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Better Half announce debut single

Better Half, the new project from Belle Haven's Christopher Vernon and Set The Score's Matt Van Dupen have announced their debut single comes out this week.

Better Half, the new project from Belle Haven's Christopher Vernon and Set The Score's Matt Van Dupen have announced their debut single comes out this week.

The band features Vernon (pictured left) on vocals, and Dupen (pictured right) on guitar. The song in question, 'Reasons To Leave',  will be dropping this Wednesday (the 13th of May) through Dreambound. So make sure you keep an eye out for that one.

Both bands have had new releases this year, with Belle Haven dropping their long-awaited debut album, 'Everything Ablaze', and Set The Score releasing their new EP, 'Render Me Useless' at the start of this year too. The main connection between the two is that Vernon recorded, produced and mixed the new Set The Score EP.

Furthermore, Set The Score are supporting Real Friends at The Evelyn Hotel in Melbourne on June 20th, and Belle Haven are playing a headline show at The Reverence in Footscray, Melbourne, on

Photo credit: Daniel Marinakis

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