Erratic 5 yr Anniversary Few fun album facts. Majority of the album was recorded in a wee flat. The other half in a studio. Bought an old Mac and some mics and stayed up for months trying to get my head around using Apple for the first time. Room acoustics, recording, mixing, mastering and everything in between. The album was released on its own with no label or marketing or radio or management or plans to even do anything other than satisfy all the folk wanting the tunes. Weeks before the release I was waking up in my flat to the sound of massive pallets of CDs and records getting dumped in my street. All needing moved, unboxed, unsealed, signed, resealed, packaged and posted all over the world. On the off days I wasn’t unloading and packing, I was standing half baked in a newsagent post office with only one free counter, annoying all the old ladies by holding up the queue from dawn till dusk with big black bags full of CDs. Was slow torture. Throughout this debacle I was staying awake and crashing for a day or two. Two mornings in a row I slept in and missed the post office and the deadline was slipping. Third morning i slept in again and jumped a taxi with a few hours left before closing. Enough time to do at least 100 +. It was raining heavy. When I got there the shops were cordoned off by police cars and blue tape. Instead of soaking up the rain with my trainers I dipped under the police tape to get posting. There i met a lovely copper screaming and waving a spring baton. After almost getting the jail my big daft cardboard bags started melting and filling up with water. I accepted the loss and bailed. Was told later it was an armed robbery I was trying to involve myself in with my big daft bags full o wet cds like a head case. Luckily the packages were waterproof and got wiped dry and delivered. That’s a wee snippet of the backstory to Erratic. Never really got into it cos the story’s fucking ridiculous. I’ll get into the rest of it at another time. Cheers to everyone who’s ever bought the records or came to a gig or even put in a good word. I appreciate it all and tbh when I think about it I struggle to get my head round it. Cheers G x