etc.) on the drums. Now, the Firs reside at ATP Recordings, who've recently released their third album Out Of It And Into It (March 2012). The songs in this collection are spare, often mournful hymns, sung earnestly if not perfectly: the singers having focussed their labor on content over polish.  The boys tour as a duo these days and are pleased as punch with this latest effort, which holds all the hopes (and the baggage) they've accumulated up to this point. Don't worry, on stage they usually tell a few jokes to lighten up the old despair pit. What are the most recent activities of your band? We have a new record out on ATP records! How do you feel about being picked by ATP to play and how excited are you about playing the event? Amped! We feel like a million bucks. I think we'll be playing our traditional Sunday morning hangover slot, so we and the audience will at that time feel like flaming bags of dog shit.  But in our case, we'll feel like a flaming bag containing a million bucks worth of dog shit. Are there any other currently confirmed bands you are excited about seeing? If you could pick one of your records for ATP fans to listen to, which would you chose? The new one! Out Of It and Into It. It's totally back to the basics. You really can't buy too many copies. Remember: the holidays are right around the corner, and nothing