It's been a while, but we're back with another episode of the Lightning Seeds Podcast. As we're doing this in chronological order, we are focusing on Ian Broudie's solo debut, Tales Told. There were five years between Tilt and Tales Told, so nine months between podcasts is quite on-brand really. What an album it is,... Continue Reading →

Following on from a rapturously received tour celebrating 35 years of the Lightning Seeds, the band return to somewhere near you in 2025! From Bath/Bath to Middlesbrough, there should be a date for you. Maybe see some of you there! Official FB page tour poster As well as a stream of festival dates, new tour... Continue Reading →

It's happened, we're all old now and Jollification has turned 30. In case you've been living under a rock, you may have figured out that this is my favourite album. It's also certainly worthy of a celebration as much as a certain other album that turned 30 in recent times. Here's some Jollification related bits... Continue Reading →

Welcome to another show notes for another podcast episode. This week we're heavily into Dizzy Heights, basically on Spotify. Once again hosted by Mat Read and Hugh Jasse (reasons will become clearer further down), and we've split it into two parts again because we don't know when to shut up. First off, the podcast. Side... Continue Reading →

Mat and I waffled on for 3-5 working days about Jollification for our latest episode of the Lightning Seeds podcast. As such, the Jollification podcast will be split into 2 episodes. Side A is already online and you can view those show notes here, but read on for Side B - which deals with, quite... Continue Reading →

Mat and I waffled on for 3-5 working days about Jollification for our latest episode of the Lightning Seeds podcast. As such, the Jollification podcast will be split into 2 episodes. Side A, which will deal with the first half of the album, and Side B which will deal with the second half of the... Continue Reading →

I'm flying high on a load of podcast links and show notes, because the latest episode of the Lightning Seeds podcast is live and ready to go. Somehow, and can you believe it, Mat and I find fifteen reasons to talk for even longer than we did before! In this episode, we talk about the... Continue Reading →

Well, the Cloudcuckooland podcast has been in the ether for a little while so it's time to have some show notes. The idea of the show notes is to expand on the things we talked about in the podcast, to address things or add things we may have forgotten or to provide links. In Cloudcuckooland's... Continue Reading →

Mat Read and I have a new podcast. Listen to Episode 1 where Mat and I go full nerd spec on debut album Cloudcuckooland, giving you a deep delve on the songs, our interpretations, interesting trivia and some bonus guitar impressions just for you lot. Get it on Spotify here or watch on Youtube below.... Continue Reading →