So we had this idea, right, that we could work on a set of tunes which would be based around acoustic instruments. Err, go on, yeah...

So we had this really good idea that we could make an album that was removed from a lot of the electric things that had occupied us so much when we worked with other musicians. So we set off down that particular leafy lane not really knowing whether we would find a gorgeous meadow at the bottom of the hill..or a council tip. That's a lie inserted to make MDR seem like particularly lovable, self effacing people. We knew all along that by the time we got there the meadow lark would be in full song and the wild basil approaching flower. We knew that we would like the finished product.

Cut the flowery stuff. Right. Here is the truth at long last. MDR found themselves without a full band and in a constant state of auditions - electric songs were out until such time as the right people were at hand to assist, so the obvious response to the desire to create new studio material was to slip away as a two piece band and start strumming in the depths of winter. We did.