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12:27 Amy: hey matt!

12:27 Matt: hey amy, how goes it?

12:28 Amy: Good! yourself?

12:28 Matt: yeah, no complaints. currently proof reading the album on a pretty wet morning.

12:28 Amy: Ah... in the comfort of home?

12:29 Matt: no home today, literally chilling in the office with a substandard blowheater for company!

12:29 Amy: haha... you guys must be used to such comforts after the tours ye have done!

12:30 Matt: yeah, i reckon that's relative comfort!

12:30 Amy: Its been a while since we're heard from you all. What's been happening??

12:31 Matt: eh, i suppose working on this album has been a bit all-consuming for the past twelve months, so we haven't been on the road at all really. I also got married in june last year, and dave did the same in october last year, so it was good timing to lie low and work on new stuff.

12:32 Amy: Has that meant you guys are based in different cities now?

12:33 Matt: yeah - well at the same point last year, tim and neil (guitar and drums) both moved to london. Dave and I are based in belfast. It's actually not too difficult, it's allowed us all to enjoy our own lives for a while, instead of living in each others' pockets in a van! it also means that when we do play live, or work together in the studio, it's a lot more enjoyable and productive.

12:33 Amy: Have you been sending pigeons back and forth with ideas?

12:34 Matt: wow, yeah pigeons would probably be more reliable than snail mail at the minute i suppose. Most of the album was recorded by singer/guitarist dave on his protools rig - from original demos we emailed back and forth to learn songs, right up to the majority of the takes on the final album.

12:35 Amy: cool. So you guys have been the same line up for years. Is there the natural leader at this stage? the tour goof? the loon?

12:37 Matt: yeah, we've been same lineup since day one, which i think was around january 2001. we've kind of slipped into natural roles for different things - like neil leads up everything visual, dave takes care of recording and song development, timmy does promo, and i take care of business. obviously it's taken a lot of time for those roles to actually settle and become natural - there were times in years gone by where there was a lot of crossover and there's a little friction when that happens! but it also means we're pretty patient with each other. which you can't be in a band without.

12:38 Amy: ha. I can imagine spending that much time with anyone can be a challenge!

12:38 Matt: definitely! but well worth it.

12:39 Amy: You've just played the ulster hall with General Fiasco... how'd you enjoy it?

12:41 Matt: the general fiasco show was great. a lot of the time we put on our own shows and run most aspects of them, so it's really good to just turn up and play - everything else is taken care of by other people. Aside from that, it's a bit of a privilege to be able to play to such a big crowd on home turf.

12:42 Amy: I went home chanting Go! Go! Indigo!

12:42 Matt: job well done then!

12:43 Amy: great tune! On the new album yes?

12:44 Matt: yes indeed - first track on said album.

12:44 Amy: excellent. For those of us yet to hear it then - what are we to expect compared to previous Six Star outings?

12:45 Matt: hmm. probably a more refined and punchier sixstar. better tunes, better album.

12:46 Amy: so when will we see you guys next?

12:47 Matt: well, we're just about to confirm a show in belfast on friday 4th december to coincide with the album release on 7th december. instead of doing one launch party, we decided it'd be more fun to do three - one in belfast, one in london and the other in glasgow all over that weekend.

12:48 Amy: haha - class. you guys surely like to do it proper! and plans to tour again then?

12:48 Matt: well, we do give it a go...we're about to book a tour for february/march to take in ni/uk/roi, so hopefully that'll be announced just after Christmas.

12:49 Amy:Ìý Well Matt... we've well and truly gone over our time :/

12:49 Matt: this is true, it's been a bit of a lengthy but enjoyable 15 minutes

12:49 Amy: Haha - like the timing of a country bus

12:50 Amy: but thanks a million!. Kid go Get It is brilliant and Go! Go! Indigo so I cant wait to get a copy of the album!

12:50 Matt: class. really looking forward to actually just getting it released. nice one - thanks and cheerio! til next time...

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