The third single to be taken from 'Racecar is Racecar Backwards', Moving To Blackwater was released in August 2004. It was also the first single that Reuben had ever released in the wake of an album. Opinion was divided as to whether or not it was the right choice to follow Freddy Kreuger, some saying that the band should have released a more immediate single, and some arguing that it was a strong song that ably demonstrated another side of the band's diversity. It received only a few plays on radio, and even fewer showings on TV. In spite of this, it still managed to reach number 59 in the UK singles chart, only six places down from its predecessor. It was released on CD and 7" vinyl format, with a special alternative b-side on the vinyl copies.

The tracks:

Moving To Blackwater The newest song on Racecar is Racecar Backwards, written just before the band demoed the album, it was the first of Reuben's singles to feature a live string section. It's also the only other song on the album to benefit from Neil Lancaster's seven-string guitar playing.

Ways Of Staying Pure Another incredibly old track, a live favourite from old Angel days that has since been more or less forgotten. This was recorded in the same session at Reading College that yielded Glitterskin, which featured on the previous single.

Miffy in Auschwitz (live at the BBC) An old favourite, this song had previously appeared with Doll Fin, Stux and Glitterskin on the Peoplesound promo, and this particular version was taken from the band's first Radio One session in 2002.

Enemy The alternative b-side available only on the vinyl copies of the single, this is THE classic Angel track, the band's first real 'best known song' - kind of like Angel's 'Scared Of the Police', if you will. It appeared along with Death Of A Star and Glitterskin on the band's first demo, 'Betrayed'.

The facts:

Blackwater is a tiny, horrible place between Camberley and Yateley.

After listening to the song, many people mistakenly believe that singer Jamie Lenman actually lives in Blackwater, and it did look likely during preparation for the album, but in fact his parents decided to move to Ash Vale, an even smaller, more horrible place.

This single is the first to feature different b-sides on CD and vinyl versions.

All the vinyl copies were hand-numbered from 1-2500.

The video for the single was filmed in Brighton with director Dan Fernbach. It was the first video for many things - the first to feature actors the band hadn't known previously; the first to be shot away from home on a specific location; the first to feature no band performance, and the first time the band had their own make-up lady!

After the video was released, the band went on a short summer tour of seaside towns to coincide with the Brighton location. They even made sticks of rock with 'Reuben' written through them to sell on the merchandise stall, but funnily enough it didn't sell tremendously well in seaside towns.

Ways Of Staying Pure was written in one rehearsal, when the band's old manager complained that they hadn't written any new material for some time.

Miffy in Auschwitz is the first track taken from a BBC session to appear on a Reuben single.

Enemy was the band's first track to be used on a compilation - Afterdarc's 'Packet Of Ten', a collection of tracks from Farnborough based bands. Also featured were local heroes TFL, Winner, and lots of other terrible bands.

The track famously went top 5 on the Tumbledown Dick jukebox, although this was probably entirely due to Andy Gilmore from Hundred Reasons playing it every night.

The artwork for the single was put together for production by Frank Turner from fellow Xtra Mile band Million Dead.

Enemy was recorded at jacob's studios in farnham, which was the first time the band had recorded there since they did the original version of Let's Stop hanging Out with Paul Tipler.