A few words from Richard Bennett:
I’ve just returned from a month in London recording loads of new music with Mark and the band. I have to admit being a little anxious about airports and planes to make the journey over and back. The sessions themselves had fairly tight protocol regarding the virus. We tested every other day…. no pubs or restaurants, the latter being as much of the album making process as the recording itself. Wasn’t sure how that was going to work but fantastic lunches and dinners were laid in as well as drinks and kegs of London Pride Ale directly from the brewery just a few blocks from the studio. The whole month was the best recording experience I’ve had in over 50 years of making records. It’s really a miracle we put so many songs in the can given the amount of time we spent laughing, drinking tea and cappuccinos, eating wonderful meals and more laughing. One could not call it work by any stretch Everyone to a man was so happy to be back in each other’s company and playing brilliant music together again as a band. As for me, I feel as if my lights have come back on after two years of a flat battery.
