Pet Texts

Our friend and orchestral collaborator on “The Most Incredible Thing”, Sven Helbig, has just released an album on the famous Deutsche Grammophon label. Entitled “Pocket Symphonies”, it’s a sequence of 12 pieces for orchestra and piano quartet, played by the Fauré Quartet and the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphonie, conducted by Kristjan Järvi. It was released yesterday in Germany and will be available worldwide from July 2013. More information can be found at the links below. Neil x

From the “Dumb Britain” feature in the latest issue of Private Eye magazine.

Just found this old photo of me as a student in Liverpool. Happy days! Chris x

A fashion designer called Tory Burch used PSB songs in her New York Fashion Week show yesterday. You can watch it at the link below.

A piece I wrote about the Brits awards for “Smash Hits” magazine in 1985 has turned up today on the Guardian website via the Rock’s Backpages site. It’s at the link below if you want to travel back in time. Neil x

Last night’s 3D Kraftwerk concert at Tate Modern in London. They played all of “Man Machine” and more. Loved it. Neil x