As it's Valentine's Day we're showing how much we love our top Subscriber Plus tier supporters by giving them bonus music – here, former Simian members Jas Shaw and Simon Lord discuss how they combined vocals, long form production and the inspiration of Slavoj Žižek on their twinkling epic

“There was a certain point where, and I know that it's totally ludicrous to say this about a 20-minute-long song, I was like, ‘This isn't self-indulgent,’” smiles Jas Shaw. “Which it obviously is. And yet, I was absolutely certain that it had to be this long.” We’re discussing Because We Know What Needs To Be Done, the contemplative and sweeping composition released for tQ subscribers today, which sees Shaw reunite with former bandmate Simon Lord....

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