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Even the title 'Six' is a reference to AA Milne's classic book 'Now We Are Six', he says.

Stove explains: "Our guitarist Dominic Chad is a Taoist, a kind of Buddhism, and he got into it through reading Winnie the Pooh stories.

"The books contain a lot of Taoist philosophy and hidden meanings. One of the songs on the album, 'Shotgun' is all about Taoism."

Hmmm...! Stove adds that the other reason the album is called 'Six' is because the band are big fans of 'The Prisoner' TV series.

"Musically this record is a lot more raw than our debut ...

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