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Interview: "We like writing stuff that's hard for us to play, we just get really annoyed when it's boring!" Glasgow's Insider Trading on reforming after an hiatus, moving cities, future plans, new material, the writing process and petty theft

  It's early March and I'm on a train to Manchester Piccadilly, listening to old Hot Snakes albums and watching the world fly by. This is a journey I've done hundreds of times over the years and I can't help but recall those times I would go to gigs, clubs and bars with various friends. There's that time I went out dressed as a drag zombie after a Sunn 0))) gig around Halloween, and girls kept running away from me screaming. Then that time I had nowhere to sleep after an all nighter in Salford, so I ended up finding a bench and hoping for the best. Neither are recommended for a comfortable experience. I'm much older now and don't make such stupid choices  As I saunter into the station and start to head toward the Northern Quarter, I notice a very long line of young women looking excited, laughing and joking. Netflix are in town to promote the Harry Styles special being recorded that night at CO-OP live , and the ladies are here to write messages of love to H...

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