So what do I like about it? Well I think it is probably the best balanced of our songs between the guitar and keyboard. There is a lovely woozy feeling to it which goes perfectly with the lyrics about being hungover. I think Alex had that ability to understand that the tune should be linked to the subject, and to the words. We all love the Beach Boys, and we tried to get some sort of harmony in most our songs. As I may have mentioned previously, I feel when you write songs, there should always be a bit that anyone can sing, be it a doo wop, oooh ooh oooh or anything in between. 

There is a real warmth to this song, that goes beyond mere pathos and into this strange category of empathy.  I think all really good songs do that, they transport you from a situation that you hear and judge, and move you to a place where you understand the singer, you understand the song because you know the same experience. It is different in writing in general, and painting. There you are expressing something, it is at once personal, yet outside of you. Songs are you, a letter to the individual from the singer. A personal experience. I think that is why we allow music to fill our lives, because it is within us constantly. We soundtrack our lives, we have first dances, songs playing when we met, concerts we went to, and when we hear those songs, it takes us back to that place. 

I have mentioned before how we used to go to a pub in Southgate called the Crown. It was a Whetherspoons, nothing brilliant or quirky, but we had been going since we were 17, and I believe this song was born one Saturday, when I couldn't make it round to do some recording, after a night before, yet Kyri and Alex did. The piano, thudding like a headache, the slightly fuzzy guitar, the gentle cymbal...all have an analgesic quality, and the singing with Alex's inimitable drawl all come together to make one of my favourite tunes, even though I had nothing to do with it. 

enjoy 

- Anand