- Hi what's up, I'm in California right now.
Which is why I'm outside, cause it's such nice weather.
Just kidding, I actually hate it a lot.
I don't like it at all.
I haven't posted a video in a little while.
So, I thought I'd just talk about some things.
A lot has been happening which is why I've been
away for a little bit.
I've been playing lots of shows.
I played, uh, I played three on the east coast.
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, and Boston.
Those went really great.
I had a great time.
Everyone was so nice and welcoming.
There'll be a video coming up fairly soon hopefully.
Depending on when I get to edit it
About my whole trip with my friends.
Simmy, Tom, Tom and Mia.
We all have a great old time and I miss them a lot.
I'm sorry if I like miscommunicated
over the, whatever, but they're not coming
to these L.A. shows that are coming up soon.
They were just with me for the East Coast shows.
While I was in Philadelphia, I got my first tattoo.
Which I didn't, haven't shown in video yet.
And I didn't actually show in that video about my trip.
So I'll talk about it now.
It's an arm band, and it says button in morse code.
Because that's my nickname that my mum would call me
when I was a baby cause I had a big button nose.
So yeah, I've always wanted an arm band.
So yeah, I went with this, and I love it so much.
I'm so happy with it.
It didn't hurt hardly as much as I thought it would.
My dad is the only person in my family
who's gotten a tattoo before.
He got it in the worst place that you get a tattoo
if you want it to be painless,
on the back of his ankle.
So he had some bad reviews about it.
But it was fine right here.
But it hurt worst on the back,
because the bone is right there.
But it was pretty, it was fine.
And then like a few weeks later,
I got my second tattoo.
This guy.
He's a little lemon on an ace card.
And he says get along.
Basically I just wanted something
to commemorate the lemon boy album
cause it literally changed my life.
So that's there, that's on my skin.
I got that done by a lovely artist.
A very talented artist called Rain.
Her Instagram is here, you should check her out.
She does some weebee drawings.
Um, I love them so much.
She's so talented, I'm definitely going to get
some more pieces done by her in the future.
If you live in Birmingham, or if you wanted
to travel to Birmingham, I highly recommend her.
If you're looking to get some kind of line art done.
Especially if you wanted something anime related.
I do have other tattoos,
but they're like stick and poke,
so I don't like, classify them as proper tattoos.
I guess they are, they're just a different style.
A different method of doing it.
I did them myself.
There's this one on my finger,
which is a little fish bone skeleton.
I, it doesn't mean anything,
I just thought it looked cool.
And I really like it a lot.
I have one on my ankle, which is a triangle.
Which was the second one I ever did.
I did it the same day as my first one.
But it looks a lot better than my first one
because I guess I just had a bit of practice.
And the first one that I ever did was this little sun
on my knee, and it's pretty bad.
I'll probably get it covered up
or do it over again at some point.
Yeah I, I'm kind of a bit hooked now.
I've been looking at lots of like,
cool artists on Instagram,
and getting inspired for what I'd like to get next.
I found this really sick tattoo artist who's in New York
I think, and they do these really cool like,
line art, fine detailed line art, which I really love.
Kind of nature themed pieces.
And I'd love to get something done by them.
So I'm waiting equally for when their booking open again,
and I'll probably just book and then if I happen to be
in New York then I'll go and do it.
Otherwise I'll just cancel.
But, cause I, I uh, I really wanna
see if I can get something done by them.
I, I never want to get like a full sleeve
that will connect into each other.
I like the look of having like,
different pieces of art that are very separate.
But they're all like in a cluster,
does that make sense?
I'm thinking of just getting most of the art on this arm
and then just leaving button by itself on this arm.
Just to keep it nice and special.
Yeah, I don't wanna get too clustered up.
But I'm excited to get them all.
Since I last filmed I also went on a tour
with Hobo Johnson for uh, five shows.
I think it was.
It was a lot of fun.
With support it's always kinda harder to tell
how it's going to be.
You never know if the audience is gonna like you.
Or if they're even gonna show up early enough to see you.
But it seemed that the whole,
it was like full, the whole venue was full
with every single one.
And everyone was so kind to me.
At most of them there was a good group
of people at the front who seemed to know
who I was and they were like singing along.
And that was really comforting
and it made me feel at home.
I hung out and met people afterwards
and there was a good portion of people who were like,
hey I never heard of your music
until today and I loved it a lot
and I'm definitely gonna check you out.
Which is good that's what you want.
When you do support.
So thank you to everyone who saw me
and came and watched
and if you're watching this and you're one of the new
people who found me through those shows, welcome.
I hope you stick around for a while.
And I hope you like my music more, in the, yes.
And if not, then I respect your decision, it's fine.
Also Frank and his band were all so sweet.
They're such sweethearts.
And I hadn't actually heard their music
until I got the support slot I guess.
It's the kinda thing that I think
most people are kind of like, mm interesting.
It's a new sound, but it definitely grew on me.
They're so talented, I personally,
I love their music like recorded.
I personally think it's way better live.
Like their energy and all the lighting and everything
that they, that they incorporate into their performance.
It just makes it so much more exciting
than just listening to their recorded track.
So I definitely recommend going to a show
if they ever come to a town near you.
Frank was really kind to me.
He made me feel very welcome.
So big love to him.
And his cool band, they're all so cool.
I just did a San Francisco show.
And that was really cool, I love that venue.
Uh, Field Medic opened for me and he's really cool
and nice too.
After the show there were these stray kittens
in like the patio area on the, around the back.
And they were eating a little meal and that was nice.
I liked that.
I also got a switch, I got a Nintendo switch.
I've been a bit addicted to Legend of Zelda.
So I've been doing a lot of that.
While I've been out here.
Right now I'm at my grandparent's house.
Just chilling out before I head off to L.A. on Thursday
to do some shows there.
I'm really excited for those.
If you can see on my Twitter
we've got some limited edition posters
that were designed by a really cool artist Jarett.
I'm in love with his work.
I love his style.
I think it works really, it's just like,
I think it works really great for what I do.
So I'll be working with him a lot more in the future.
But yeah, make sure you head over to the merch table
and pick on oof those up.
They'll be signed.
There's about 225 of them
that we'll be selling there.
Uh, so, we, make sure you grab one.
Yeah I dunno what else to talk about.
I'm really hungry I haven't eaten much today.
Hold on I'll get a snack.
I love these things dude.
Skinny cows, my favorite is actually
the cookies and cream one but we only
have snicker doodle left.
But I will do, that will do very well.
That will do very nicely.
I'll eat that.
Mmmmm!
Oh also I got some new sunglasses look.
They're my first pair of prescription sunglasses.
Which is so, feels so cool cause in the summer
it's been either see, or protect your eyes,
but you can't see, you know.
But now I can protect my eyes and see.
And I can finally look directly
into the sun whenever I want.
They're pretty big.
They had a big selection but they all kinda looked the same.
And I didn't like them very much,
but this is the only one, ones,
that I was like yeah baby.
We had a bit of a stress with them
cause when we went in I got an eye test,
and they said they'd be ready the same day,
but then they didn't call us.
So then the next day we called
and they're like, oh they'll be September third.
And we said, mmm no, I don't think so.
And then so we went in and got them today.
They hurt my head a little bit
because they're a slightly new prescription.
But I'll get used to it I'm sure.
But I do like being able to see
in this sunny weather.
I'm gonna go to L.A. and I'm gonna look like
an absolute rock star.
Um, I'll show you some music that I've been
listening to how about that?
It's mostly the same as before.
A lot oof Alex G.
Sidney Gish, I love Sidney Gish.
I covered her on my last video.
She rights really great tunes,
I love them so much, I love her voice.
I've actually only listened to the No Dogs Allowed album.
So I def, I probably after this actually,
I'll, I'll have been reminded.
I'll go and buy some more albums.
But yeah I'd definitely check out Sidney Gish.
One of my favorite songs in the No Dogs Allowed album
are Where the Sidewalk Ends,
Persephone, and Imposter Syndrome.
But they're all really good bops.
I recommend all of them.
Rabbit Hearted by Chloe Moriondo.
I did a cover with Chloe a little while ago,
the American Pleasure Club song,
and she just released her first E.P.
And I'm really proud of her,
and it's really nice and cool.
Her voice is a lot like Conan's,
her style is a lot, is very Conan Gray.
So if you're into Conan, definitely recommend
checking her out and her new E.P.
Even if you're not into Conan, definitely recommend it.
Uh if you feel like taking a nap or something
it's very sleepy music, and it's comforting.
And I like it a lot.
My favorite right now I think is Exhausted.
That's kind of it, I always get into the look of just,
I find one artist and then I just listen to them
over and over and over and over for like six months.
I wanna start branching out and find some new music.
So if you recommend, I need some recommendations.
Thank you.
I'll take my sunglasses off now.
Cause I feel like I don't look like a person.
The eyes are the windows to the soul.
Aw yes, there I am.
I'm right here by the pool check it out.
Look isn't it pretty?
I don't really swim because I,
I'm self conscious about my body.
Maybe sometime in the future I will do it.
But not now.
But I do like to dip my little toesies in it.
It's pretty nice.
When I was little I also always used to be
afraid of the pool cleaner.
Like the little robot guy that goes along the bottom.
I used to think it would swallow me up.
Uh fig, I miss fig.
That's another topic.
I haven't seen him, oh, this angle's really bad.
He's currently staying with his grandma
on a nice farm house.
So he gets to watch the rabbits outside,
and he's having a great time.
Here are some pictures of him
that we've been sent.
Uh I miss him so much I really
wanna give him a big kiss on the lips.
I won't see him until September 6th,
which is when I'm back in Cambridge.
But he's doing good he's healthy, he's happy.
I didn't realize that it was a thing
where, you know, like birds, they'll like,
shed their fluffy baby feathers and then
they'll grow their proper adult feathers.
That's what's Fig's doing apparently right now.
He's shedding his baby tufts,
and growing thicker curlier adult hair.
I didn't know that was a thing with cats.
Maybe it's just with devon rex's
but I'm missing out on that.
So I guess when we get home he'll have a big fluffy coat.
His fur won't grow very long, it's very short
but it's very curly.
He's 11 months old now.
His birthday is on the 18th of September.
I'm so excited.
I don't know what I'm gonna do
I'm really excited to throw him a birthday party.
Maybe I can try and make him wear a little party hat.
I'm sure we can make him a cat friendly cake or something.
But his belly's pretty sensitive.
If he eats anything slightly different
from his usual diet he'll throw up on the ground.
So maybe I'll just like shape his normal food
into a cake shape or something.
Uh and then put a candle in it.
But I'm gonna get him so many gifts.
He's gonna be so spoiled.
I'm so excited.
Yeah make sure you draw him some cool pictures
or something to celebrate his first birthday
coming up on the 18th of September 2018.
I'll see in the next video.
I don't know when it will be.
Uh, sorry about the inconsistency of videos again.
Probably when I get home I'll get into a routine again.
Before I whiz off for another tour.
This year is a lot.
This year is really crazy.
Everything is going really well for me.
And uh, I'm really glad, happy with
where I am right now so that's the update.
I'm feeling good.
Hope you're feeling good too.
I'll see you another time.
Thank you for watching.
If you're coming to the L.A. shows I'll see you there.
Yes, goodbye.
Thank you, thanks, goodbye.
(gentle music)