Seconded, thanks to everyone who turned out to the shows. It was a great experience which I really enjoyed.
Obviously it was meant to be 2 shows which turned into 3 at the last minute with the addition of the Exeter gig - no sane person would ever plan a tour with an 11 hour drive in a single day, at least not without dedicated drivers or a bus
Although I'm very happy with how we played I've got plenty of ideas re what we could do differently to make it easier in general.
I ended up having 12 hours sleep across the 3 days which doesn't make for a great performance when you're hauling gear, standing up or sitting crushed in a small car for the rest of the time
Highlights:
The insane pit, fighting and stage diving at Damnation, which cleared most of the floor area of the second room.
The really cool and receptive audience in Edinburgh, a few who missed their trains home to watch us finish the set. Shame we didn't get a chance to look around the city.
The surprise crowd in Exeter who headbanged, crowd surfed and wouldn't leave till we did an encore. At that point I wanted to lie down and die but the crowd stayed chanting, so we shuffled back onstage and did our best to run through 'Spheres'. It was a miracle Sam played this gig as some kind of satanic death flu struck him down 2 hours before stage time.
Cheers to all three promoters, Gavin at Damnation, Mike in Edinburgh and Terry in Exeter. Big thanks to Rob Morris for the sound and Lee du Caine for assisting him at Damnation
and of course Lisa for handling the merch