So….on Thursday 29th October, I met the massively talented Animal Kingdom for soundcheck at the Hare and Hounds. I’ve been playing their single Signs and Wonders on Q Radio, and was so thrilled to be able to promote them up in Birmingham at Miss Perry Presents. The album is fast becoming a ‘most played’ on my iTunes and their live set was pretty impeccable. And to top it all off, they are some of the nicest people I’ve met recently - we all stayed up late putting the world to rights, but if this world WAS all hunky dory, their album would be floating around the top 20 somewhere. Let’s make that happen. Check www.myspace.com/weareanimalkingdom

Also a big thank you must go out to the support that night, The Scholars, who are some of the hardest working new bands on the circuit. Unashamedly quoting Editors as a major influence, they proved not only that they have a very loyal fan base already, but also the potentail to write intelligent songs with big choruses.

www.myspace.com/thescholarsuk

Thanks again to www.kate-beatty.co.uk for the gorgeous photos.