Speaking of good singers, I got my copy of Suzie LeBlanc's album Tout Passe in the mail yesterday, and have managed to listen to most of it today. When we were recording in Montréal in October, Chris said to me that it felt like satisfying work, and we agreed that this was rare. I think we sound much more integrated as a band than on the first album (La mer jolie), and I'm certainly happier with my playing and the recording, made with just three microphones and good ears. The good bits are very good indeed. And the out-of-sync bassline for Pigeon on the Gate still makes me grin uncontrollably, just as it did when I first heard it at the playback in the session. But in one tune there's a spectacular wrong note from me that crept in at a late stage in the editing: it's not even just a note, it's a whole crashing melodica chord that is ear-tuggingly wrong. Ouf. It's quite funny actually ...