ActionAid UK is holding the first ever Emergencies Week from the 18th to the 24th of February. If you put on a fundraising gig, or even if you donate £5, all contributions will be automatically doubled, so we can save twice as many lives! Find out more about how to get involved here..

Hey everybody, Murph has designed a guitar! With the people at Farida Guitars he's created a monster, and it's loud, blue and sparkly! They're also limited edition so there will only ever be 25 of them in the world! Check it out here.. http://www​.dawsons.c​o.uk/blog/​farida-wom​bats-murph​-signature​-now-in-st​ock​;

We are happy to announce we will be playing Coachella in April!

We performed a couple of exclusive tracks for Yahoo! Music at their offices in LA last year, check them out here..

It is compulsory to grow a beard whilst working on Album No 3 isn't it. Hope you are all well XXX the bats

Back in the studio writing...

'TECHNO FAN' LYRICS:

East London's not a bombsite
It is a treasure chest
We use our penguin costumes
More than our evening dress

She said I should come over
Though the music's not my type
Don't you know I'd chop a limb off
Just to have a good time.

Shut up and move with me, move with me
Or get out of my face
I didn't queue for an hour to leave straight away
Shut up and stay with me, stay with me
Or let go of my hand
The lasers fill our minds with empty plans
I never knew I was a techno fan

This is not a weird weekend
It's an angry wormhole
I'm talking like a city boy
And drinking with a Northern soul

She said I should come over
Though there's carnage at times
It still seems I'd chop a limb off
Before I put up a fight

Shut up and move with me, move with me
Or get out of my face
I didn't queue for an hour to leave straight away
Shut up and stay with me, stay with me
Or let go of my hand
The lasers fill our minds with empty plans,
I never knew I was a techno…

We are the 1980's
We are the Detroit lights
And I never want to see this stop
I'm in debt to you
But don't feed me plant food

Just shut up and move with me, move with me
Or get out of my face
I didn't spend 20 sheets to not cut a shape
Shut up and stay with me, stay with me
Or let go of my hand
The lasers fill our minds with empty plans
I never knew I was a techno fan

I never knew I was a techno fan...

Happy New Year!!

'ANTI-D' LYRICS:

Please allow me to be your anti-depressant
I too am prescribed as freely as any decongestant

We kick back and let the pills do the talking
People hear a distinct rattle when we're walking
Then there's the extra two stone that's our only guarantee

Our vivid dreams are just like big production movies
That get entangled well within our daily routines
So please re-think or use my trademark strategy

And please allow me to be your anti-depressant
I too am prescribed as freely as any decongestant

Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah

It's hard to smile when you're as flattened as a pancake
The only tears come from our heads when we concentrate
Perhaps I'm being unjust or perhaps you agree

Still I've thrown away my citalopram
I needed more than what was in those 40 milligrams
So cast away with the doctor's plans

And please allow me to be your anti-depressant
I too am prescribed as freely as any decongestant

Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah

Still I've thrown away my citalopram
Although I felt as grim as the reaper man
So cast away with the doctor's plans
Like me

Happy Xmas!!

Check out our best and worst holiday memories in this PureVolume compilation!

'IS THIS CHRISTMAS?' LYRICS:

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
not a creature was stirring except for.. a Wombat?!

Can you hear the sleigh bells coming around the bend
Here comes our darkest end Christmas is here

It’s about not extending to the overdraft
To scrape out what is left at the end of the year

It's Christmas!

Turn 'Back To The Future' off I’ve seen it before
Maybe every year and more it’s great but not again

'Oh what’s that burning? What’s that burning?' my mum shrieks down
As she’s touching up her brow for when the family arrive

And the red wine plummets down and we should all be in our beds
But it’s right wing versus left until the wings fall off our heads

And is this Christmas?
Is this Christmas?
Is this Christmas, my dear?

Is this Christmas?
Is this Christmas?
Whatever happened to our festive cheer?

I can hear the sleigh bells coming around the bend
Here comes the darkest end Christmas is here

And the ice burns up the hill until we all lose our feet
Though it never really snows it’s more like horizontal sleet

And is this Christmas?
Is this Christmas?
Is this Christmas, my dear?

Is this Christmas? (Oh no it’s Christmas)
Is this Christmas? (Oh no it’s Christmas)
Whatever happened (Oh no it’s Christmas) to that festive cheer?

Don’t you just love Christmas (Oh no it’s Christmas)
Everybody loves Christmas (Oh no it’s Christmas)
Everybody loves, everybody loves
Everyone it’s Christmas!

Looks like Christmas came early, Christmas came early for me..

Looking forward to playing festivals next summer!

'1996' LYRICS:

I had no cares in the 1990’s
I knew of no downfalls
Though war was breaking out all around me
My concerns were with prank calls

She kissed me on the cheek, she kissed me on the cheek
Right in front of the older kids
When our self belief, when our self belief
Wasn’t scared by the modern itch

Cos now it feels like...

We kiss with one eye on our T.V set
And the more I give the less I get
Needing fairground rides just to spark a smile
There’s little here to miss…

Bring back 1996
Bring back 1996
So hard to beat those teenage kicks
Bring back 1996

We were cloning sheep in the 1990’s
We were building telescopes
And sugar filled the whole of my body
As I urged it on to grow

I kissed her on the cheek, I kissed her on the cheek
Just to impress the older kids
When my self belief, when my self belief
Wasn’t lost in the modern glitch

Cos now it feels like...

We kiss with one eye on our TV set
And the more I give the less I get
Needing fairground rides just to spark a smile
There’s little here to miss…

Bring back 1996
Bring back 1996

Stop talking, stop talking
I need a lover not a friend tonight
I’m leaving, I’m leaving
I’m not cut out for the modern life

I’ll never beat those teenage kicks
I’ll never beat those teenage kicks

Let the love tear us apart, I've found the cure for a broken heart..

We're missing touring already but cracking on with writing album number 3!

'TOKYO (VAMPIRES & WOLVES)' LYRICS:

We're self imploding
Under the weight of your advice
I wear a suitcase
Under each one of my eyes
Finally! I know now what it takes
It takes money and aeroplanes

If you love me let me go
Back to that bar in Tokyo
Where the demons from my past leave me in peace
(ah ah ah ah)
I'll be animated every night
The grass'll be greener on the other side
And the vampires and wolves won't sink their teeth
(ah ah ah ah)
I’m sick of dancing with the beast

Ast​rophysics!​
You'll​ never be my closest friend
I find no comfort
In what my mind can't comprehend
Finally! I work out what it takes
It takes money and aeroplanes

If you love me let me go
Back to that bar in Tokyo
Where the demons from my past leave me in peace
(ah ah ah ah)
I'll be animated every night
The grass'll be greener on the other side
And the vampires and wolves won't sink their teeth
(ah ah ah ah)
I’m sick of dancing with the beast

No matter how much it needs me
Go and follow someone else's lead

If you love me let me go
Back to that bar in Tokyo
Where the demons from my past leave me in peace
(ah ah ah ah)
I'll be animated every night
The grass'll be greener on the other side
And the vampires and wolves won't sink their teeth
(ah ah ah ah)
I’m sick of dancing with the beast

Looking forward to seeing all our Norwegian fans at Slottsfjell next year!