just moved so we all had to get jobs and stuff, so we were busy all the time and we were trying to write and record songs, so it was quite stressful in a way. I think the EP is quite tense and neurotic sounding, and I think that very much reflects the state of mind. Tom: But quite exciting as well, there's a lot of energy in the EP. Andy: Yeah, I like to think there's an optimism in the stuff we do, even if it's downcast. Light at the end of the tunnel. The EP feels very much like the culmination of the last 6 months being down in London. Having previously all lived in t he notorious Lodge in Liverpool, how has the ba nd dynamic changed now that you're dealing with a new city? Do you still all live and work together? A: We nearly all live together! Tom lives away... He has his independence! T: I live five minutes down the road. But Andy misses me. A: We used to be best friends. Until we moved to London. T: We're going to get back together, we'll all live together again eventually but yeah... Andy calls me. A lot. A: We're mostly all together though so the atmosphere has remained, and we work on music a lot together. We still live in each others pockets, but at the Lodge, there were more 'pockets' to dilute. It was amazing there because we were surrounded by people doing