When and how did you all meet and discover your many musical talents?
David: Jason and Sam met in Brighton, they were at art college together and realised that they both liked music. I met Jason when I moved to Brighton a few years later and they were already playing as a band.
Jason: We had a drummer called Butch who's been replaced by Toby here. That seems like such a long time ago in terms of where we were as a band!

David Woodward - 'Woody'

How does it feel to be back on the road after your break from the limelight?
Sam: It was only scary for the first gig!
Jason: It feels natural now, we were itching to get going again.




How's the material from the album been going down?
David: What happened was the album came out before the tour so the people that are really into it have been out and bought the album and already know the songs. We've been finding that at a lot of the gigs they know all the words already.

What song do you look forward to playing at a gig?
Sam: Come Into The Darkness
Jason: Trees In The City, I'm very comfortable with that song.
Toby: The Mind Is Evil
David: Let Go, because it's full-on rock.

Sam Hewitt

How did you get together with former Cocteau Twin, Simon Raymonde?
Jason: We'd made the record ourselves and we'd got to the point where we needed that extra bit of confidence to finish it, we had a few people that we'd met to choose from, but some producers feel they need to be involved in the whole process. We met him through a friend and he just met us and said: 'You're doing brilliantly, I'd love to be involved on this record.' He gave us loads of confidence and we finished it off.

How does a song come together for you?
Jason: I start with lyrical ideas and lots of different parts and then we come together as a band and work it out. It comes from collecting things that I love, melodies and sounds. And then it just becomes apparent that this goes with this and it comes together as a big blob. It's kind of cosmic.

Toby May

Who's the weirdest person you've met?
Sam: The woman who crosses the road outside our recording studio in Brighton. She'll be there at any time of day, any weather just crossing the road. She does it almost artistically, it's not to do with how many cars are coming - there can be an enormous gap and she'll just wait and then there can be just a small gap and she'll cross.

What's the best thing about Brighton?
David: The sea and the people.

What do you want Clearlake to be remembered for?
Jason: For making a classic record that people absolutely love.