Olivia received many terrific presents, but this was instantly installed as the present that she would most frequently have to tussle with Daddy to play with. We are now in a position to add glockenspiel to the tambourine and shaker that have been the bedrock of the sound we create as part of our many jam sessions. The driving, monotonus rhythms that we create owe much to the motorik sounds made famous by Krautrock outfits such as Neu!, though I believe we are pushing the sonic envelope in ways that even those Teutonic avatars of the avant garde failed to.

Ah, if only I'd been given that writing gig on the NME...