Their songwriting partnership had long been the basis of the band 's music , by the time Breakfast got started .
They had n't actually written together in years ; as they admitted during a 1977 NME interview , Supertramp existed in a state of delicate detente .
Although their songwriting partnership had long been the basis of the band 's music , by the time Breakfast got started , they had n't actually written together in years ; as they admitted during a 1977 NME interview , Supertramp existed in a state of delicate detente .