The EP was released in April 2006 in North America through Deep Elm Records as an extended mini-album. During 2003, when Charlie Simpson was still an active member of successful pop trio Busted, he met fellow songwriter-guitarist Alex Westaway and drummer Omar Abidi at a party. He was by this stage becoming increasingly frustrated by the music he was performing in Busted and stated he had ``all of this creativity pent up inside and I just needed to vent it somewhere, and I was writing a lot of songs but I couldn't play them, because I didn't have anyone to play them with''.
The EP was released in April 2006 in North America through Deep Elm Records as an extended mini-album.
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During 2003, when Charlie Simpson was still an active member of successful pop trio Busted, he met fellow songwriter-guitarist Alex Westaway and drummer Omar Abidi at a party.
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He was by this stage becoming increasingly frustrated by the music he was performing in Busted and stated he had ``all of this creativity pent up inside and I just needed to vent it somewhere, and I was writing a lot of songs but I couldn't play them, because I didn't have anyone to play them with''.
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stage
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increasingly
increasingly
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performing
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pent
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