Neil plays in a group in Newcastle called Dust: Their most popular song is a preposterous affair he has written called “Can you hear the dawn break?”. They are heavily influenced by The Incredible String Band. “We were convinced we would become terribly famous. It was a very kind of stoned seventies but we used to think it was absolutely brilliant at the time”.
Introspective is released.
The Boys finish recording ‘Sail Away’ at Sarm West.
PSB are featured on U.K. radio’s The John Peel Show, including three previously unreleased songs. (Their performance had been recorded eight days prior.)
After working in the studio mixing a couple of Fundamental tracks, Chris and Neil attend a concert by Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto.
The Boys begin the North American leg of their Fundamental Tour with a concert in Montreal.
A pre-recorded interview with Neil is broadcast on BBC Radio 2’s Janice Long Show. For the show’s regular ‘Spoken Word’ feature, Neil reads an excerpt from the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens.
The Boys work all afternoon on the track ‘On Social Media.’