Brightr (Laurie) on the how the split came together:

We’ve been talking about doing a split for a while, then lockdown
came and it seemed ideal for a bit of DIY creativity. It’s all
come together pretty quickly which has been brilliant. In my view
H_ngm_n are one of the most essential UK bands around at the moment,
when they’re full strength (with James battering the skins) it’s
incredible. However, solo, the songs take on an awesome different
force altogether and having seen Chris do it on so many nights
I’ve felt for a while it needed to be recorded and out there for
all to hear.

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(Chris from) H_ngm_n on covering one of each other’s songs:

I’ve been trying to learn a bunch of Brightr songs throughout the
last few months (no chance I could learn the guitar parts!) but
yeah, touring together loads, I know the songs really well and so it
just made sense. It’s really strange hearing someone else cover
your song, but when Laurie sent over his version of
“Matchsticks” it was really humbling, and just kinda makes you
grateful for the good friends that can come out of playing music
together. Well excited for people to hear both covers!

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