it was a huge honour for simon hanson to become a member of squeeze as he had been a long term fan of squeeze and friend of glenn tilbrook. since 2010 tilbrook and hanson have been touring together. in 2010, while on a tour in colchester, tilbrook asked hanson to sing a kevin and dave, a song that they had co-written together. whilst on the road simon decided to write his own songs, often writing and recording on the back of the tour bus, using an ipad that which given to him. his first solo album songs from the silver box was released spring 2013. one of the track’s titles is "a9 south road" and was written between aberdeen and glasgow. in oct 2015, strata books published an article written by simon hanson recalling the making of his debut album.