Phil still has plenty of time for new music. "Well, I like going on last.fm and seeing what other people's recommendations are, that's good fun. I've been listening to the new Portishead album, which is very good. The new Four Tet EP, that's great..."

Phil: Yeah. Well bands that I've enjoyed last year... I saw Portishead at Brixton recently, I thought that was amazing.

Colin: "I was, but there were too many bands on that I wanted to go and see, so I bunked off. I bunked off, I went and saw like Portishead....heard like seven new Portishead songs from their new record, what is it, Third?

Marc: "Yeah, is it called Three?

Colin: "Is it called Three or Third?

Marc: "Something like that, yeah

Colin: "But I mean...they're brilliant and I mean it's like, it just like.... it takes you loads of different places, and it's just...I think people are going to be blown away, I think they're going to be like live band...if their music's as good on record as it is live, it's going to be for me record of the year so far. Amazing

Colin: "What we've always done is aim ourselves at this trajectory towards other people's music that we've fallen in love with," he nods. "It's like a lover's flattery, we try to emulate these people and always fall short. We aim for the stars – and we hit just north of Oxford, ha ha! Like on 'Exit Music' we tried to do a Portishead thing at the end, but it's all really stilted and leaden and mechanical – and it's brilliant! Perfect for that bit of the song."