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The road to ‘Alexandra St.’ was a long one. A four-year meandering journey of exploration and self-discovery. Immediately following the release of debut album, ‘Regalme’s Flame’ in 2011, what essentially started off as a solo project for Gary Friedman, Countersink, now with the permanent addition of multi-instrumentalist, Julian Schlesinger, started writing songs for the new record. “I met Jules around the time I'd finished the first album and not having sung or played on the album I thought I'd just do a soft release. Jules, however, convinced me to do a live performance. During rehearsals for the launch we'd just jam and mess around and in doing so, we started to form ideas for songs,” says Friedman. “After the first listen of ‘Regalme’s Flame,’ with the volume cranked to the max ensuring the neighbours heard every bit of the music,” Julian continues, “I saw the need to perform it live in full and suggested we gather a bunch of mates to play. From that day forward, I was