When we came off the tour for the last album, we started on this one. We've just been chipping away at it. We're not in that much of a hurry, because when we release a Blur album, that's a three year promotion and touring cycle.

Empire Square production finishes in about a month's time, so at the moment, right now, I'm just completely full on Empire Square. There's no time to do anything else. But there's a few things on the back burner, including another Blur album before too long.

But probably for the last ten years or so, I've been fitting in animation work into my other projects.

Yes, actually. Animation's a very easy thing to watch on tour.

We've been touring over two years now and tour about eight months out of the year. After we hit Brookings, we're going back to Texas to restock and rest for a little,

We completed and released 'No Code' in 1996. We began some off and on touring for that release.