(SEBP at Razzmatazz, Barcelona)

Story everyone? It’s been a cool few months here at camp bonus. We’re mad busy writing and recording our second LP, and we’re dead excited about what we’ve got for you so far. We spent some time in a beautiful village called Ardmore in County Waterford recording tunes, making lots of noise and collecting dead green crabs from the beach. It was excellent, and a big thank you must go to the Elsted clan for accommodating us.

(Above: Going insane in Ardmore)

We’ve been keeping it fairly quiet on the gig front while we’re recording, but we did manage to cram in one show a few weeks ago over in Barcelona at the Razzmatazz club, which was an entirely splendid buzz. Playing to 2000 hyper Catalonians at 3.30 in the morning, it was so fckn snazzy, and we can’t wait to go back there. Personally speaking, what delighted me most about the gig was that a circle of death formed while the crowd was moshing. It’s something I’ve always wanted to see at a bonus party gig, and when it happened, I was touched. For those of you that don’t know what a circle of death is, it’s when a gap forms in the middle of a tightly packed frenzied crowd, and a few maniacs take turns running into the gap, hitting off each other, and acting like wild animals in general. When I was 16 I got concussion in one.

In other news, we’re delighted to announce that in the midst of all the writing and recording, we will be playing a handful of gigs over the summer:

10^th July – Club NME at the Button Factory with Cadence Weapon

1^st August – Mantua Festival, Co Roscommon

30^th August – Electric Picnic, at 1pm on the Electric Arena stage

Hope you can all come along! See you soon,

Super Extra Bonus Party

PS: Some members of the band will be doing solo dj sets around the place to fund their fabergé egg addictions or whateva. ch check it.