Plakka have carelessly lost their lead singer tonight, whilst Severine Deveraux have gained a drummer. There is no connection between the two events. Apparently Bobby, Plakka's lead singer is on a train to Bristol; whilst I wouldn't say that he wasn't missed,the remaining members coped with the situation and put on a (largely instrumental) enjoyable performance.

In case you don't follow these pages intently, let me summarise the relationship between Severine Deveraux and Plakka: Severine used to be the drummer in Plakka, whilst Joe the bass player has been known to stand in on bass for Plakka - noteably when they supported the Bluetones in Sheffield while Jimmy and I were stuck on the M1 for 5 hours).

Severine resigned as she found drumming unfulfilling, and formed her own surf band with Joe. Now, around a year on, they have a set of songs and an ep out. Their new drummer seems an exciting addition; athough he has only had time to learn a couple of song so far, those are very good (particularly Monsters).