have these conversations with guys to feel out how the match will be, butto be more direct to your question we were never intimidated. There was never any ego in the room; you don't feel like he is important. He's just one of y'all and you're going to make something great together. It was a great experience, and the album wouldn't be the same without him. SCENE IN THE DARK: So after these U.S. dates, what's next for The Whigs? Julian Dorio: We're going to continue touring, but things tend to slow down around the holidays. But around the beginning of 2013 we will definitely keep going. Hopefully we will get overseas before too long. But this run is a good run for now. We are stoked to get up to Vancouver in a couple of weeks; it's actually one of my favorite cities. It is a beautiful place. SCENE IN THE DARK: It definitely is. Will you be using the holiday downtime to work on material or are you going to take some actual time off? Julian Dorio: Real time off is nice, though it is rare. When we normally have downtime, we try to get to work on new material. We don't get that many opportunities and doing it on the road is just tricky. We're still at that stage of driving in the van with a trailer and loading all our own gear, which is fine, but it's not like we have hours on end to work