Oh, now I'm feeling very very old. Before CMU was conceived its founders produced a college radio convention in Edinburgh, which included on the bill a then newly signed Stereophonics, who were still putting the finishing touches to their debut album 'Word Gets Around'. And presumably this bit of news means that all happened just under ten years ago. Hence the feeling old. Yep, Stereophonics will be celebrating the tenth anniversary of their first album release later this year, and to celebrate they are re-releasing it as a special anniversary double CD set thingy, which will include the original album plus a bonus disc of b-sides and a 'punk' version of the track 'She Takes Her Clothes Off', the original of which was on second album 'Performance and Cocktails'.
Meanwhile, the band are also working on a new album, on which that Kelly Jones fella has posted the following modest words: "In a nutshell - people love this new record. The word is - it's probably our best yet, and I have to admit I fuckin agree ha ha - it's having it!! I will wipe the floor with all these two song albums that are kicking about at the moment, all these bands that are more like imitation bands more concered for a big careers than a big heart and soul...don't get me started".