Hello again...

I know it's not quite Christmas yet, but I've just finished
preparing this year's annual exclusive mp3 for members of the Ex-
Rental mailing list, so I thought I'd put it online right away!

This year's mp3 is possibly the trashiest one yet (ahem), and it
dates back to 2002, when Lucy and I were due to play at a retro-
themed event... so we thought we'd perform a suitably retro cover
version. As this was at the height of the 'bootleg mix' craze, we
thought it'd be fun to mix some songs together...

In the end, illness prevented us from playing the show, so my demo
for the cover version has been gathering dust ever since... until
now. It sounds quite rough, but I've made it a little more
presentable with a few changes here and there, and you can now
download it here:

http://ex-rental.com/EX-RENTAL_Spin_Me_Round_The_Beach_rough_demo.mp3

And just in case anyone feels inclined to try making a terribly post-
modern bootleg mix of a bootleg-style cover version (!), here's the
instrumental mix...

http://ex-rental.com/EX-
RENTAL_Spin_Me_Round_The_Beach_instrumental.mp3

Both will be online until January 5th... hope you don't find them
too unlistenable! Heh...

By the way, the music page on the website has just been revamped,
with the addition of an excerpt from "The Death Of A Thousand
Disinterested Chattering Fashionistas", featuring vocals by Wendy.

This song will be released on CD in the New Year, alongside another
Ex-Rental track, plus six other songs - two each by Schmoof, Cnut
and Trademark. You'll also be able to find "Too Much Attention"
and "Your Dad Doesn't Like Me" on two other forthcoming compilation
CDs - more details on the news page of the website.

Anyway, this will probably be the last mailout of 2004, so I'd like
to wish you all a very merry Christmas, and all the best for 2005.
Have a good one!

Sean x

http://ex-rental.com