Alan says: Hey man, hit me up when you're ready. Let's do this!

Rigsy says: wow! slightly intimidating enthusiasm....LET'S DO THIS, AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Alan says: Yes, I perhaps should have put that in capitals myself.

Rigsy says: is that the mood in the yes cadets camp then, aggressively enthusiastic?

Alan says: I don't think our zeal for life could be surpassed. Or our aggression for that matter. It's all lots of fun at the moment!

Rigsy says: so up to the point you gave us le mans, what had you been up to? cause it had been relatively quiet in camp YC....

Alan says: Well, it's been a bit quiet locally But we've been busy in Europe, to-ing and fro-ing from France and Germany

Rigsy says: but you see....if you're quiet in belfast, you're quiet full stop , ha ha. That sounds amazing, so how many shows have you done in the last six months, say?

Alan says: Ha! We must get back into the swing of things at home I concur!

Our European shows have been quite sparse but pretty high brow, if I don't say so myself...5 or 6 really gooduns I'd say.

Rigsy says: how do you end up doing these shows? are you looking after this type of stuff yourself or do you have fancy agents and management?

Alan says: People just keep asking us back I guess. Although since our last trip away we've picked up some flashy Berlin based management.

Flashy but nice.

Rigsy says: berlin, eh? you always were the cool kids of the local scene ;-)

Alan says: Charmer

Rigsy says: so what is Le Mans the start of?

Alan says: We're working on a project that could turn into an album, a mini album or an EP. It sort of depends on what happens label-wise over the next couple of months.

Rigsy says: are you hustling? for a label i mean....not in general

Alan says: Yes, we've given up on the Costner philosophy of "if you build it they will come" Although luckily we have someone to do the hustling for us these days.

Rigsy says: and what about the guillemots thing!? sweet jiminy christmas!

had you been meeting up with ol' fyfe?

Alan says: We shared a bill with them in Cannes over Christmas and ended up sharing a bottle of bourbon at 5 in the morning. A bunch of very interesting charachters indeed

Rigsy says: so they saw you guys perform obviously...?

Alan says: I dont think so actually! We just got on really well. It was one of those drunken ideas that is actually turning into something tangible!

Rigsy says: did he agree to work with you guys based on the criac he had with you?

Alan says: Of course! We are truly great craic.

Rigsy says: ha ha, thats amazing. here, just as well you's are good! feel wick for fyfe if he'd agreed to do it then it turned out you's are utter bobbins. so what happens with it then? did you just give him stems of a track or what?

Alan says: We've been regular contact since and they have the stems. But I haven't heard what they've done with it yet.

Rigsy says: is there a deadline or anything like that?

Alan says: No pressure. I would say we'll squeeze it onto our next release, but that's a little way off yet. You'll get it hot off the press though!

Rigsy says: aw, fantastic! here - this has been probably the most serious one of the chats i've ever done. I think it's cause i was just dying to know what you've been at so it was straight down to business but we need to lighten the mood..... so tell me some absolutely outrageous craic.

GO!

Alan says: Jeepers. I live a hermits existence man. When not on the red carpet in Cannes you understand darling.

Rigsy says: tell us a joke or something.

in fact -scrub that. it's okay to be serious. this was all about business!

doesn't have to be fun and games all the time. save all yr craic for fyfe from the guillemots

Alan says: Oh dude I could dish so much dirt

Rigsy says: ha ha

Alan says: But I wont.

Rigsy says: BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Alan says: So there

Rigsy says: right thanks for your time dude. and honestly, so good to have you back

Alan says: Always a pleasure.

Rigsy says: what about giggage tho?

Alan says: We're just waiting to be asked! Gissa Gig! We're quite good, honest!

Rigsy says: okay i will make it happen. I have the power you know - i'll click my fingers.

thanks alan, next time we speak no doubt it'll be on t'radio, look forward to that. have a nice wednesday

Alan says: All the best bro, chat soon.

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You can hear 'Le Mans' and various other Yes Cadets gems at the bands soundcloud.