I can’t tell you how often I’ve had to do a task twenty-two times…

It's Not You, It's Me

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One of the great advantages of living in the UK is the proximity to some of the most beautiful places in the world. And living in London is particularly good…

Track 6 - Anger

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Hello dear readers.

I spent all day writing a blog post about the sixth track on my new record, Anger.  I was about to publish it but have decided, at…

On The Front Lines

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Last week I was invited, by a publicist who I’m talking to about working together, to an industry ‘mixer’ at a pub in central London. Although the idea of it…

Careful What You Wish For

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I played a show at London’s St Pancras Old Church last week. It was, in my eyes, a failure. Difficult to swallow after so much work had gone into it…

Track 9 - I've Always Known It

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This is the second of a ten part series about the songs on my record, The Second High, starting from the end and working my way back to the start…