A songwriter from the North West of England, Samandtheplants has found his home on the Twisted Nerve label. His music takes a cut and paste aesthetic, piecing together short sketches and home-recorded ideas into long tracks. Samandtheplants mixes everything from folk, Kraut, tropicalia, experimentation and a strong DIY aesthetic.
Jack Hayter was part of Spongefinger who produced 2 albums between 96 and 99. Hayter was also a guitarist/multi instrumental bloke in Hefner with Darren Hayman, Ant and John Morrison, although he's not on the very first album. Practical Wireless is a solo effort produced by Darren Hayman with odd contributions from other Hefner members. He also crops up playing mostly pedal steel guitar on records by The Bittersprings,Dollboy, Silver Ginger 5, Tram.