The line-up of Mather, Bautovich, Easter and Stringfellow were joined by Jody Stephens (Big Star, Golden Smog) on drums and Jamie Hoover (The Spongetones) on bass guitar. Spooner Oldham (Dan Penn, Aretha Franklin, Neil Young), and Jim Dickinson provided organ and piano on several tracks. Carmine Pascuzzi of Mediasearch website determined that "the listener is taken on an engaging journey. The whole exercise works cohesively. The country rock and rootsy atmospheres are very simple and effective, from the adept musicianship." Ahead of the album, in 2000, they issued a single, "Any Way You Want It", which included three non-album B-sides. By the end of the following year the group had disbanded. In March 2012 Mather attended a preview of a documentary, Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me, at SXSW as guest of Stephens, where together with Easter and Stringfellow they agreed to reform The Orange Humble Band. Mather returned to Australia to write songs for a new album. Whilst preparing material, he contacted Dwight Twilley with a view to recording the latter's song, "You Close Your Eyes". Twilley agreed and additionally offered to help Mather write bridge sections for two of the new tracks and to appear as a guest backing vocalist. The Orange Humble Band recorded their third album in October 2012 at Ardent Studios in Memphis, which was produced by Easter. The album, Depressing Beauty, was released on 22 May 2015 via Citadel Records. The line-up comprised Mather, Easter, Stephens and Stringfellow joined by Jon Auer (The Posies, Big Star) on guitars, backing vocals and keyboards; Dave Smith (Cat Power) on bass guitar; and Rick Steff (Lucero) on piano and keyboards. Members Bill Gibson – bass guitar Darryl Mather – acoustic guitar Mitch Easter – lead guitar, lead vocals, engineer, mixing, producer Ken Stringfellow – lead vocals Anthony Bautovich – lead guitar, backing vocals Matt Galvin – lead guitar Peter Kelly – drums Jody Stephens – drums Spooner Oldham – organ (Hammond), piano, Wurlitzer Jamie Hoover – mandolin, backing vocals Jim Dickinson – bass guitar Jon Auer – guitars, backing vocals, keyboards Dave Smith – bass guitar Rick Steff – piano, keyboards Discography Albums Assorted Creams – Half a Cow (1997) Humblin' (Across America) – Half a Cow (2001) Depressing Beauty – Citadel (22 May 2015) Extended plays Down in Your Dreams – Half a Cow (1998) Singles "Apple Green Slice Cut" – Half a Cow (August 1998)