Bodies and equipment emerge into daylight. You'd be hard pressed to pick any of them out of an identity parade of mature students from the local university. The band's anonimity only throws into great relief the power, intelligence and beauty of Strange Free World , their latest offering and, by general consent, the album of the year so far. The last time we played here, there were only ten people. Patrick Fitzgerald, only one third of the Kitchens Of Distinction, is waiting his turn on the coffee rota.
Economic hardship being what it is in the East Midlands, there are only five cups to be found.
Patrick is on the second shift. It is April Fool's day after all. In America last January we played a couple of shows on our own and then supported the Charlatans in San Francisco in front of 2,000 people. It was good fun. With both the Poly and the Uni closed for Easter, they might be hard pressed to make even 20.