# Chapter 258. The well oiled machine

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Podcast: [The Corona Diaries](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-corona-diaries-744184)
Published: 2026-04-20T06:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://the-corona-diaries.captivate.fm/episode/chapter-258-the-well-oiled-machine
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You don't have to have been following TCD (...sorry Lucy) that intently to know that the beat combo is in the middle of writing and recording a new album. Now I have been around this world for a very long time, and I am here to tell you that I don't think it really matters who the artist or band is, there isn't a particular definition of normal for this process. That said, the Marillion way is probably still a good distance from anything you could class a norm. So what we have tried to do this week, is give you a bit of a flavour of what is currently going on in Marillion Towers as the machinery starts to creak into life. And to do that we needed some extra intelligence, and as a happy coincidence that is what we got. Love'n'dodgy salmon h

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