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Following the end of the
European Tour to promote debut album "Never
Another Sunset", Shultz and McKay left the band
citing burn out. Having built their uniqueness off the back of
their complex and dual layered guitar attack, this development
could have been a fatal blow to the band. However it seems that band
recognized they are become too self obsessed with the last album
and had moved away from the original intention and sprit of the
band. Paul mentioned that when they
wrote their first batch of songs as kids they wanted to take over
the world with 3 chord songs. With the departure of Glenn, Morris
and Berry saw the opportunity to try and recapture that early
energy and simplicity in the song writing, so elected not to
replace Glenn. The band toured towards the
end of 1989 with McKay's replacement on
bass, Darren Horner. The one and only recorded release from this
line up was the "A Peace Inside EP" released on
12" and 3" CD on the 23rd October 1989. A limited edition version was
also issued containing a press kit. I suspect some, if not all,
of the songs had been written while Shultz and McKay were in the
band, but immediately upon listening the sound was a marked
departure from the doom laden production of "Sunset". An
external producer, Ian Nelson, was brought in to co-produce the
record with the band so credit the boys for recognizing the need
for change. The title track "A
Peace Inside" sounds fresh and catchy, with a much more
musical bass line supplementing the single guitar. "Eden
Skies" continues where "Peace" leaves off, and
again is simple and catchy with an up tempo chorus. On the B side we find the
hypnotic long burner "Can You See This Life"
which first appeared in the live set during the "Groove
Collision" tour in early 1989. The hook line grabs you
and keeps you locked in for 6 minutes. Closing out is "In
At The Deep End", which to be honest I have only listened
to a few times over the years. For some reason the track never
really worked for me, with Phil's vocal sounding awkward over the
top of a reasonable accompanying track.
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