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Dan Gillespie Sells – vocals & guitar

Richard Jones – bass

Kevin Jeremiah – guitar

Ciaran Jeremiah – keyboards

Paul Stewart – drums

Three years ago The Feeling were right in the middle of what bassist Richard Jones describes as, “that mad wave of excitement” that greeted their arrival at the very heart of the British pop scene. Here was a band in love with Wings and ELO and Elton John and 10cc – after years of po-faced indie no-marks they were the most brilliant, bracing breath of fresh air. A band who cut their teeth playing joyous Abba, Buggles and Bangles covers in an Alpine ski resort, a band interested in “great big choruses with great big hooks” were, quite rightly, being heralded as one of our very best new bands. So, somewhere in the middle of an endless UK tour, they were doing a day of radio interviews.

“It was National Doodle Day,” laughs singer Dan Gillespie-Sells. “Someone asked us all to do a quick drawing…”

“And Dan and I both drew a spiral with these little men walking into the vortex,” interrupts Richard. “We had spent so much time together we had begun thinking the same things.”

The twin doodles had a lasting impact on the two. The idea of the journey becoming the destination resonated particularly strongly with the two people who drew them and the songs that make up the band’s third record, the wonderful Together We Were Made.

Recorded in Dan’s home (and the band’s studio) – a converted East London pub decorated in glorious, post-WW11, end-of-an-Empire style and rechristened The Dog House - this new record marks a special landmark for Dan and Richard. They have now been working together for half their lives. Richard laughs. “I’m a fan! Dan writes stuff and I just get it - his songs move me.”

The Feeling, it would appear, are right at the top of their game. Set My World On Fire has already been nominated as the official theme song for the BBC’s coverage of the Cricket World Cup (broadcast February 19th to April 3rd). Built around a shimmering calypso beat, it is both intimate and epic.