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)

The coach to Hereford ended up taking five hours from London. We spent the time reading, listening to podcasts and writing the last post as we passed through the Cotswolds on our National Express coach. We made it to ‘The Jam Factory’ where we were greeted really warmly by our sound tech Alex. The venue was half-bar-half-venue and whatever was on stage played to the rest of rooms through speakers. The first band played a mix of covers and originals, including a Laura Marling cover which I appreciated. The other band was called Dead Elvis and after finishing their set they all left, including the first band and there ended up being more people on stage than in the audience... there’s three of us, so go figure ! We had a lovely chat to Alex about beer and trains (the two ideal Czech conversations) and even had a non-alcoholic beer from ‘Vinohradský Pivovar’. Our accomodation was lovely and our host told us that she’s been listening to our band all day, that she wanted to come to the concert but had to look after her dog Lulu. Lulu was very sweet so we completely understood, although it would have doubled the size of our audience. Onto Bristol next.

– Iris

Here's a little reckless and drawn-out version of Red from The Jam Factory, Hereford (01/10/2026)

On Wednesday we played in London. We played at the Sebright Arms, a lovely old pub with a music venue downstairs. For me it was a strange experience, returning to the city I grew up in, to play a show for the first time there after 7 years of being in the Czech Republic. It was a great show and it was so lovely to see so many old friends, all from different times in my life. We played with Celeste Madden and her band, who played a great set and had a theremin which is always a plus in our books. We also met Robert, who saw us play in Pilsen some time ago and had ordered our vinyl to the UK but it never came. We were able to hand deliver the album and he gave us three beers from his micro-brewery, which was very sweet. All in all, London was lovely and we can’t wait to come back again. Thanks to everyone at the Sebright and to Scream and Shout for putting on the show. 

– Iris

Before we went on our first tour abroad in February of last year I set out a task of recording every show of ours. Of course it lasted only for mere month or two as I didn't have the time/energy/patience to set up a small field recorder at every gig as the soundchecks were often rushed and there were other more important things to take care of.

I thought that as we embark on this small acoustic tour around the UK, it's just the three of us and a lot less gear so I might as well have a chance to – once again – try and record every show of ours. We'll see how long it's going to last this time. I'll try and select one song after every show and put it up here for you to listen to. Warning: these are going to be rough recordings, full of people talking over the music, our mistakes, weird acoustics and whatnot...

– P.

Here's Dragon Head from Sebright Arms, London (30/09/2026)

Photos from the show by Vendy Palkovičová HERE !