{"id":641,"date":"2020-12-13T12:07:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-13T12:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/?p=641"},"modified":"2020-12-13T16:18:18","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T16:18:18","slug":"by-way-of-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/?p=641","title":{"rendered":"By Way Of Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hello. We thought we&#8217;d best post an update at the end of the incomprehensible time-fog that is 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First up, a link to replay our <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Tim's Twitter Listening Party (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/llstenlng_party?s=21\" target=\"_blank\">Tim&#8217;s Twitter Listening Party<\/a> for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"A Call And Response (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.bandcamp.com\/album\/a-call-and-response\" target=\"_blank\">A Call And Response<\/a>. This was absolutely great fun and genuinely mind-blowing at times, with people dusting off memories we&#8217;d long since obliterated with lack of sleep, too much alcohol, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let us know if you&#8217;d like Arrows or Open Hearts for the next one&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timstwitterlisteningparty.com\/pages\/replay\/feed_374.html\">https:\/\/timstwitterlisteningparty.com\/pages\/replay\/feed_374.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timstwitterlisteningparty.com\/pages\/replay\/feed_374.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/acandr_1000px.jpg\" alt=\"A Call &amp; Response\" class=\"wp-image-378\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/acandr_1000px.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/acandr_1000px-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/acandr_1000px-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/acandr_1000px-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The first confirmed gig of 2021 is the Fair Play Festival, where we&#8217;re playing at the request of our friends at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Speedy Wunderground (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.speedywunderground.com\" target=\"_blank\">Speedy Wunderground<\/a> with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Lounge Society (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/loungesocietyHB\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Lounge Society<\/a> and PVA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available here: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.seetickets.com\/event\/fair-play-festival\/st-philips-church-salford-manchester\/1466854 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.seetickets.com\/event\/fair-play-festival\/st-philips-church-salford-manchester\/1466854\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.seetickets.com\/event\/fair-play-festival\/st-philips-church-salford-manchester\/1466854<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seetickets.com\/event\/fair-play-festival\/st-philips-church-salford-manchester\/1466854\ufeff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/the-longcut-01-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-642\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/the-longcut-01-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/the-longcut-01-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/the-longcut-01-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/the-longcut-01-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelongcut.com\/lcwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/the-longcut-01.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve been working on new stuff in between the bedlam, including Stu&#8217;s remix of Equinox from the excellent <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Astral Bodies (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/astralbodies.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\">Astral Bodies<\/a> album <a href=\"https:\/\/astralbodies.bandcamp.com\/album\/escape-death\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"'Escape Death' (opens in a new tab)\">&#8216;Escape Death&#8217;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; 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