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Lira Mondal was holding a bass when she met Caufield Schnug at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas 18 years ago. They started playing music together soon after, and while Schnug was giving her occasional bass lessons, he said she “musically surpassed” him within a year.
The couple formed their post-punk band Sweeping Promises in 2019, and now share a home in Lawrence, Kansas, which also serves as a recording studio. In addition to producing Sweeping Promises’ records, Schnug has worked with local acts such as 2W33DY and Virga, as well as Memphis’ Optic Sink, another post-punk duo, and Chicago punk band Spread Joy…