Happy New Year. First up, watch this:

So, mark your cards, 2010 begins and as your odds on favourites (the BBC’s Sounds of 2010) gallop down the first furlong, the unfancied outsider is making a steady start on the right side. Ignore the form, this horse is no novice and whilst everyone gets excited on the leaders keep your eyes peeled to the middle back of the pack. Tomorrow I start to record in my little room, the demos are done, the tracks are ready, all I need to do is record them all by 21 January when, after the Sandi Thom gig, I will record the drums and the piano and then mix it. Oh yeahh.

So, have good years everyone and see you in the paddock in December. I will be the one with the sandy coloured fur (do horses have fur? is it fur?) with a big rosette on my head with “1″ written on it.

Alex