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At the start of this series of reflections on Living and Growing I compared making an album to having children. Well, once your baby is out there, you’ve got to name it and dress it up, both of which can be hard to agree on as parents. For us, the naming part went smoothly. We… …

Every band dreams of getting to record in a proper studio. For us, The Felt Tips, recording at CaVa was even more special since records we loved had been recorded there, including ones by Camera Obscura, Arab Strap and Hefner. The studio had downsized and, when we visited, was located in a space underneath the… …

I haven’t mentioned on this website that The Felt Tips debut album, Living and Growing, is being reissued on vinyl by London-based label Unspun Heroes on 17th October 2025. The Felt Tips is the band I’ve been in since 2006. We sometimes joke that we are the band who couldn’t even manage to split up… …

Last autumn I found myself in the unusual situation where the occurance of something beyond my wildest dreams was causing me a slight problem. The ‘something’ in question was Aberdeen Football Club’s amazing unbeaten run of games from around August – November 2024, which had put them on equal points with Celtic at the top… …

Here’s a video for the title track of my album World to Rights. I made it using a green screen and some lighting equipment I’d bought second hand. The backgroud videos are from various creators who offer them for free online, and who I’ve credited underneath the video on YouTube. I put myself in black… …

What a time we’re living in, eh? The day before this post was written, the president of the United States and his ‘playground bully’ sidekick had a childish argument with the president of Ukraine in front of the world, with life and death consequences for people in Ukraine. Despite the unfavourable sounding terms of the… …