Saturday June 30th

Now it seems a really long time ago, but at some point this spring we decided it could be fun to play a show in Hamburg while we're here recording. It seemed like a great idea at the time but now that we're a little short of time in the studio, suddenly it did not seem so convenient. We worked at the studio through the afternoon with some bass for Common Ground and vocals for Undermine, but we didn't get a whole lot done before it was off to the Übel & Gefärhlich, which is a pretty cool venue. It turned out to be a really great evening. The nice guys in the band Sport was on the bill too and opened with a great set. Then we entered the stage and it actually felt really nice to loosen up a bit, not worrying about little details for a night and just enjoy playing these new songs live. We played a mixed set with both new and old songs, and while the new ones were fresh in our memory, the old ones were a little more shaky. But all in all we played quite ok, I think. It was packed in the room and among all these nice people were our friends from Delbo and from Sinnbus who travelled all the way from Berlin to see us. Thanks so much for coming, guys! It means a lot! Nagel once again worked incredibly hard making things as nice as possible for us. Jakob and Arvid stayed for some hours at the Übel & Gefärlich listening to the DJ's for the rest of the night, but I had to go home and take care of my voice. There's a lot of work to be done tomorrow.

Mikkel / Barra Head