Half-time

Five small cups of coffee later, or two really big ones – which ever you prefer – and I'm more than ready to kick-start the day! Today is Friday, which for me means a day of rest, contemplation and design work. I'm currently working on five book covers at once, and hopefully by next week, most of them will be finished. The Mrs is at her office, Bess is sleeping by the radiator and I'm listening to Rachel's – a band I'm falling deeper in love with by the day and hour.

Yesterday was the last studio-work-day in a while, due to the Mrs leaving for Berlin next week to mix her new album. She'll be gone for a little over two weeks, and since Bess ain't quite ready to conform to the zen-like conditions we consider us proud of maintaining over at Matching Head studios – I'll be staying home with her all day. Hopefully getting some work done, writing the last few lyrics and recording demo versions of a few new songs I have yet to complete.

So far – we have three songs finished; Odessa, So Demure and Trust Falls. Three more are in the pipelines, having recorded drums for all of 'em and a fraction of the guitars and vocals. So, hopefully by the end of October I'll have 'em wrapped up as well. But who knows … some days our pace is pretty fucking far from "light speed", some days proper at best. And since we only record three days a week, from 09:00 to 17:00 things tend to take a while.

Anywhoo … I'll be leaving you today with two nice pictures some of the bizarre shit I encounter everyday on my way to the studio. And also a nice new clip of Pontus proving yet again how to beat those drums to a bloody pulp!

Have a weekend to remember – and please listen to Tea Merchants by Rachel's!