In which I ask a random selection of my fellow employees at a call center “what they’ve been doing since the last Spiritualized record came out”:
“Lost a lot of money in real estate.”
“Graduated from college.”
“What’s up, Swedish? You want some whiskey when we go on break?”*
“I got these stars shaved in my head last week.”
“I’ve been working here for over ten years.”
“The hell are you talking about, Swedish?”*
Songs In A&E will be released May 19 (June 3 in the U.S.) and will be supported by these here dates:
& Acoustic Mainlines
$ Electric Mainlines
*Several months ago, some of my coworkers observed me becoming furious when the vending machine refused to dispense the Swedish Fish I’d paid for.