Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, you are given two sentences in the English language (Sentence 1 and Sentence 2). Your task is to identify the connecting word between the two sentences.

Sentence 1:The elaborate stage show created a false impression that the band was a novelty act . Sentence 2:But , as a songwriter , Georgeson was easily the equal of any of his Britpop contemporaries .
but