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Sadly enough, long-term friendships violently terminated and left a half-broken up band and an unfinished record. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWithin a couple of years down the road, there was a feeling of unfulfillment for Konstantinos Vavousis (bass) and Vagèlis Kyriakákis (guitar, lyrics) who were leading the project. With Konstantinos keeping actively participated in Athenian indie acts (such as My Wet Calvin, Zebra Tracks, Monika, Leon of Athens, etc.) and Vagèlis being local scene’s favourite indie DJ, timing was not on their side. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEntering 2015 reunion era. The duo put together new songs that were mixed and mastered, but still there was a feeling of incomplete (not to say unfulfilled) result. By that time, it was like the band was a “has been” and everyone felt like they were another local indie pop act of Greek My Space generation, whose traces were lost. Of course, time was not an issue for their debut. 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