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We’re back!! Thanks so much to everyone who made our first US trip so enjoyable…Rosfest was a great experience and we had a blast during the gig!! Thanks especially to George, Krista, Darryl, Al, Fred and of course the amazing Kevin and all the crew at the Majestic – and not forgetting Donna for guiding us through the magical embassy process! You can hopefully look forward to an audio/visual release from the gig at some point as the show was expertly recorded and filmed by Mike Potter and Adele Schmidt respectively.

Following that we have another Sanguine Hum announcement that won’t come as too much of a surprise for anyone who saw us on Sunday – sadly, at the end of last year our long-time drummer Paul Mallyon decided to move on to pastures new and so played his last gig with the band at the Leamington Assembly show back in Nov’2011. We wish Paul all the best for his future projects, and you should be able to hear his drumming quite soon as he has recorded his parts for the new Thieves Kitchen album (along with Brad Waissman on bass) which we believe should be coming out later this year. Filling his shoes, and already familiar to those who caught us at the Underworld or the Majestic Theater, is Andrew Booker. Andrew has had a busy music career having released music under his own name as well as performing improvised music in the groups Improvizone (with Micheal Bearpark) and Harmony in Diversity (with former Yes guitarist Peter Banks). But you will most likely have heard him recently as the drummer for the live version of Steven Wilson and Tim Bowness’ band No Man – Andrew is featured on the Mixtaped DVD and the brand new live album Love and Endings. Andrew learnt the entire 90min Rosfest set in just 3 months – a real trial by fire! And so now the four of us are looking forward to heading in to the studio to make Hum album no.2. Welcome aboard Andrew!