Recorded just a day before we hopped the pond, this episode is a Central Valley special. We’re joined by Ben from Just Friends, along with Bart and Logan from Chain: the full 559 crew in effect.

We dive into what it’s like commuting for hours, not just for band practice, but also to pile into a van and disappear for a month on tour. We unpack the legendary, steaming green mystery that is Pea Soup Andersen’s. And then it gets real: from touring the U.S. and hotel habits, to van hierarchies and the weird little rituals that come with living in a 15-passenger box with your best friends and your collective body odor.

In segment 2 we attempt optimism very cautiously. We talk about what we’re excited to eat in the UK (spoiler: yes, it involves beans at breakfast), whether British hotel rooms will have more than one electrical outlet, and what kind of emotional collapse might happen at our acoustic set at Banquet Records.

Rounding it out w the most epic mailbag one could ever hope for, narrated live by DJ Chuck Salad in the flesh. We open up the bag and it’s bursting with greatness. These questions? Straight outta our beautiful Bay Area Party People Discord, and they brought the heat like a Stockton summer.

This is Part 2 of the UK Invasion Trilogy. If you missed Episode 1, go back and do your homework. Episode 3 is coming and it’s not wearing a seatbelt.