Ignition sequence complete

So last night we played our big show and it was absolutely awesome. It felt good to play, we sounded good and the audience (not far off capacity- I think we had around 170 people in) were loving it. It was also fantastic to have so many friends from so many different places in- my friends from work, local friends from my college days and our distinguished houseguests- we had the pleasure of Ali, Lex and Tom down from Wales, Mark and Janet having made the drive from Leeds and Ben Pacey, who I hadn't seen for far too long and I believe leads a nomadic lifestyle that centres in London but passes through Crewe this evening. We also had a lot of the people who have helped and supported the band over the years - it was really good to have Charlie, our old keyboard player, along- he remains one of the nicest people I have ever met.

The new band website has now gone live over at www.sequoiauk.co.uk there's a lot more to it and it's more designed than the old site- it's looking very good so far.

Tomorrow the album will be released so hopefully any of you who have pre-ordered will be receiving your copy forthwith. At the time of writing our Amazon sales rank was 7529, which seems quite high, for a relatively little-known band, so that's promising at the least.

Yesterday, just before we went on stage I saw a copy of a review which is apparently going to be appearing in What Hi-fi magazine, it concluded like this:

"No point in a track-by-track breakdown because all the songs shine with a zestful brilliance. Sequoia have the credentials to fill the aching pop space left by Crowded House- they really are that good."

That is pretty much exactly the way I see the album and I am very glad to find at least one reviewer has looked at it the same way...