ColinMoulding - bassman, second writer-in-command, handsomest man in Swindon - floats around the shadows, flicking magazines, sometimes looking up to listen, alert but composed.
While all the members of XTC of lived among Swindon's soot-scarred buildings at one time or another, bassist ColinMoulding now lives well outside the grimy borders of what was once the beating heart of the nation's railway industry.
When Moulding opens the door in casual athletic gear, he looks less like a semi-obscure musician than a footballer on holiday.
ColinMoulding: Prairie Prince, I expect the fans will know, he drummed on an album of ours and we were impressed with him, and just him as a person we were impressed with, so I thought we'd like to use him again.
ColinMoulding: Yes, there are plans to take our demos and digitally remaster them or master them and let the fans just see what we've been up to in the privacy of our own bedrooms.
ColinMoulding: It probably would be a different [kettle of] fish if you had to write music from a storyline.