Big news from The Inconsolable: he’s decided to change his name to “Robin Allender”. You couldn’t make it up. We’ve spent our Christmas busy with black markers, obliterating all mention of “The Inconsolable” from our records.

However, it’s not all tedious. Allender has also made available for download three new demo tracks. We like these a lot, and we think you will too.

• The Clever Clown
• The Bower
• John Shade

Allender has also joined the unwashed horde on MySpace, where he has posted yet more work in progress, and a report on his Romanian tour.