2024 is behind us and I’m grateful to see the back of the worst year of my life. I spent most of it seriously ill with what was probably covid. At one point I knocked on a neighbour’s door for help. Her quick action saved me from the heart attack or stroke that was imminent. As it was, covid was just the beginning: it caused massive damage to me physically and brought on a horrific mental health crisis. I’m now beginning to recover, but have some health issues that are likely to be permanent. My original intention was to write in detail about this, but it’s too dismal to face again. What I will say is that I’ve been humbled by the amount of complete strangers who’ve helped or offered to help me when I was too weak to walk unaided. There are many good humans out there; worth remembering in these dark times.
At the end of October I managed to get myself to a local recording studio and, with the help of a hired drummer, recorded three Brother Frank tracks, two of which – Horsemeat Disco and Desolation – have just been pressed on 7” vinyl. Both tracks are instrumentals with a post-punk vibe. Records are very expensive to press these days, but the quality of the artwork and the vinyl itself is very high. DMS, the pressing plant I used, did a really good job, I think and I’m proud of the result. I’m selling copies at cost price – £5.50, plus £2.00 p&p. Postage rates outside of the UK are now outrageously high: £5.00 for the EU and £7.50 North America. PayPal at my email address: travisjulie (at) hotmail (dot) com.
LEVANTHIA 