(ON WHICH SIDE MY BREAD IS BEST BUTTERED) WE ARE DRIVING HOME. MY ARM IS POPPING OUT OF PLACE. ACUTE SHOULDER PAIN. THE BAG I AM CARRYING IS THE SAME WEIGHT AS I AM. NINE STONE NOW, THEN, PERHAPS EIGHT. THE KEYS ARE IN MY HAND. ONE KEY IS APPROXIMATELY TWO MILLIMETERS LONGER THAN THE OTHER. THAT IS HOW I KNOW WHICH ONE TO USE (ON WHICH SIDE MY BREAD IS BEST BUTTERED). SHE SCREAMS AT ME WHICH SETS MY THOUGHTS IN MOTION. (THIS SIDE). SHE STOPS THE CAR. THE BELT COMES AWAY LIKE IT WAS NEVER FASTENED. BUT ONCE I AM OUT THE DOOR AND STANDING SHE IS THERE TOO. I AM IMPRESSED BY HER SPEED. I WONDER IF I WILL MAKE IT IN TIME AND WHERE I WILL BE WHEN I STOP. AFTER A STRUGGLE THE DOOR MAKES IMPACT WITH MY CHEEK. I AM SHOCKED BUT I COMPLY AND WE CONTINUE WITH THE JOURNEY. I HAVE GOTTEN OFF TOO EARLY, NOW I HAVE TO CARRY THE BAG SOME WAY. I PUT IT DOWN IN THE EMPTY ROOM. IT'S FULL OF DIRTY CLOTHES. I MAKE MY EXCUSES AND LEAVE. MY CHEEK STINGS BUT I AM GRATEFUL MY TRAM TICKET HASN'T EXPIRED.

(MUSIC BY MEHDI, WORDS BY CLAIRE | ALEX: GUITAR, PERCUSSION, SAMPLING, VOCALS | FLO: DRUMS | MEHDI: BASS, GUITAR, SAMPLING)

(On Which Side My Bread Is Best Buttered)

Breaklose was created in Paris, France in 2002 after Alex (vocals, guitar, keyboards, programming, piano) & Mehdi (guitar, bass, keyboards, piano, programming, melodica, backing vocals) met. They spent the first few months writing songs together, then started recording their first album in May 2003. It took them two years and a half before they could release "Always Late Enough" on Strangelight Records in January 2006. Meanwhile they played a few gigs in France & Belgium, supporting bands such as Anathema, Antimatter or Brant Bjork & The Bros. They then spent a couple more years searching for the right line-up, playing with Hubert (Odonate, ex-Rouge), Franck (Interria, ex-The Old Dead Tree), Duncan (Alternative 4, Íon, ex-Anathema, ex-Antimatter), Arnaud (Drifting Breed) until they were joined by Flo (Ghost Orchid - drums) in November 2007. After rehearsing for some time, they released a free Internet EP. "Light Pollution" came out in April 2008. After Mehdi relocated to Berlin, Germany in July 2008, Breaklose has come to a hiatus, but never disbanded. Until new material is recorded, all members are still musically active: Alex plays in Parlor Snakes, Mehdi in Town’s Syndrome and VÆV, and Flo in Copenhague.