6. You Asked, We Answered -- Host Q&A! Plus TONS of Lovejoy News!

0:00 Hello and welcome back to the Lovejoy Nation podcast for episode 6. I'm Leslie. I'm joined here by my Co hosts Angie and Dave. Glad to have you back again. Oh, it's great to be back. It's absolutely great to be back. Technical issues. So I want to say thank you for covering for me as such. Basically the laptop actually physically died so. Sad. Yeah, yeah, such a pain in the neck. So, yeah. So I'm back from a Jimmy and those in the UK. That was a really long Jimmy.

0:43 Wow. Yeah, those in the UK know that it's a Jimmy Riddle Piddle before we really get started, last episode, episode 5 with Ali. Brilliant. Well done. Absolutely fantastic. Really loved it. And I know I couldn't be there because time differences and that may be the case, you know, in the future. Fantastic. If you haven't listened to it, go listen to it. Brilliant. Well done. Thank you Dave, we enjoyed recording it. Ali was so sweet and really blew us away with her knowledge of the mental health crisis for Gen. Z and beyond and the strategy she had for dealing with it and just like her different viewpoints on everything to do with cancel culture.

1:32 It was eye opening and I I hope a response has been great so far. So I hope that continues. If you're listening to this episode and you have not listened to the episode before this where Leslie and I talk with Ali. Go back and listen. I think it's super important and I'm proud of it. I think it turned out really well. And because of it, we're looking to perhaps make this an ongoing series that periodically will drop a another episode devoted to mental health because we just believe it's so important and we're entitling the series. Are you all right? Because can't get more perfect than that, right?

2:12 So yeah, we'd love to hear from you, love your feedback and ideas for future episodes. Under that umbrella would be awesome too. As far as what I've been up to since, yeah, that's really the biggest news I've got as far as what I've been up to since the last recording. Recording that podcast, which to put a button on it, yeah, it was. I feel like it was a great achievement for Angie and I to get that under our belt and to meet Ali was wonderful too. But I won't, I won't keep going on with that. I'm mostly excited now for the end of this month. I'll be visiting England with my husband and daughter for a extended vacation.

2:53 I don't know, hoping to maybe run to a member of the band, but they're going to be busy. But with some music festivals and things. But you never know. Keep an eye out for sure. And I also hope to post a vlog, pictures, etcetera from the trip. We'll be in Brighton, so we hope to hit all the landmark places that we need to. Anything Lovejoy related is on our list to hit, and I'll end to meet up with Dave in person which would be really cool. Yeah, I'm looking forward to that. That's in a few weeks time, but yeah, really looking forward to that. We're all going to come down and spend the day in Brighton, meet up, who knows, might even go live.

3:37 Get your mic in case and you're Lego figures. Angie. What have you got planned? What are you up to? Well, I am not going to England, so I'll be over here sad because you 2 are are meeting up and I'm not, but I will be in Milwaukee. Dave's shaking his head at me. I'll be sad. No, you'll be at a gig. I will, yes. I will be at the Summerfest gig in Milwaukee, WI on July 3rd. So look for me, I will have some super cool pod stickers, I may have some little golden bite sized treasures. We'll see.

4:20 Wink wink wink nudge nudge. Come chat with me, I'll be in the queue, I'll be in the pit hoping to talk to you. Some of you guys ask you some questions and who knows, you could end up on the pod. So keep an eye on our socials that weekend. We hope to have some content out for you as soon as possible. And that's we look forward to that. July 3rd, correct. July 3rd. So I'm I'm hoping to see a lot of people there. I'm, I'm excited. I think it will be. I don't think I know. It'll be super exciting. And who knows what kind of new music we're going to hear. Yeah.

5:03 Oh, we're going to hear some new music, and you're going to be the first one of us to hear it. Amazing. Well, that brings us to what we're going to cover in today's episode. As usual of our band news roundup, we have a fun segment called Ask Us Anything. We asked you guys to send us your questions and you sure did. So we'll be going through those and also how we can best support Lovejoy, promote their new music. All the tips and tricks, things we need to do as a fandom, as love enjoyers, we'll be covering. So now it's time for Lovejoy Band News, and Angie's got the scoop on the FM One O 2.1 summer camp.

5:46 Yes, gig alert Lovejoy is going to summer camp Milwaukee, WI, the same place that Summerfest is happening. Their alternative radio station, FM One O 21 announced that Lovejoy is playing an ultra intimate private acoustic gig as part of their FM One O 21 Summer Camp series. This acoustic show is going to happen on Thursday, July 3rd in the afternoon, right before the boys take to the stage that night as headliners. The FM One O 2 Summer Camp has been around for a while. It takes place over the three weekends of Summerfest, and it includes a handful of artists who each play their own separate shows.

6:28 And guys, this is like a dream come true. Each show is roughly about 100 people. It'll just be the boys and their yeah, chill and their their acoustic guitars and whatever that thing Mark has that he beats on. Does anybody know what that's called? His little board? What? I don't know what you're talking about for the. Acoustic shows Mark's Mark's got his little board that he sits. It's it's like a little. Never a little. Washboard, but it's not a washboard. Sorry, that's my washboard impression. Do you know I'd love, love to go to a gig like that? Man, I would people, I would too. Unfortunately, I will not be able to be there. There are some rules as far as age restrictions and whatnot, and you can't just show up or you can't buy a ticket, you have to win entry.

7:21 So check out F the FM One O 21 website For more information on Lovejoy's summer camp performance. That they have all the details there. I have to say, FM One has been a really huge supporter of the boys from the beginning. A couple years ago they brought Lovejoy to town as part of their Big Snow Show series, which has been another really huge event for them. I mean, the first one that they had, My Chemical Romance was headlining, so they brought some really big names to town. And I know that one of their higher ups is a huge Lovejoy fan. She was even in attendance at one of the first US shows in 2022. So go give them a like on Insta or socials.

8:02 Like I said, they're a huge supporter and go check out the details on this gig and hopefully we will be able to see some nice photos and video from afterwards. But yeah, what a dream, right, guys? Oh my gosh. If you live in these like 5 counties in the middle of the country, you're very lucky that you are able to participate and even try to get a spot. Yeah, it's really specific. You have to live in either Milwaukee County or if there's a few, there's a few counties surrounding it. And I live just outside of the area and my kid would kill me if I went without her because it's 18 plus. So unfortunately we won't be in attendance, but hopefully, hopefully we'll know somebody that will be there so we can get some content.

8:46 Awesome. Yeah, I look forward to seeing it. However we get to see it all. I know. Same Part 2 of the Lovejoy movie. I believe it was called Adventures in Australia, yes. Backstage backstage with Lovejoy in Thailand and Australia, Right. Please tell me you've both watched it more than once. Definitely have. It's been a while though. We've actually had Lovejoy news since then that's sort of swallowed that up a bit. It has, but I mean I missed out on the first one when you all discussed it because I crashed and burned. But great both of them.

9:30 Absolutely fantastic. Second one, absolutely wonderful. Just showing the vulnerability of will also the the security threat in Australia. That was that was heartbreaking. That really was. Very scary tell. They were very nervous and scared and didn't know what to expect. They were, you know, nervous. Anyway, they're in a new country. It hadn't, you know, they were just making their way back out on the stage again after a while off of the stage. But it turned out well. They turned out turned out more than well, right? They walked. Off saying. Absolutely that. They were blown away with the audience there and the love they felt, and they said it was one of the best audiences or the best audience they've ever performed in front of. So thank God it took the turn like that because it started off with lots of butterflies, I'm sure. Yeah, I mean, I can't.

10:24 Imagine how they must have helped. No, that's what I say for Will to say what he says or said about being nervous and preparing for it. Yeah. To have that response at the end with the crowd must have been so, yeah. They needed that. So thank God, yeah. Absolutely. The audience had no idea, none at all. They were just thrilled to have them there and see them. Yeah, and just hearing him say I was prepared for someone to hurt me or to be hurt was just, it was gut wrenching. And how he would react if something happened. And Mark had said that they never encountered anything like that before. So it was a new, very real scary, you know, feelings they went through. Yeah.

11:11 And on a lighter note, we had a shooey incident. It's wow there. I think twice, a couple times or I don't know. Did they do it every show? Probably. For those that don't know what that is, Dave, can you enlighten? No. No, you don't wanna. Basically, I think in this particular one was was it a foot? Well, first it was a He took his own shoe off the very first. Yes, and the second one was a plastic foot, wasn't it? Yes. I don't know which one was more disgusting. Big Foot. He said he regretted the shoe using his own shoe because he had to wear a soggy beer or so too after that. But basically, the crowd chanted at him, do a shoe Y So he takes his shoe off, pours his beer in his shoe and drinks out of his shoe, which is yeah, so rock'n'roll. Dang you Australia?

12:11 I would think that at least using your own shoe would be better than drinking out of someone else's stinky shoe. I mean, granted, you've got to walk around with a soggy foot, but I don't know about that. You know he knows it. If Joe would know if he's got a verruca, wouldn't he? Do you know what I mean? Whereas drinking out of somebody else's plastic foot who's been wearing it all day, do you know? What I mean, I don't mean like someone else's shoe. I just mean like you're drinking out of a shoe. How's that like drinking out of a worn shoe? Whosever it is, is. Foul. That's a little gross. I actually think I would maybe take the plastic foot. I don't know how about you guys shoe or plastic foot? Plastic foot as long as it's fresh. Own shoe.

12:58 Own shoe, really. I know where my foot's been. Somebody may have weed in that plastic. Well, you're thinking in the queue very poorly of this, this audience of fans. You know that was the threat a peed on plastic foot. This is going downhill. We're really what's unhinged unhinged. No chaotic, chaotic hug from the fan quality conversation from the PBT. Let's move on. We have a. Lot to cover. Well, let's let's just say if you haven't watched them, go watch them. Both Absolutely brilliant.

13:42 Really, really good. And you laugh, you cry. Absolutely all the emotions for this episode, this second part. On May 22nd, a teaser trailer dropped which got everyone bouncing off the walls. It was only about a minute long. It was a montage, A scrapbook. A chaotic is almost as chaotic as us. A bunch of visuals, I'd say. Some gritty, tough music and imagery in there, some religious imagery in there. And it left everyone dissecting any little bits you can make out along the way in that short one minute. And some even speculated there was a clue as to perhaps an album release or single release or something happening on June 6th.

14:33 Because at the end of the trailer, the band is standing, I guess, like near an overpass or a bridge of some sort. And there's graffiti on a cement wall that kind of sort of, if you squint says 6/6 and then 25, like June 6th, 2025. Some might say that proved to be meaningful and be something, wouldn't you say? And. Yes, in fact, on June 6th, which was just yesterday in the real world here, Lovejoy announced that their lead single from the forthcoming debut album will release on Friday, June 20th.

15:15 So we did have something on the 6th, we had this single announcement. The name of the song is with Rob as my witness. And when I tell you that everybody just freaked out when this announcement was made on social media, oh, my gosh, I tell you what. It ruined my entire day. Like I was useless. Forget it. Work. Yeah, No. And I think everybody kind of felt the same way. And everybody was just just going bananas. This, this is where I am so glad I'm in the future. I'd finished work, I was at home. Lucky.

15:56 And my wife said, why have I got an e-mail from Lovejoy? Yeah. And that was it. Amazing. And then? Amazing you guys are still at work and all this lot and you know, so this is where I'm glad I'm in the future. Very distracting, but fortunately I was on my lunch break so I was able to feverishly post everywhere. But for both releases, we've really gone wild, haven't we? Three of us. It's just like. Yeah, yeah, it's I for I forgot to mention, I just want to drop this in. I forgot to mention that the teaser trailer, why we're calling it a teaser trailer is at Also at the end of this short one minute video, it said Lovejoy debut album very cryptically without any more detail. That was why we knew it was something to do with this new album that we knew was on the horizon. But yes, there was actually more to the happenings. Yesterday on June 6th, on the Lovejoy subreddit, Wilbur himself posted a sneak peek, a short video of himself on the guitar, playing snippets of a song and then seeming to get confused and stop and start and stop, just to torture us all so we couldn't hear a nice long stretch of notes. But of course, they keep us guessing, keep us getting worked up and excited leading up to now we know June 20th for the actual release of the single.

17:29 I'm so excited. I've got a fun story to tell you guys about this, too, when we were in Brooklyn, You know, you and I, Leslie. Oh, yes, yes. A band member wrote something on a piece of paper for Pebble, and it was, you know, Rob's your only witness. So when the name of that single dropped yesterday, we were all just like, what? You know, Rob's your only witness. So, you know, these boys have been dropping crumbs for a long time, I think. And they really. Just got to. Keep the guys. Filled out of things, wasn't there also I think you've now now what happens right We all look back at clues. There was a Reddit post where the word Rob was mentioned and. The scrapped post.

18:15 Yeah. And then, right, Dave, you're right. Yeah. Angie, wasn't there a word puzzle, a word search on the setlist that you guys got at the resources for teaching for show in Brooklyn? I remember you. Seeing, I bet there's clues in that. Were there any? Did you get back and look and see if there's any clues there as well? Yes. It wasn't one of the setlist that we got, but one of the girls that was with us, my adopted daughter, her set list that she had was written. I had something, I can't remember the exact wording. It had something to the effect of Rob as my witness or something like that. And it was, it wasn't in there like your typical word search. It was just, it was circled so it was like up, down and backwards and sideways like it made no sense, right? You wouldn't do it in a typical word search, but he had circled that specifically.

19:13 So, yeah, those of us that were in Brooklyn there got those nice, those nice little crumbs, didn't we, Leslie? That is, I bet more and more things are going to come out. You got to keep that document handy to to compare for sure. And, you know, I wonder if other people from other shows have gotten any crumbs. Yeah. Well they've done those in the UK didn't they in the build up? So if you're listening and you've got crumbs on your set list or crumbs from anything else, let us know. Those guys are good at it. And can we talk? Go ahead, Dave. It's just unbelievable when you sit, sit down and you do look back, just these little clues that just appear and you just don't think or you can't.

20:02 Can never predict what things. You can't like head or tail of it. Right. You know. They do it with everything. They did it for normal people things, they did it for sober. You almost have to wonder how does somebody think that far ahead and start start dropping those little crumbs like. It's, I mean, they're pretty. Masterful when you think about it. They've been at this for a while, right? They've been working on this for years at this point, so they've been dying to spill the beans on some of this stuff I feel like. Absolutely. They really have. And can we talk about this cover art for with Rob as my witness? Oh my gosh. If you guys haven't seen this yet, go to their insta.

20:42 Oh my gosh it is so cool. I've seen a few people describe it as analog horror movie coded. Mm hmm. I freaking love it. Red the black, the again the the grittiness, the roughness, the cross on what looks like a wall. It's just, yes, I was. I just noticed that this morning. I am here for this. Sorry, I'm getting a little. Excited, but it's all understandable it happened. You've a pair of you have been excited for the past couple of weeks. You know what I mean? It's yeah, yeah. I love the artwork. I always knew in my head that they'd have to move away from. I know that.

21:26 I know that they've sort of said it's the end of an era and it's, you know, but you always kind of thought they need to move away and kind of start again as such. And I think the whole situation helped with the end of the era. But lovely. Artwork, our boys are growing up. Yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. We're here for it and this we're exciting to see the where this is going. They grow up so fast. And I think, Leslie, I think you and I a little while ago, we're talking about, sorry, going back to the album teaser trailer again, about the music that they use as the background for that trailer and just how different it feels right from some of the other music.

22:14 Yeah. And, you know, I think with the name Lovejoy and some of the imagery, it gives a different vibe. Like, I had extra tickets for the Brooklyn show, and I asked a couple friend of mine, you know, a friend, friends of ours that are a couple, they go to a lot of rock shows, but like, the heavier side music. And I offered them the Lovejoy tickets, and they ended up turning them down pretty quickly. Like, that's OK. Thanks, though. We'll pass. And then later on, I was like, you really should have gone. It was like one of the best experiences of my life. I had the best time. And they're like, well, isn't that sort of like a poppy band, like pop music? And I was like, no. So they people just get that misconception. And I think that might also be why they're going this direction or maybe this is where they're drawn to.

23:00 And yeah, it's growth. And I'm, I'm here. I'm excited for it. That's a really good observation. Really. Yeah. It feels like they're, like you said, they're growing up. I know this is a tangent. It's really cool to start with. Are you all right and listen to the whole discography and just listen to the progression, isn't? It evolution, yeah, I feel it. And they're, yeah, they're, I think they're feeling more and more like themselves or like what they're all into and true to themselves. And I think it's great. And I know you like the heavier stuff too, so I'm sure that's definitely hitting your sweet spot.

23:40 Yes, yes, I that heavier stuff really speaks to me. And I think one of the great things about Lovejoy is that they have such a variety of musical influences. I mean, you've got Mark that loves the metal end of things, and then you've got Will and Joe, who are more kind of, you know, almost in that indie folk or more mellow. Yeah, there's a there's a lot of mellow indie stuff. Yeah, yeah. And I feel like, and then there's Ash, who I feel like it's kind of in the middle, but maybe more towards the rock end of it. And when you throw it all together, I mean, it's just, it's magical. You've got indie rock.

24:21 Yeah, And you know, in a way I found my what interests me too, you know, growing up on Billy Joel and John Madonna, who The Beatles, Michael Jackson. But now, like for such a long time, I, this is almost going to be an ask me anything. For such a long time, I was stuck in a rut. And these are like, those are the that's what I listen to, you know, and as you get older, a lot of people don't find new music. They just listen to what they've always listened to and gravitate towards that. But thanks to my daughter introducing me to Lovejoy and you know, I do the smart shuffle on Spotify and I learn other peripheral songs and bands that are similar sounding.

25:03 I boost, you know, build up my playlist. Don't know I'm going on. I'm going on a tangent now you go. But yeah, I found I found that indie rock is is more my thing almost. It's I don't get tired of it. I don't tired of hearing these songs over and over and over and over and over and over again. And it's exciting as as an adult to learn I have new tastes. Good. I've always been an indie kid, so kind of all of my teens up till now. I've always liked indie, indie music. But there is a stage in our older life where you don't maybe the kids are young, you don't really listen to music because the kids are young, you don't get any sleep, etcetera, etcetera. So with with my daughter coming back in with the Lovejoy and she's she's really such an indie kid herself now again, I've started listening to a lot of new indie music and there is Absolutely Fabulous stuff out there. I mean, I'm mainly going on British bands, etcetera. There's some really good stuff and it's really I, I get to the point where it's like, should I put Lovejoy on or should I put a mix of this on?

26:23 And it's so difficult to decide, but there's some really good indie music out there. Dave, you completely hit the nail on the head with there was a while where I didn't listen to music because I was busy chasing this child around. You know? It's so true. We've all gone through it. You have that. However period of time where we're permanently tired, you just get up, you raise a child, a young child, you go to work, you do this, you do that, you go to sleep. You might be lucky and watch something on telly or whatever, but that's it. But you're not going to concerts and shows and things like that, no.

27:08 And then all of a sudden it's like they grow up, they like music and you're like wow. And you're. Like yeah, I made my best friend. Yeah, I've missed this. My concert buddy is my best friend and I miss. Yeah, I grew my own concert buddy, right? Absolutely. We've just recently we've been to see the Kooks. We've got James Marrick coming up and we've got Youngblood coming up. They're all sort of intimate little shows and all that. James Merritt's doing a signing. You know, we're, we're going together and it's, it's. I can't wait. Good stuff. Speaking of, can't wait in a week from now. As of this recording anyway. Love Joby playing in the Czech Republic at the Rock for People music festival.

27:54 They are playing the same day as Linkin Park which is pretty rad. Other notable acts at Rock for People or the Sex Pistols, Guns and Roses, Fontaine's DC AWOL Nation. I hope I'm saying these correctly because I know the names, I just have never said them out loud. But we have. Sex Pistols, correct? Wait. Well, that one's pretty easy, but we have we know of a few people that will be attending, so we hope to get the inside scoop from how the festival was and of course to see everyone's photos and videos. From Yeah, hopefully we'll be able to witness Rob, because surely they're going to play it, aren't they?

28:38 They have to. Yeah, probably right. What do you think, Ange? With these guys, you never know what they're going to do, right? What was the little tease in a quote from Brooklyn Leslie that Will said there are no definites in Lovejoy, only hopes. There you go. Look at the tattoos. They're going to play it. They've just released the information on it. It's all part of the hype. They have to. No, I think you're. Right, it would make sense to get people even more excited, like I want the studio version. Yeah, for sure. OK all right, let's jump to ask us anything. You guys feeling brave.

29:21 We have a lot of good questions from the audience. Bring it. Start us off and. Leslie, what is one piece of merch you wish you had? I'm embarrassed to say I have most of the merch I could ever want because I either bought it at the time or Poshmark and things like that. But there's one item that I think would be cool for my collection as I've started collecting pins. I don't have the gold Lovejoy pin. I think that would be a cool one to have that I do not. Wow, really? Yeah, I don't even know where people got that from. Where was that? How did people get that? There were a few gigs and I want to say it was at the beginning of the Wake Up and It's Over tour over in.

30:07 I can't remember if it was the UK or Europe. UKI think. Was it the UK? The band was just kind of giving them out for free at the merch stand and nobody really knew like what they were for. But. Yeah, I think it was only like a handful of shows that they were just giving them away and then they just disappeared. Well, that's very nice. I mean, I wish they'd sell merchant shows, not just Lovejoy, but across the board smaller items like that not even not every can afford like the high-priced sweatshirts and things of that nature. So I hope they bring things like that back. Key chains. My daughter likes to collect key chains from shows she goes to. Just throwing it out there. But yeah, that's one item that I would like that I don't do not. Angie, what's your favorite memory from fans in the line or the crowd at a show?

30:51 Oh, man. You know, I think I think I'm going to have to say the very first show that we saw, which was May of 2023 in Minneapolis, everybody was waiting outside. It had been quite a long day. And all of a sudden, everybody could hear the band starting soundcheck. And it was model buses and everybody that was in the queue just like rushed up to the front doors and put their ears against the glass doors and they were cheering and screaming. And then everybody started this huge sing along to. That's good. Yeah. It was just so great. I've got a video of it too, which which I love, and it's fun to watch every once in awhile, but just to see everybody so excited over something simple like a sound check and to be caught up in that, of course, that was really fun. It was really fun.

31:46 And fans, like, it's always so much fun to be in a queue, right? Like, I think we're pretty cool as far as fans go. Mm Hmm. We're a fun group, yeah. Some of us are. Some of us are grouches. Yeah, no, that's probably that was that was one of my favorite memories from being in queue. That's a good one. Sorry, question for Angie. You said you're going to be at Summerfest this July. How would I be able to spot you and maybe get a picture? Also, will you be handing out Lovejoy Nation stickers like had happened in the past? First of all, I would love to meet you. I would love to get a picture with you. I think that'd be so much fun.

32:33 If you're looking for me, you just have to look for a silly, short, chubby old mom with a bird's nest full of blonde hair. So yeah, no, that would be great. I would absolutely adore that. And as far as stickers, I will have podcast stickers with me. I know Leslie has handed out Lovejoy Nation stickers before in Brooklyn, but definitely I'll have stickers come up and say hi, grab a sticker. It'd be fantastic. So I hope to see you there. Opinions on the new vlog? I think we covered that already in our recap. Yeah, So I think we can jump along. And since Davey and I haven't had a question yet, what's your favorite Ash moment, Dave?

33:19 I think to be honest, it's when I met him down in Brighton just having a chat. Just me and my daughter are absolutely wonderful guy. I've been sat here actually thinking about what he said and whether there was any clues in what he said. But yeah, I think that has to be a favorite Ash moment, meeting him in Brighton. Absolutely. Yeah. Brilliant. Brilliant. So a question for Leslie. What's the next one on the list? Favorite Lovejoy cover? Oh OK, favorite Lovejoy cover, probably knee deep at ATP. I even made a shirt for it with the picture on it. Also a question for Angie.

34:09 Angie's question is favorite album colour? I'm particular to blue so I'm going to have to go with Pablo Brain. I concur. I would say the same if I were asked Leslie, what's your favorite album colour? Blue because it reminds me of my favorite Lovejoy merch, which is the Pebble Brain jumper. OK Oh, here's one for Dave. Dave, what's your favorite Lovejoy episode? Wow, do you folks know that it was ATV program for starters? Yeah, because it comes up and I'm not trying to find it. Yeah, I'm trying. To find a band. So it's Ian McShane. Yeah, Ian McShane was Lovejoy. I saw him in Southampton once, actually. So my favorite episode was probably in Series 1 and the title was Judas Pear.

34:59 So that will be my favorite episode. Well, you think that's what they're really asking about that show? I don't care, but that's what I'm answering. OK. I mean, you saw the show, I've never seen the show, so you're the most qualified to answer. Yeah, it was. It was one of those sort of shows that your parents always watched. It was always a Sunday night thing, you know, a nice warming programme on a Sunday night. The parents watched it, so you had to sit there and watch it. OK. To be fair, it was pretty good at the time. My show like that was married with children, which I guess is a little dysfunctional, but be related to it, yeah. That one and Oh my gosh Magnum PIII hated watching that show but my parents always watched it anyway. Did you say Judas was in the episode title? Yes.

35:49 So that's like some weird like, reference to like this debut album, right? I mean. That's what I thought. Yeah, you planned that. Did you see Ash's comment yesterday? He said yes. Yeah. Did he? Remind me, what did he say? He said F Judas, but he said the real word that I don't say I. Thought that was a proper. Response. Thanks. Yeah, yeah, I concur. Angie, who's your favorite Lovejoy member who asked me this? All right, all right, Was it you? I'm just kidding.

36:30 My favorite. You guys, it's like picking a favorite child. And I know that Dave is going to force me to pick one person. Yep. Which is horrible. I'm going to say Mark the big, big drum. Good choice. Mark and his big, big drum. He's just, he's just a ray of sunshine, isn't he? He is with a great head of hair his. Hair is fantastic. He doesn't get enough credit for that. No, it's because he's worth it. Yeah, yeah, that was a good choice. I mean, any of them would have made a good choice. Right. I mean as yeah, you really can't go wrong spin a wheel.

37:10 Dave, what's your favorite Lovejoy lyric? I think probably it's just sleep on the concrete because that. Oh, that story you told last. Yeah, it it triggered that off and and that was the song that I first heard. It triggered off a memory as such and it's my favorite song. So I think the combination of all things just to just sort of triggering it all together. As such, just sleep on the concrete. Bit boring, sorry. But you have experience in Yeah, in concrete? Yeah. Yeah. I can't say it. Absolutely.

37:51 OK, question for Leslie. Yeah, yeah. What's your favorite Lovejoy song? I'll stick true to my my usual response. Sex Cells was my first favorite first song stuck in my head for days and my favorite not OG song not on an album song. So I'm answering two question. I'm answering 2 for the price of one Spotify singles version of Coma. What you like? That's the best good choices. And Angie, what's your favorite Lovejoy moment? All right, I'm going to be like you and give a 2 for here. My favorite personal Lovejoy moment would have to be the night we met Will and Ash and also meeting Mark.

38:34 I mean, Joe's the only one that we haven't met. He's elusive the elusive Joe Goldsmith. So yeah, personally those are two moments and then I would say as far as like as far as like non personal gotcha Wills from the day that call me what you like charted on the UK singles chart. I will never forget the picture that he put with that. It was a selfie of himself. It was totally blurry. You know, he had his phone in front of him and he was, he was smiling so big and he had, you know, you don't look like he had tears in his eyes. And it was just like. Pure. Joy and happiness, that picture was, and just to see so happy and and so proud and just the culmination of all the things that they'd worked on. And it's like now they have a Top 40 hit in the UK, which was crazy.

39:28 Definitely one of my favorite moments. I won't forget that. I think I've seen that recently. I think someone. Reposted it. Good. Yeah, it's a good one. OK, Leslie, how did you find? Lovejoy, my daughter begging me first to buy the vinyls and I failed on that. I didn't know it was like a thing you had to, like, pounce on. So. Oh, shoot, yeah, that's Lovejoy merch I don't have. I don't have that original album. Yeah. Test, test, test. Indeed. So she's like, I need nothing. I didn't know what I'm like. What am I looking for? Love. Anvil Cat. Lovejoy. What is this thing? And like, later that day, I went on. I'm like, oh, it's sold out. She goes. You had to, like, go on right away when I went on sale.

40:11 OK. So I failed. And I made it up by spending a fortune on tickets to see their first US show. It was in New York. And why am I glad I did? It was worth every freaking penny. And look where I am now. Yeah. So I owe it to my daughter to. Why I'm here. She introduced me to their music and got me to splurge on tickets for us all to go. Yeah, that's how I found him. The rest of history. Yeah. So question for Angie, very, very similar question. What made you listen to Lovejoy? That's when I really fell in love with it. So, yeah, similar to Leslie. And I'm guessing it's probably similar to you, Dave. I have my child to thank for this, for this obsession. Yeah.

40:57 Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, because before I got the tickets to the show and we were just talking about it, I listened to the songs to sort of like get familiar with them. I've mentioned this before, the 1st song I pulled up on Spotify or Amazon Music was One Day and the line about why'd You Have to Kill My cat? I was OK. These guys are funny, if nothing else, they're humorous. So I'll enjoy that part of it. They're quirky, Dave. Oh. How long have you been listening? I guess early 23, OK, yeah, yeah, it probably was very early 23.

41:40 I know it was sort of same year as they did the tour, blah, blah, blah. Yeah, So probably very early 23 again, same sort of thing. I know I've said it on the Pop before, but just sort of walked past my daughter's room, thought I like that. What is it? Who is it? It's Lovejoy. It's concrete. I like it. And then it's the same. The rest is history. In the car. Yeah, play in the car. Then she gets out the car and then you carry on playing and it gone from there. Sorry, question for Leslie. All it says is favorite song. Yeah, I think we covered that.

42:24 Oh, favorite song? Like favorite song? I don't know. Not favorite Lovejoy song. They probably meant Lovejoy song. It'd be real. Although it says your movie favorite video game and those are not Lovejoy. Dang it, this is now tough in my life. The Beatles has special memories to me with an old best friend, so I'm going to go there for nostalgia. See if you haven't heard that love and joy yours, check it out. Angie. Favorite movie? Well you guys, I'm super cringe so I'm going to say that I love the Twilight series. I do, I do. I am unashamed to say it.

43:06 As for recent movies, I'd have to say Conclave was a really great movie and probably one of the best movies I've seen in a really long time. And of course all the stuff that's, you know, gone on the past month or so with selecting a new Pope or whatnot has I think, people more interested in it. But yeah, for recent purposes I would say Conclave. And for absolute cringe sake, and because I love them, I'm going to say the Twilight series. I've never seen Twilight series. Sorry, what am I? Watching why?

43:46 Who I what do I watch that? But I would see conclave. I'm curious. I like things that are real most of the time. Empires are real. Yeah, what the heck? I like biopics, I like autobiographies, so I I would definitely check out Conclave, but no Twilight series. That's like, I don't know, some teeny bopper vampire thing. I've read the book. It is. You've. Read the books now you're that's what's more cringe now, ang. Yeah, I don't know, Dave. You've you're shaking your head over there. You were shaking your head at. Her Angie. Now you're saying you've read the friggin books. All right, Dave, I have got the penultimate question for you. Are you ready, Team Edward or Team Jacob? Wow, how long have we got?

44:39 How about 5 seconds? Hurry up. Yeah, because that the question. Wasn't on the list. Yeah, OK. This is a bonus. Question. Edward. Good choice. Excellent. How about but a question from the list for Dave. What's your favorite video game, Dave? Right. I don't really play video games at all. So we could go right back to Pac-Man. Donkey Kong loved Donkey Kong loved Pac-Man. Put them up, pound in the machine. Almost 50 P You know, in the machine. Playing Pac-Man on an arcade recently. Probably was a quarterback then. Dave, are you fair? Yeah, we don't have quarters.

45:22 Oh, so you had to spend a whole 50P on that, huh? Yeah, or 20P or whatever. It was 20 P then. Yeah, might have even been 10, but recently Goat Simulator. What the heck is Goat Simulator? You are a goat and you go round the streets. You're not people over, you're wrecked cars. You do everything. Angie wants this game. OK, it's the most stupidest game. My gosh. Ever. But you sit there well.

46:04 Apparently you don't sit there. Well, you said they're playing it, you mean? You sit there playing it and you just laugh. Oh my God. Because it's stupid, but I love it. I think the boys need to play that game. Yes, yes they do. That fits right in. It's on point. Next, Lovejoy, etcetera. Video Goat Simulator. Have you ever played Octodad? I know, I'm going off topic. He's like a freaking octopus. The dad, it's a video, it's a computer game. And he, the way he walks, like big long legs, it's ridiculous. And if you want another game to laugh at Octodad, check it out. Anyway, that wasn't my question. It's fantastic.

46:45 Yeah. It's just the emotions. Sometimes we pretend we're walking down the street like we're Octodad. Yeah. Oh, you know, I'm going to check that out. Yep. So we got what is it Goat Simulator and Octodad on the left? Yeah, quality, all right. I think just. Mindless fun. I think we have one more. Yeah. I think there's a few couple there, isn't there? Yeah. I think there's one more like question that I can that can be asked here. That's who are you rooting for in the Stanley Cup, Ange? Right? We know kind of who this is from Pam the man.

47:28 I will tell you, I know nothing about hockey, but I did actually just look this out because I see that your question is apparently the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers are in the Stanley Cup, which I didn't know. I went ahead and looked at their colors because that's how I'm going to pick. Nice. The Edmonton Oilers are orange and blue, and I like blue. OK, I know exactly who picked this question or who sent this question. Cam the man, you know, I don't watch hockey, but I appreciate the question. So I went and looked at the uniforms of the people that are playing and blue is my favorite color.

48:17 So there is my scientific, highly invested, well researched, yes, yes, well thought out pick for the Stanley Cup winners. How's that? It's an answer. It's an answer. And you did actually look the two teams that are up for it. So there you go. I did research. Are you proud of? Cam I hope. So right now we have the questions that are for all of us or any of us, whoever wants to take a stab. The question here is which one of the Lovejoy animals is your favorite? In particular to Anvil Cat, Specifically Anvil Cat when he's been like all mended and stitched together. I love the fan artwork when people have him all in one piece and he's all curled up and sleeping. Or I've seen a few, I've I've seen a few where people have him sleeping on top of the anvil instead of being squished by the anvil, and I really like that.

49:17 Yeah, it makes me happy too. Yeah. I'll probably go. PB. Seagulls. Yeah, Brighton seagulls. Brought in. Cornwall seagulls. They're vicious things. Good luck. Yeah, good luck eating chips outside. I was going to say, you got to watch your chips because they'll be watching them. They'll be watching them too. Will they just steal them from you? Yes, they will take them out of your hand. Really. They took a bag of crisps from Jack Manifold's hand and they were sealed. Oh wow, and ice cream off of my friend straight out of his hand.

50:04 Shut up, honest to God. Oh my gosh. Did I? Did I say this on the pod or did I tell you I was in Swanage and I went to press the button on a zebra crossing to cross the road like your sidewalk. Green and red and half of baguette fell half an inch in front of me. Oh, from the sky. Straight. Yeah, from the sky. Because the seagull dropped it. Never turn your back if you have food in your hand on a seagull. You know what? I think if I could be reincarnated to an animal, I'd want to be a seagull. In Brighton, you get to fly, soar around, get fun foods all day. Oh, that sounds great fun. Yes.

50:46 And I want to fight, but steal ice cream from people. I'm in. Let's. Yeah, that sounds great. I like your idea. I never knew what I'd want to be, you know, what animal I'd want to be. But I think you've just nailed it. Here's a great question. Or did you answer? I didn't. Totally answer. No, I don't need to answer the other one. We were good. We're good. Here's a great question for all. What's your go to store resellers for cheap yet quality Lovejoy merch, trading cards, key chains, etcetera etcetera? Every single day I go to my saved searches on Poshmark, Mercari, and Depop. I've looked on Vinted.

51:32 I don't know, do we get Vinted? Because that's just AUK thing. But also I'll look at eBay as well. And I've gotten some cool things like passes from past shows and things like that that are totally unique. But those are my sources. You just got to be careful that you're getting real merch and not homemade, you know, mass produced fake stuff. At least I'm not into that personally. Absolutely. I mean on on the fake side of it, Aliexpress, they do a lot of much to say it's fake. It's different, but quality isn't so good. But I use Vinted.

52:18 Vinted is very, very reasonable. Having said that, some of the prices are sky high and you think mate how are you ever going to sell it for that price? And then sometimes there's people just looking to get rid of stuff. But I picked up the acid What acid wash hoodie and the Pebble brain jumper, both for ��25. So I had the hoodie, my daughter had the jumper. D pop. I like D Pop, yeah. I mean, it's all for me. It's all totally different in America. I've never been on any of the sites you've mentioned, You know, is if you're looking for, I mean particularly Anvil cards, you really got to keep looking and shop around.

53:06 Same thing with the vinyls, but they're always hundreds of dollars. Yeah, I mean, I was fortunate on one of the vinyls. They're stupid money. And yet Rough Trade big record store banged it out at retail price nice just recently. So you have to sit and wait and shop around. Yeah, I will. Say if you see an Anvil card that you're looking for at a good price, scoop it up. They're becoming harder to find as people have sort of shuffled around what they are keeping, what they're selling. So yeah, don't sleep.

53:47 On those, no, especially the rarer ones. If it's a really really good price, buy it. I'd absolutely agree There's a lot of common ones. I'm not sure what the prices are but some some of the cards you can pick up for two ��3 over here. The common ones. But the rarer, rarer. Stupid money. Occasionally one comes in, I check most days and you think buy it. Do you know a total number of cards that exist? What it is? Yes, but it'll take me a second. I know I was going. To say, is it 32 like a deck of cards? No, it's golly.

54:28 What is it 9? Here's a good question. This is a question for all of you. What do you think will be the cover of the new Lovejoy album? And do you think that it'll keep the theme of things blowing up? Wow, We obviously at the time of recording this know the new potential single cover. So will it things blowing up? I really don't think so. As I've sort of said earlier, it's a different era moved on grown up. I think it'll be along the lines of Rob.

55:11 Rob is witness apparently, so I think it'll be dark. Or it could just be the Lovejoy logo, just the black. Well, I keep. That wouldn't surprise me. Keep wondering what the album's going to be called, yeah? I don't think there'll be any blowing up. Like you said, I think we're moving into a new era, but the blowing up was fun while it lasted. It was that was cool series. Alrighty, I concur with that. I've said concur a lot too many times this episode. We just all get along. And I agree with everything except for Twilight. We can agree.

55:53 Your favorite quirks about the members? What are your favorite moments that happened at a show? Oh my goodness, these are lots of questions. I thought you were still on about Twilight there for a moment. I don't really have anything to add about Twilight. What are your favorite quirks about the members? I think we'll stick to that out of this multi part question. We'll just take that part because I think that's the most unique out of the a bunch here. I'd say one of my one of my favorite quirks, because I I could spend a while on this is the funny random sounds that Wilbur makes. Even in the little snippet of the new song, the new single right before he starts on the microphone, he goes like, love that. That's a fun quirk. It is pretty good. I love his seemingly endless history knowledge.

56:35 Like who knows all of that stuff, even U.S. history. The guy is just. Like he, yeah, that's true. That's a good one. That's they're both great. I don't honestly don't really follow their quirks, not my thing. That's too bad. Really. But yeah, I totally get the noise that he makes. Swan. Swan. Yeah, that's yeah. Do you think? OK, so with the quirks, do you think we've got an end to Gromlin Gromlish if this is a new era? Well, that really wasn't part of an album thing, was it? So much.

57:23 Oh, the ship, the ship for a look good room sober. They'll carry that through in the background. I don't know. I don't know. Good question. They never really fleshed it out anyway. Very true. Yeah, but I don't think it's going to be the cover of the album that. Gromlin got yeah, yeah, they've, they've grown up a bit. Yeah, they're all rock'n'roll now. Oh yeah. One of the things I love about Joe, if we're talking about quirks, is how much he loves animals. I love when he posts on insta in his stories are like 50 posts at a time of animals in the zoo or animals out somewhere. In the wild. Yeah, yeah, or like 30 pictures of frogs. It's just. Yeah, like a Bunny or something, Like something mundane.

58:07 It's adorable, and I don't know if Ash is still into this, but there was a period of time where he seemed like he was really interested in aliens. I hope that he still is because I think that'd be really cool, and also because the Summerfest theme for this year is kind of UFO alien theme. But I was kind of like that little tidbit about him. And John's cigarette for those in the know in the Reddit. Oh no, I almost forgot about John's cigarette. He wanted to forget about Johnson. Yes, I did. Let's let's be honest, all right? Another great question. Yes, Sir. How do you all deal with the haters? I try not to take it personally because they don't know who I am.

58:58 They're a a stranger to me. I'm a stranger to them. Ignorance is bliss. Yeah, I just block button is also handy. Block delete now and then. I, I don't know, I can't help myself. Now and then I'll say something, but I I don't get into a fight. I don't want to go there and I don't, I try to, I try to project positivity as much as I can and try to keep that level. I mean, you can see on the screen there's a couple of silly questions that we've got. I'm clever. I just kind of laugh at them or shake me head or just like, yeah, whatever. You know, you'll understand when you're older. Exactly type thing.

59:39 Yep, for. Real. It's just not nice. Just be. A good human, that's all. Be a good human and remember. That we're all human. At the same time, yes, that's all I got to say about that. And do you? Have anything to add? Yeah, like I said, the block button is handy. And I think you just learned to let it slide off your back. I'm going to be super honest, like I don't even really care that much anymore. It's almost, it's almost funny. It's just. It's yeah, it's lame at this point. Yeah, sorry, I'm going to not so nice. Way, But it's true, it's. Let's move on. Why not? I, I, you know what I say sometimes. If I do say something, I'll often say use your energy on the bands you like.

1:00:23 You know, use your energy to post comments on their posts and share them. And why would you waste your time? There's plenty of musicians or artists that just aren't my style. Can't imagine spending the time to harass people in the comments for liking them. That's it. Absolutely. It's just. Yeah, no. It's not worth. Our time? Yep. In fact, we're not going to spend any. More time on that question Bada Bing. Do you play any instruments? That's I played the drums next. On the list. You've confused me there. When we talk about gummy shark. Yeah, Landshark, did you say land or loan? Landshark.

1:01:10 Wasn't that on Saturday Night Live? Yes, Shark would show up at the door. Yeah, yeah. I'm going to go with that. For the fun funny answer. The kids won't know. Personally, Hammerhead. Again, it's funny. Yeah. What sort of thing as? A Hammerhead? Well, there's a. Spoonbilled duck or whatever it is spoonbilled. Bird Platypus No. It's a duck billed. Plan. Wait, a splat bill shark? I'm lost. I'm going to say whale shark their. Spots are cool. It's. Like, I know they're not going to eat me. So yeah, they have cool spots. I'll give them that. I'm OK with them.

1:01:52 Here's a good one. What other bands do you? Like any all time favourites, ones that you loved during your younger years, Current bands that you like? We could spend all day on this, couldn't we? Yeah, especially you just. Bumps my tug in the head with my earphone. One of my all time favourites is. The Wedding Present, if you've never heard of them, indie band I think Lovejoy. Very similar to The Wedding Present Love. Them still go and see them. Now they're playing later on in the year, which I shall be seeing them. I think they just played in Brooklyn too. I was just about to say and. I believe one of you sent. Me something they've just played in Brooklyn.

1:02:36 But yes, that's all the time I'm going to spend. On that. OK, Leslie, you got any? Elton. John Yeah, See, mine were always like individuals. Not bands, Elton John, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Madonna, but The Beatles. OG fave as my daughter says OG fave is always The Beatles and then you go from there. So Beatles, even Dave Matthews Band, which might not be a popular opinion but into a lot of those shows. As far as bands, have you ever seen Madonna? No. OK, I. Saw Britney Spears couple times but no Madonna. My husband got to see Michael Jackson. He's lucky. Oh wow, that's pretty cool. Well, for me, I'm going to say I can sum it up pretty quickly. My Chemical Romance, I thought you were going to say that, right?

1:03:26 My. Chem is near and dear to my heart, but you get to see them. Is it the summer? I finally. Get to see them. I've been a. Fan for years and years and years and I finally get to see them this summer and I've never seen them before. No, I haven't. Might I just? Die or pass out or something? I'm not sure. I'm not sure I'm I'm prepared for anything because my daughter's asked me if they play. London or somewhere can we go? You said yes, right? Yeah, just puts me off the stupid. Amounts of money Oh yeah, just for it's because you know it's not just the ticket price you have all experienced it you know what I mean it's not just the ticket price it's the food it's the travel it's the hotels it's absolutely everything oh hotels yeah if there's not somewhere you can just go and. Come home.

1:04:20 Yeah, it gets to be a lot, but. I was like, I don't care, I am going try to stop me. Yeah, Fair play. Yep, fair. Play. Do any of you play instruments? Any of you 2. I played the drums in high school and I loved it because I was the only girl drummer, so I felt really cool. So if Mark needs a night off, he knows who to call. Not compete, but it'd be fun to. Play around up there one day. I sort of. And learning the guitar, I've been wanting to do it for absolutely donkeys years. Yeah, I'm sort of learning to play the guitar and not Lovejoy tunes, although I have done, but just trying to learn the play really acoustic. Yeah, I got an.

1:05:10 Electro Acoustic. Nice, I thought, you know, cool. Go for it. Give it a. Shot never too late. Absolutely. What's the best concert you've? Been to and why? Oh, that's a good question. I. Can answer. Can I answer? I'm going to. Answer a not Lovejoy concert just yeah yeah yeah yeah I don't I. Think this is general Shoot One's a concert moment. One's best concert. Do that. I'll say best concert. Paul McCartney. It was his 80th birthday and it was in Jersey, so of course Jon Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen had to come out and play with him and bring a. Balloon and.

1:05:53 Cake and surprise him on stage. That was pretty epic. Yeah and he puts on a freaking amazing show. Yeah. Paul McCartney has more energy at 80 or 83 wherever he is now than than I do at my age that we won't say non-stop, non-stop on that stage. Amazing show. Come back and ask me this question. Again after I've seen my come at the end of August. There you go. That answer would not surprise me. Perfect. For me it's. So hard because. I like folk music as well. And when you're in France and you. Walk into a. Pub and The Dubliners are playing an impromptu gig where it's small.

1:06:40 That kind of gig is absolutely fantastic, Yeah. To see Madonna put on a show in Wembley, absolutely fantastic, I bet. To see your favorite. Band. Over and over again. Doesn't matter which is. Do you know what I mean? Or when they play your favorite song. That's just every gig for me has probably been fantastic. I do need to give a shout out to Crywink. And I was just thinking about this when they opened. For Lovejoy on the. Across the Pond tour, it was just Jay and their acoustic. Guitar and.

1:07:20 They stood up there with just their guitar and just their voice and gave an absolutely outstanding performance. We saw them two nights in a row and each night they were amazing. And you think about how somebody could just stand up there with just this, their little old acoustic guitar and and just sing their heart out. I was so impressed. So, yeah, shout out to Drake, J Krywink. They're a real one. All right, guys. Think we're running short on time. Here, I think we pick one word. Juicy one, huh, Dad? What's for dinner tonight? Wonder who asked that? What's for dinner, Dad? To be honest, she's. Not here tonight. So I. Expect she's having pizza or pasta. How did we all meet?

1:08:05 I was doing the. Lovejoy band news. Social media accounts and met Dave that way through messages on Instagram, I believe. Yeah, Dave likes when I say he slid into my DMS. Yeah, I mean, truthfully, you introduced me. To Angie. Oh, here we are now. Tis true tis. Touch me in Instagram heaven. And honestly, that's how Leslie and I met too. I think I just messaged you one day for the heck of it, because I was. Just so like. Blown away by your account. I thought Angie was like a. Pseudo celebrity. With her beautiful picture profile picture.

1:08:48 God, I was like, wow, is she gonna like, Oh my God, she follows me. Honestly, I thought. That I don't know. I just. Knew from the start that you were like, special, like in the fandom, like a legend, to be honest. My gosh, you know it's funny because. I kind of felt the same way about you. I was like, who is this amazing person that is doing all this stuff at a time when when you know, when anybody's afraid to say anything? So I was like, I have to reach out to her. I have to talk to her. Cool. And now we're. Just one big happy merry. Threesome. Wait, that sounded really bad. Do not use that throuple.

1:09:33 These company. Dull. Well, I was going. To say something, but. It's gone, but yeah, don't. Just don't. Forget I even ever said I'm no better than. Some of these questions out here. I know, she says. Anyway, moving on, let's go because. We have so much to do in the next two weeks. By the time you hear this, it'll be a week probably with the single dropping June 20th. What do we? Do as good. Love enjoyers, how can we be the best fans we can be right now? Wilbur himself is asking us to all pre save.

1:10:15 With Rob as my witness, I please pre save it on all the platforms. I was joining Deezer and other things. Just to let you know. Pre save in more than one place. Let's get everyone you know around you to do the same. It really helps the band, as Wilbur put it. The music you know in a different, maybe different words. The music execs. It makes them really happy to see those pre saves. You all done it for James. Marriott so you now need to do it for Lovejoy. Good point, Dave, because. Wow, he blew up with that. People really went all in for him. And yeah, friend of Lovejoy, friend of Will, this is now what's Will Stern he's asking. So pre saves now until the 20th and purchase the song when it. Drops make sure.

1:11:04 You download it. Always be sharing, Always be sharing. Yep, coin that ABS use their music on your TikTok. Even if it's unrelated to Lovejoy, use their music that really helps once the song is out for. Sure, spread the word, get it out there. I find every day when I mention the debut album coming out, the music festival appearances, the single dropping, I'm finding everyday new fans, former fans that are just like, wait, what? Wait, wait where? Tell me what's they missed it? You know, they, we got to make sure everybody knows, get it out there, spread the word, get that song stuck in everyone's head and you know it will be a banger and be stuck in your head once you hear it.

1:11:50 Have you have you noticed? How many followers or the amount of followers have gone up on their socials? You know, I haven't. How many people kind of coming back? I've been sort of watching it and then the next time you go on or something else, there's a few thousand more. So, you know, but it's exactly what you said. There are people. What? What's going on? Oh yeah. You know, they're like, wait, there's still. Some people are like, oh. They're still doing. Stuff. Absolutely, yeah. I've noticed too. Running down the list. All the things they've been doing. I've noticed too on the. Wiki page. Whenever the band makes an announcement about something, those daily views spike.

1:12:35 It's crazy to see. It's insane. And back to the sharing and saving and all that. If we're talking about Spotify, a couple of the of the things that the big wigs at Spotify really look for is how often people share the song. So please go ahead. If you're a Spotify user, share that link right from Spotify, share it to your socials, share it as often as you can. And like Leslie said, pre saves. They really, really look at pre saves, pre saves sharing, making playlists. If you make a playlist, make sure you include the song in it once it drops. Those things are really huge.

1:13:18 As far as the people at Spotify that curate their own Spotify branded playlist, they'll look at that data and they'll use that to determine what they put in Spotify's actual. Playlist. So make sure that you do that, and I know Ash has done this before with Call Me What You Like, He's asked people to do this. But if you see a playlist on Spotify like Hot Hits UK or something else like that, again that's created by Spotify, run some of your plays through those lists. That really helps bring a spotlight on the song as well to those execs at Spotify that are looking to see how the song is doing. Good call, I like all these.

1:14:06 Little tick tips and tricks we'll have. To have a A blog post for that and in addition to the normal posting like crazy we do on all the accounts a go to place for all that info and I know you've put out a really great post already. A a really great graphic about how to support Lovejoy music and you had some really good points on there. You know pre saves downloads, shares and streams so and I'm sure you'll. Be putting together. An official Lovejoy Nation playlist right when the song drops. Yeah, Yep, indeed. It'll be everywhere. So thank you guys and we can count on you and Lovejoy's counting on you for sure and get your friends and family, anyone sitting around you on the couch, just grab their phone or say do this for me, please just click on this button.

1:14:57 Every little bit really helps. It really, really does. Yeah, we are the soldiers. We have to do this if we all work together at this. We can really do great things, so I am really excited about the possibilities here. All right, King, that was a long episode. Thanks for sticking with us and I hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed laughing at ourselves answering these questions. Until next time. By the next time we speak to you, a lot of will have happened. Summerfest, Czech Republic music festival. Perhaps my trip, but if anything big should happen we could always hop on right guys and do like a yeah short.

1:15:43 I've witnessed Rob. Yeah, you never know what's up. I should leave. Absolutely keep an eye on. Those socials all right, everyone have a great rest of. Your day and thank you and share this podcast while you're at it. Don't forget to follow Take care. Bye. See ya.