After taking two lovely days off in Nottingham visiting my aunt, eating lovely food and visiting Goose Fair, we took the bus to Sheffield. The driver of our Flixbus was this amazing guy from New Zealand who invited people to come and sit in ‘First Class’ at the front of the bus so that he had someone to talk to. We arrived in Sheffield and headed for the Sidney and Matilda, it’s a venue that has shows most nights and had a great atmosphere as well as a great sound technician Daniel who was brilliant. For dinner, from the recommendations of the Sheffield based band Ye Woodbeast (who we didn’t play with but are great you should check them out), we went to the Rutland Arms and had some amazing vegan food, including a kimchi and cauliflower butty, loaded chips with mushrooms and a stuffed pepper. They also had lots of Czech beers and the whole place was filled with amazing bric-à-brac. We played with two bands ‘The Harlettes’ who were from Manchester and ‘Monqi’ from Sheffield, both were great. Overall the show was the most well attended and well received of the tour, so we came off stage with a nice feeling and a lovely impression of Sheffield. Hopefully we will be back someday.

– Iris

Here's Right Way Up from Sidney and Matilda, Sheffield (05/10/2026). At one point the sequencer tried imposing another song on it, hence the funny mashup in the first verse for a bit.

PS: We might release more from this show since we were given soundboard recording of it by the sound technician. Hopefully soon!

Bristol! We arrived and were picked up by Roland who would be putting us up. Roland and Ruthie have an incredible house filled with musical instruments, Edward Lear illustrations and many many books. They treated us to a lunch of mushroom soup and then fish and chips for tea. We went for a walk around Bristol, visiting the suspension bridge as well as walking around the city centre. Our gig was at a venue called The Ill Repute a music venue/bar, similar to Hereford. After arriving we quickly realised that there was no sound technician, so Pavel had to do everything. We were playing with El Knight who had a great set and a great voice. Our set was a bit livelier than usual as we had to cut through the sounds emitted by Friday night party goers who had come to the bar more so to enjoy the ambience than to listen to a concert. Overall it was a fun show to play and meeting Roland and Ruthie, as well as David who had put us in touch with them was a highlight of our stay. So thanks to them and time for us to take two days off in Nottingham.

– Iris

Here's a cover of Adrianne Lenker's Free Treasure from The Ill Repute, Bristol (02/10/2026)

After taking two lovely days off in Nottingham visiting my aunt, eating lovely food and visiting Goose Fair, we took the bus to Sheffield. The driver of our Flixbus was this amazing guy from New Zealand who invited people to come and sit in ‘First Class’ at the front of the bus so that he had someone to talk to. We arrived in Sheffield and headed for the Sidney and Matilda, it’s a venue that has shows most nights and had a great atmosphere as well as a great sound technician Daniel who was brilliant. For dinner, from the recommendations of the Sheffield based band Ye Woodbeast (who we didn’t play with but are great you should check them out), we went to the Rutland Arms and had some amazing vegan food, including a kimchi and cauliflower butty, loaded chips with mushrooms and a stuffed pepper. They also had lots of Czech beers and the whole place was filled with amazing bric-à-brac. We played with two bands ‘The Harlettes’ who were from Manchester and ‘Monqi’ from Sheffield, both were great. Overall the show was the most well attended and well received of the tour, so we came off stage with a nice feeling and a lovely impression of Sheffield. Hopefully we will be back someday.

– Iris

Here's Right Way Up from Sidney and Matilda, Sheffield (05/10/2026). At one point the sequencer tried imposing another song on it, hence the funny mashup in the first verse for a bit.

PS: We might release more from this show since we were given soundboard recording of it by the sound technician. Hopefully soon!

Bristol! We arrived and were picked up by Roland who would be putting us up. Roland and Ruthie have an incredible house filled with musical instruments, Edward Lear illustrations and many many books. They treated us to a lunch of mushroom soup and then fish and chips for tea. We went for a walk around Bristol, visiting the suspension bridge as well as walking around the city centre. Our gig was at a venue called The Ill Repute a music venue/bar, similar to Hereford. After arriving we quickly realised that there was no sound technician, so Pavel had to do everything. We were playing with El Knight who had a great set and a great voice. Our set was a bit livelier than usual as we had to cut through the sounds emitted by Friday night party goers who had come to the bar more so to enjoy the ambience than to listen to a concert. Overall it was a fun show to play and meeting Roland and Ruthie, as well as David who had put us in touch with them was a highlight of our stay. So thanks to them and time for us to take two days off in Nottingham.

– Iris

Here's a cover of Adrianne Lenker's Free Treasure from The Ill Repute, Bristol (02/10/2026)