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Thanks!!! :lol:

Are there any videos up yet from it? I slept through it and now all I see is Up&Up is amazing… Up&Up is like a new Fix You and if I'd known this would've been the case then I wouldn't have dared gone to sleep. Someone help me out!

I'm in my final year of university and I'm so stressed with it and a few personal matters. I have listened to my mixtape a good bit and I like it :) Promise to have my review by Monday night for the maker, so sorry about this.

It was posted on the previous exchange thread, the deadline was set up with 2 weeks notice too and the thread was always on the first page too. The only thing difference this time is that it was never made sticky and that's not Grids fault.

This makes me sad :(

I'm in! :D My favourite thing to do on this site!!!

That's from back in June, I remember reading that. I went to see Little Matador in Cork, Ireland in the summer and I met Nathan afterwards and spoke to him for about 10 minutes. He told me they were planning on getting in the studio by the end of the year and they'll have a record out next year. He was absolutely sound, wish I wasn't drunk at the time but still, was great to meet one of my idols, like Snow Patrol are my favourite band so I was in awe at the time! Gary just did an acoustic set in Bangor last night and Nathan supported him too. Gary then said on the SP Facebook page a week or two ago that the concert sold out in less than a minute and that there'll definitely be SP shows next year!

That's awesome! Has a similar sound to About Today I think. I saw them twice in the summer in Cork and Galway in Ireland and saw them last month in London for the last show of the Trouble Will Find Me tour. They're absolutely incredible live, the Galway show was easily the best concert I've ever been to!

So is anyone going to host the next exchange? I'm itching for the banter to start again, I still listen to the three or four I've been involved in, I want more! :D

I've always loved music! My first album given to me was (What's The Story) Morning Glory by Oasis! But in the 90's when I was a young kid until I was about 10, when I moved to Ireland, I was a proper pop boy, loved Backstreet Boys and all that stuff… Then my sister said what do you think of this song? That song being Yellow :D Although I loved Coldplay from that second on I did delve into R&B, hip hop stuff. It was a dark era… Haha. Once I got the Out Of Nothing album I've been fixed on indie and rock ever since. Inspired me, especially the song itself Out Of Nothing, was my favourite song for a very long time, until Open Your Eyes by Snow Patrol came along.

It really is! :O But it was interesting to read. Despite loving Embrace's new album and how awesome it's been for them with the award for the Secret Festival and all that, it's sad to see how a band that got me into the music I love thanks to the Out Of Nothing album that their return wasn't made a bigger deal out of. Then Coldplay release a single and the world wets their pants with excitement. It's no disrespect to Coldplay, I love their music but I feel that Embrace deserve more recognition than they're getting. The music scene has gone to the dogs in comparison to what it was ten years ago :(

Then we need to find ourselves a host and what not :D

I'm surprised too, I know I don't post much on the site or visit that often like I did in the past but thought there'd have been at least one exchange since. Is anyone up for doing it?

Thanks, even though I didn't meet any of the band, like I said it was totally worth it! I was raised well haha, always was told that good manners and dedication will get me far in life, think it paid off the other day! :)

That's him! Was such a lovely bloke As my mum always tells me, if you don't ask you don't get! I still can't believe that that's what they gave me too, I was just expecting maybe a picture and a sticker and badge or something like that when he said it to me but one of Will's drumsticks and a copy of GS! I had to restrain myself from not freaking out. How I stayed composed I'll never know… Haha

Well I went down there yesterday, found the place no problem thanks to the great details in this thread! I got there for about half 11 and saw Phil after about 10 minutes but I wasn't sure it was him so said nothing. Then about an hour later some man, maybe someone might know who he is, he was bald and has glasses, came out on a motorbike. He came back about half an hour later and then nothing happened for about 2 hours. Then he came out again but seemed in a rush but about 10 minutes later he was coming back and I went up to him and asked if the band were there. He told me they weren't but will be this Monday. I was sickened cos I was only down there Wednesday night and all day Thursday. I was talking to him for a few minutes then and he said to me, "well would you like a picture and a few things to take with you?" and naturally I was like, "yes!" Haha, so he went into The Bakery and came back out a couple of minutes later and gave me a picture of the band, a copy of Ghost Stories and one of Will's drumsticks that he'd used and they were all signed by all four members! The guy was so nice, I then explained to him that I'm studying broadcast media in university and I'm an editor for an entertainment website back in Ireland, so tongue in cheek, I asked if I gave him my business card, would there be any chance somewhere down the line I could possibly get an interview with the band. He said "that's totally understandable, you've got to be cheeky at times to make it in that business but at least you've been really polite about it, unlike others we've dealt with in the past, so I'll pass it on to management and see what I can do for you". I mightn't have got to meet any of the band but I'm so happy to have come away with the stuff he gave me and the positive response when asking about a possible interview, even if it does come to nothing. Here's a pic of what he gave me :)

I could've sworn I read somewhere on here that they rehearse or something on a Thursday? I've a full day that day to explore the city so I'm gonna get myself over there and see what happens, even to just say I've been outside the building where they've made such great music! Although I said that above about just seeing the place, a little bit of my hopes and dream of how I'd meet him and become best friends forever, they'd give me new music early and I'd become a new member of the band has just died a little… Even if that was never going to happen… Like… Ever… ;)

I'm curious, do the band still rehearse and record at the bakery? If they do how do I get there? Cos I'm going to see The National on Wednesday in London and then have all of Thursday to explore, would love to chance my arm and see if I actually met one of the lads.

Damn… Hoping no one saw that until after I edited it haha

Has the Coldplay sound all over it but it's a Cat Power song with backing vocals from Chris, it's a lovely and delicate song, I like it!

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I just saw Elbow last night in Cork, Ireland and I was just completely mesmerised. It was such a brilliant show from start to finish, I was left speechless by the end of it and in total awe. I also got Guy's setlist as well, which made it all the more sweeter!

It's no problem, just glad that you liked the mixtape :) Hope you enjoy the rest of the music from the artists that you decide to add to your library. :)

All the reviews are in now, dunno if everyone has got their tracklists to their mixtapes but I'll link them all on the first page now whether the person has seen their review or not. If anyone hasn't got their track list and wants it I'll have a look in my messages for it if it was given to me and pass it on. :)

Hey Diana, I was the one who made your mixtape :) My comments are in blue :) Response The Tracklist The Cover Art The Link