Steve Lamacq (DJ) : Recording a session at our Maida Vale studios today are Corin, Carrie and Janet. How was Reading festival for you? Did you have a good time?

S-K : Yeah, it was fun, it was great.

DJ : Any particular bands that you saw that were good? Were you down the front for bis?

S-K : Yes we were actually, at 11.30 in the morning and they were great and we saw this band called Clinic and they were excellent.

DJ : Thats lucky because you're playing with them aren't you?

S-K : Yeah we actually like them, very lucky!

DJ : It would have been terrible if you had hated them and then had to play gigs with them afterwards! So, for people who don't know, 'Dig me out', is that your third album?

S-K : Yes it is.

DJ : Because I bought 'Dig me out' last year when I came over for CMJ, about this time last year. I went into a megastore on Times Square and bought about 6 cd's, went up to the counter and the girl who was putting them through the till, when it got to your record, she went "great choice, all the rest dismissed in a bag, but yours "great choice". So how long have you been over here? Have you been playing a few dates?

S-K : Yeah, we have been here about a week. We played in Scotland in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and Brighton last night, a really amazing show, all the kids were dancing and it was really fun. Then we played Reading and now we just have our shows in London, Oxford and Liverpool coming up.

DJ : And then its back to the states is it?

S-K : Yeah back to the states. This is just a short one so...

DJ : Have you got a new record finished because the last one was out quite a while ago wasn't it?

S-K : Yes, we just recorded our new record in July, it won't be out until early '99 though. We don't have a title to tell you yet but one of the songs we recorded today was a new song.

DJ : Ok, just finally, come the end of last year or the start of this year, did all the critics poll thing take you by surprise because what were you? second to Radiohead in a Rolling Stone poll or something weren't you?

S-K : Erm, I guess it kinda took us by surprise, you just have to take it with a grain of salt I suppose. We feel very lucky, there's a lot of great bands that are always overlooked.

DJ : It must be a bit worrying to be flavour of the month, y'know, when are they gonna turn on us...

S-K : I think you just have to pay attention to your fans and to the music itself.

DJ : Did you have a good day today?

S-K : Yeah we had a really fun day.

DJ : Excellent. Thank you for recording a session for us and you'ree going to play a track live now?

S-K : This is a song called 'One more hour' and it's off 'Dig me out'. Thanks for having us on your show.