17/10/2025
And that’s a wrap on our 2025 Spray tour. Five gigs, too many road and train miles, more meal deals than were advisable, and a bucketful of new friendships made. I don’t want to come off all serious, but putting on gigs is tough at the moment, emotionally and financially. But for all that, we’ve got to say that everyone involved made both legs of the tour an absolute pleasure.
So, in a not-so-random order, we’d like to thank the ace Adam of Happy Robots Records for promoting the London show, Infra Violet for travelling up from Brighton and smashing it, and the staff at for making us all feel so welcome.
Thanks so much to team VIEON and Matt’s very kind (and patient!) wife, Charlie, for the hospitality and tour guide services in between our London and Leicester dates.
The Big Difference in Leicester were great to us, a compact venue with lots of character and cool staff. And we’re grateful for Bjørn Felle zipping up and down the motorway to join us for this one.
There was a lot of cake, sandwiches, strong coffee, Persian food, cats, and tours of Manchester and Hebden Bridge with Jess and Nick of This Bliss before we got to the second leg of the tour the following weekend. Such great people to spend time with.
Our three Northern dates featured Spray and This Bliss from the previous weekend, along with HawaiiWorms bringing his Kiosk 67 EP from the studio to the stage for the first time. He got a great reception each night, which was fully deserved.
The three northern venues – Stage & Radio in Manchester, Plot 22 in Sheffield, and last but not least, Golden Lion Todmorden – treated us wonderfully, and we look forward to working with them in the future.
Big thanks go to Kirsty too, for the glorious artwork.
And last but definitely not least, thank you to everyone who came to see the bands. Especially to Alex, who came to all five dates, and Rachel, who attended four! That’s dedication! Are we allowed a humblebrag for Ady too, who made it all work? I think we are! To everyone who was with us, physically, emotionally, or just wishing us good luck, we thank you.
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📷 Alex, Ady, and Matt
