Friendly Flight

Friendly Flight were a Dranish-Luthorian indie supergroup composed of members from the bands Kathleen's Fishing and Konks. For the entirety of their existence, the line-up remained unchanged consisting of Lucas Phillips (vocals/guitar), Rhys Moyle (vocals/guitar), Harley Mullen (lead guitar/keyboards), Cai Pritchards (bass guitar) and Garth Evanson (drums).

History
Following the departure of drummer Donald Shannon due to a heart condition in 4240, Konks postponed production of their fifth album. Shortly afterwards, bass guitar player Alexis Parker departed the band- citing a loss of personal desire to create music.

Around the same time, Dranish rock band Kathleen's Fishing announced that they would be recording music again following a two year hiatus in which the individual members had pursued their own solo projects. However, lead guitarist Baddon 'Billy Bob' Gwilliams subsequently stated he would not be rejoining the band, throwing the plan into disarray.

Lucas Phillips, lead singer of Konks, was friends with Kathleen's Fishing drummer Garth Evanson and it is believed the two first spoke of collaborating on a flight from Dranland- the inspiration behind the band's name. Initially, Harley Mullen, Konks' guitarist was said to be reserved about the idea. Sources quote him as describing it as 'the kind of thing sixty-year-old sellouts do' but reassurances from the members of Kathleen's Fishing that the group would be recording new music together convinced him to join the project.

Friendly Flights performed together for the first time at the Lake Trusehl festival in Rildanor in June 4243. Within a week of the festival's conclusion, the band announced the title of their first album together would be Not Quite How I'd Imagined But Close Enough.