From the Magazine Service Station of the Month: The Magic Gang
The band pay long-overdue respect to an unsung and hidden gem of the M23, Pease Pottage.
Bands love service stations more than music itself. Snacks, bogs, time to think - it’s all there. These are miraculous places where festival headliners mingle with lorry drivers. It’s due time we paid respect to the very best.
Pease Pottage, M23, England
“The collective ‘go to’ would have to be Pease Pottage. Gus [Taylor, bass] was making noises about Cobham being really good because it has a ‘Fone Bitz’ and loads of Dyson Airblades, but where’s the charm in ‘Fone Bitz’ and efficient hand dryers? As one of the UK’s emerging unsigned talents we look forward to and fondly remember each and every visit to Pease Pottage, M23, particularly those early hour visits where the whole complex seems to take on a certain tranquility that can’t be rivalled by other services. At this time you’ll arrive finding everything closed but for a dimly lit Costa captained by one nonplussed individual and watch the people you hold closest to you pay the best part of a fiver for a sandwich.”
Favourite snack: Sausage, bean and cheese melt.
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