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soon thereafter, envisioning the group as a duo. However, Verbist's longtime friend
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Verbist had a long history of creating songs he deemed "silly" or "for laughs", until writing the song "Fuzz Lightyear" in September 2015, convincing him he could form a band grounded in a fun yet heavy sound. He created an ad for a drummer and recruited Egon Loosveldt
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was released on June 8, 2018. There was a release party at the Kavka in
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