Jonny Collins has fronted Modesty Blaise for a good long while and the fact that their pace of work is oft described as "glacial" is entirely his own fault. In the meantime he has amused himself with various side projects; decorating the kitchen, fathering far too many children, doing the shopping, climbing K2, that sort of thing.

However, spurred into action by a stint at The Priory and the remembrance of how damn easy it is, there is a newly recorded single in the offing. A double A-Side in the traditional manner, comprising a cover of Woog Riots' Commercial Suicide and an original, Heavy Metal Friend, it will be released on good old fashioned 7" vinyl. Soon. Maybe even February 4 2012. Very soon in fact. A cover is ready (have a look on the Recordings page), the labels have been designed, the national press ads in the evil tabloids have been booked and Max Clifford is dealing with all enquiries about “my drug hell” stories for the Sunday papers. What could possibly go wrong?