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A bank holiday at home on your own means only one thing!... Guitary guitary, demo demos!! Woop!

Manhattan

So it turns out everyone runs around central park anti-clockwise! Literally everyone! Thousands of everyone! It was like running against a marathon. It certainly added a little edge to the experience, yet none seemed particularly grumpy about it. Maybe they could tell we were british! I also saw a racoon. Nice. In terms of that pizza, I forgot to take my camera out with me! Imagine if you will the biggest pizza you can... no bigger than that, now consider it all in my belly!!! Yeah he did! Much running equals much munchin! (See photo of another occasion regarding a massive chocolate ice cream sunday).

Since i have been galavanting in manhattan I am aware that my data collection has gone a little awry. For this i apologise, I'm quite sure you all miss it. Rest assured however I will get back on track as soon as physics will allow me.

For now here is a random list of statistics; Carpet trodden, unknown. Coffee drunk, 1-1000 (decent coffee, approx. 3). Bridges walked over, 1 (Brooklyn). No. of inflight movies watched, 4. Time spent canoeing, 0. Number of cardigans worn, 2.

'Storm the Charts' Voting Re-Opens

Hey Guys,

'Storm the Charts' Voting Re-Opens
Hey Guys,The Storm the Chart voting has re-opened, the voting rules have been changed due to some bands cheating in the last round, so you can no longer find a specific band. Nevertheless it's still a great campaign so support independent music by voting at http://stormthecharts.com

CheersPrego

Project 10 Newspaper interview

Check out this interview about Prego at our good friends Project 10 newspaper. You can find it online at http://www.slideshare.net/planbstudio/project10-newspaper-march. Thanks to Steve Price at Plan-B studio for asking some great questions about the inner workings of the band....

dans in NY!

So I'm in NY city!
The weather is fine, the company is finnerer, and our hotel room is higher than i would ever care to be in a man made structure! I feel a trifle out of sorts! (see picture). The room is a shoe box, yet the classiest shoe box I've stayed in to date!

I'm now going to run around central park! Woop!

I will post again soon, probably with a massive pizza!

d

New Prego Photos

Check out more photos on our Facebook and Myspace pages!

We're through to the 3rd round of Storm the Charts!

A big thank you to everyone for making the effort to vote for us in our Storm the charts Campaign! It was a sprint finish but we just scraped through by about 20 votes!
We're going to need even more support for the next round as the competition hots up so start spreading the word now and we really do have a shot at making the UK top 40 chart!

Thank you!

Prego X

YOU GOT US THROUGH ROUND 1....NOW PLEASE HELP WITH ROUND 2!!!!

Thanks for your round 1 votes, we stormed it! So here's how to help us now;

1. Follow this link - http://stormthecharts.com/

2. Click on All Polls

3. Go to Poll 250

4. Vote Prego!!!!!!!!


There are 4 rounds this week and if you guys get us through all of them, the ...next stage is the Top 40, so please keep voting,


Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jonsi: "Go"

Okay so I know this is the second post I've done in as many days but I just had to say how amazing Jonsi's new album "Go" is! It really is the most beautiful sounding record so far this year and as with Sigur Ros ( although it is undeniably different) there are countless goosebump moments, meaning the hair on the back of you neck will rarely be sitting still!




"Go" was co-produced by Peter Katis (Interpol, The National) and among the collaborators is Nico Muhly (protege of Philip Glass) who arranged and orchestrated all the songs making this a truly quality piece of work.

The live show comes to our shores on May 26th and 27th at the Kentish Town Forum and then again on July 18th at Latitude Festival in Suffolk.

Check it out at http//:jonsi.com/go it will make you smile!

Simon

Efterklang "Magic Chairs"

Although this album was released over a month ago, it really does deserve a mention. Efterklang are Danish and Prego have a penchant for Scandinavian music so it is only fitting that we try and introduce as many people to this amazing band as possible!

The band are on tour in this country from April 20th and play Shepherds bush empire on April 21st so get tickets if you still can!

Check them out at www.myspace.com/efterklang I guarantee you won't be disappointed!

If you like the record also check out their previous album "Parades" released in 2007. Great stuff!

Simon

w/ending 21/3

chord of the week C played as a G shape on the eighth fret (it's a cracker)

tune of the week You are the blood, Sufjan Stevens

distance run 52.55km

time spent running given up on the battery......

going for the joy of running instead.

days until 10K run 7 days

style focus suitable footwear has become an issue

facial hair status un slick rethinking this category since end of Christmas beard

work:music ratio (hrs) 0:18

question of the week what does it take???

film of the week Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold

finish the lyric "I love winners when they cry, losers when they try......"

quote of the week "Is it just the electrocution issue that you"re concerned about?"

book being read Republic, Plato

Dan’s Blog

weeks ending 14th and 21st March

Mono @ the Scala

15/3/10

There are few things that render me breathless. Mono is one of them....I'll leave it at that.

Simon and Dan @ Mono

w/ending 14/3

chord of the week "this one" + demonstration

tune of the week two doves, Dirty Projectors

distance run 38.98km

time spent running given up on the battery......

going for the joy of running instead.

days until 10K run 14 days

style focus band fringe synchronisation

(see photo above)

facial hair status slick

work:music ratio (hrs) 32 : 8

question of the week why, on a quiet road, does a car al ways come to the

junction just as you want to cross???

film of the week Synecdoche new york

Charlie Kaufman

finish the lyric "something's happened in the attic...."

quote of the week "I want sympathy, not solutions."

book being read Republic, Plato

Listen Again on BBC Introducing

If you missed it, the lovely Graeme Mac called it hand on heart the best album he'd heard so far in 2010, listen here 6mins 50 in

Album Track Exclusive on BBC Introducing Tonight!

Hey Guys,

Graeme Mac and Richard Haugh will be giving an exclusive airing of the opening track from our forthcoming album 'Start Stop'.

'My Current State (is your latest objective)' will be played during their BBC Introducing show tonight on Radio Suffolk (95.5FM, 104.6FM and on BBC iplayer) between 7-8pm, so tune in and let them know what you think!

Nice one,

Prego

Dan’s Blog

Dan’s Blog

week ending 7/3/10

chord of the week	first four bars of My Iron Lung, Radiohead,
tune of the week	Moonlight, Mono.
distance run time spent running days until 10K run	19.31km watch battery run out; still on “to do” list. 20days
style focus	turn-up margin consistency is a concern (trousers).
facial hair status	likely to scrape her face off (2 days unshaven).
work : music ratio (hrs)	24 : 15
question of the week	How many roads must a man walk down before you can call him an accomplished hiker?
film of the week	Three colours blue, Krzysztof Kieslowski.
finish the lyric	“I think I’m bigger than this sound. I think I’m bigger than this sound”
quote of the week	“Listening takes effort.”
book being read	Republic. Plato.

Sneak Preview Review of the Album

Hey Guys,

The lovely Jonathan Barnes has posted some lovely words in the form of the first official album review. Made us feel all warm inside!

Edd

DAN'S BLOG

Dan’s Blog

So... This is my first blog! How exciting! Over time it will mostly be happening in the form of lists, questions, data, hopefully culminating in many different forms of charts and graphs. But here is an initial note in order to get the 'blogging ball' rolling.

My primary aim\hope for blogging in the for mentioned manner is to see how the accumulation of data and various kinds of information (for example carbohydrate consumption for the week) can establish weather certain aspects of existence (in this case my own existence) could somehow benefit from the measuring of everyday tasks, habits, preferences, and assumptions. I even hope to find that these 'study logs' or if you will 'study blogs' observe patterns that might point to a new, previously unseen sense of, dare I say, 'meaning', (if meaning, is indeed calculable by the collection of simple data) as it applies to what I might usually assume to be a particularly unordered, shabby, very confused attempt at my existence.

Be sure to know however, I am not a mathematician, statistician or a scientist. I'm dan best. Sure I've read a few books, but hey I am not attempting to reduce the complexities of our momentary fleeting experience on this beautiful earth to a few blots of ink on paper or pixels on a screen. That I'm quite sure is not possible. Yet if I can glean a few coherent glimpses of progress or un progress because I took the time to record a few habitual details, then that would be in itself progress!

So here's to hoping, (with your input here and there) I can kick that 'blogging ball', into the back of the net!!!

chord of the week	opening chord to ‘california’ by Low
tune of the week	Zebra, Teen Dream, BEACH HOUSE
distance run time spent running days until 10K run	14.74km watch battery run out; add to “to do” list. 27 days
style focus	“I like my little boots”
facial hair status	n/a
work : music ratio (hrs)	16 : 13
question of the week	Just how clever is my new mac?
film of the week	fargo, Coen brothers
finish the lyric	“What the water wants is hurricanes.......”
quote of the week	It’s because of wonder both then and now that man first began to philosophise.’
book being read	God’s undertaker, has science buried God, John C Lennox.

PREGO LOVE: Beach House "Teen Dream"

So.... Beach House's Victoria Legrand sang on Grizzly Bear's last record "veckatimest". Their 3rd album "Teen Dream" was produced by Chris Coady who did Yeah Yeah Yeahs and TV on the Radio. This record really is a contender for the best album of 2010 already!

Beach House are also on one of Prego's favourite labels, Bella Union and they're on a UK tour with Grizzly Bear from 08.03.10 - 14.03.10.

What are you waiting for? www.myspace.com/beachhousemusic

Ask Us Anything!

Hey guys,

If you wanna ask us anything you like, you can now do so at http://formspring.me/pregomusic

Nice one,

Prego

Some Fan Photos

Hey Guys,

We thought we'd upload a selection of some of the great photos you've taken over the years, thanks for sending them in, we greatly appreciate your support!

O2 Wireless Festival

O2 Wireless Festival
The Water Rats, London

Lincoln

93 Feet East, London

O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire

The Pyramids, Portsmouth

The Pyramids, Portsmouth
The Pleasure Unit, London

The Fly, London