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I found out it was going to be an Adults record when I said to Warners, 'I've got all this music but it's so different, I don't know how I'm going to put it out' [...] and they went [..] 'You've got an existing collaborative name, The Adults. We'll help you out if you do that.'
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It sounded amazing, thrilling" says Toogood, "like some new MIA track I've never heard and given Islamic laws it felt kind off subversive. Then at the interval - my wife was off for a costume change - the band kept playing and I couldn't hide my enthusiasm. They were a bit suspicious at first but I was clapping along and they were 'OK cool, now try this one'. It's little more intricate, and on it went until they were 'hey, this honky can keep up with us. What the hell?' Then they stuck around after the wedding and I told them wanted to record with them. I'm not sure they believed me - then a year later I turned up.
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