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Hi everyone,

I'm starting a competition here - the winner will receive a signed vinyl for the Plan 75 EP. Submissions close at 6pm on Tuesday 25th March. The winner will be announced soon after. Good luck!!!

To enter, fill out your answers in this form - https://forms.gle/S7KAcyKH3CGy3oxk8

Side note: can only ship the prize to the UK, sorry international folks. Also if you've already pre-ordered an EP and want a band tee shirt instead that's all good.

Can we get the answers please

Basil wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:51 pm Can we get the answers please

Hey! Yes, apologies for the delay. Here are the answers - I'm just adding up points then will announce the winner shortly.

1. What title was previously used for Wake Robin?
A. Death defying stunts
B. Setting free the bears - CORRECT (I think only 1 person got this right, so well done if it was you)
C. Come down Queen

2. What title was previously used for Escape from New York (unreleased)?
A. Zadie's Song
B. Rubber Cathedral - CORRECT
C. Charlie bites the dust

3. Which member of the band grew up in Chicago?
A. Joe (vocals/piano)
B. Erin (cello)
C. Izzy (bass)
D. Charlie (drums) - CORRECT

4. When did Joe and Neil play their first gig at the Windmill?
A. September 2021 - CORRECT
B. August 2022
C. December 2022
D. February 2023

5. Which of these films have Joe and Neil not seen together at BFI Southbank?
A. Parallel Mothers - CORRECT
B. The Man who fell to Earth
C. Nashville

6. Who is Erin's favourite hyperpop artist?
A. Underscores - CORRECT
B. SOPHIE
C. 100 gecs

7. Which country has the band not played in yet?
A. Netherlands
B. Ireland
C. Germany - CORRECT

8. Which of these songs was written first?
A. Wake Robin - CORRECT (as far as I remember, it was written around the same time as Skins... In any case we had an early version of wake robin that was played long before Skins was conceived)
B. Skins
C. The Strip

9. Where was the EP recorded?
A. Los Angeles
B. Eastbourne - CORRECT
C. Brighton

10. What voice type is Lingling?
A. Soprano - CORRECT
B. Mezzo
C. Alto

11. Who is Bill's guitar idol?
A. Frank Zappa
B. Jonny Greenwood - CORRECT
C. Prince

12. What is Neil's favourite TV show?
A. Succession
B. The Sopranos - CORRECT
C. Curb your enthusiasm

13. How did Izzy meet the band?
A. A meet-cute
B. Facebook group for bands looking for bass players
C. Friend of Erin - CORRECT

14. Who was the last member to join the band?
A. Lingling
B. Bill
C. Izzy - CORRECT (Bill played bass before Izzy joined)

15. Who is Izzy's favourite Pokémon?
A. Mewtwo - CORRECT
B. Charizard
C. Onyx

16. Who was Neil's most streamed artist on Spotify last year?
A. Fleet Foxes
B. PJ Harvey - CORRECT
C. Adrianne Lenker

17. What is Bill's favourite programming language?
A. C++ - CORRECT
B. Java
C. Python

18. Which band member enjoys knitting?
A. Charlie
B. Erin - CORRECT (Lingling also loves to knit)
C. Joe

19. True or false: Joe's great grandfather was chancellor of the exchequer?
Answe: FALSE

20. Which football team do Joe and Neil support?
A. Chelsea
B. Crystal palace
C. Arsenal - CORRECT

I can now announce that the winner is....

Maxwell Bailey with a staggering 15/20 points!!! Many congratulations to Max - I suppose I shouldn't be surprised he got so many questions right, since he's probably come to more of our gigs than anyone else (including friends and partners). The perseverance finally paid off.

Well done also to our runners-up:

2nd place - Michael Brown - 13/20
3rd place - Magnus Nygard Starzecki - 12/20

Thank you to everyone who entered, it was very fun and intriguing to see how much the general public know about us as people.