Singer Vincent Giarrusso said : " We found on Polydor that we had to fit in with marketing plans and a lot of other bands . It 's kind of good if you can stand it , but there were two years between '' Leaves Me Blind '' and '' Dream it Down '' , so it was a bit too frustrating . We want to put out one a year , at least . " He said the band had also been unsettled by Polydor 's plans for the follow-up to '' Dream It Down '' , their second album for the label , which had suffered from poor sales despite critical acclaim . Giarrusso told the '' Herald Sun '' that after giving Polydor a demo tape of its new songs , the band learned the label planned to hire a big-name producer and turn the album into an epic . " We wrote a letter to the lawyer , " he said , " and told him we were n't happy with the way it was going , and could we be released from our contract ? " Giarrusso said the album could have been recorded in even less time than its 10 days . " We were in a studio that broke down half way through . We knew what we wanted to achieve , there was room to improvise within the songs , but we kept the song arrangements simple . It 's quite different . The last two albums we did had a lot more layering of guitars , synthesisers and acoustic instruments to get a thicker , more lush sound . This time we went for a minimalist approach . " After performing on two tracks , singer Philippa Nihill left the band during recording to pursue a solo career ; her debut solo EP , '' Dead Sad '' , was released on Mainstream in November 1996 . Giarrusso said one of Nihill 's songs for '' Rushall Station '' , " Song of Another Love " , had traces of Englilsh trip hop band Portishead . " We tried to treat that track like a traditional ballad , but it 's got an eerie feel about it . Philippa 's delivery was something we had never heard before from her . She 's been listening to a lot of Celtic music lately — I do n't know why — but I think there 's that sort of inflection in her voice . " " In My Head " and " Takes You Back " / " Undone " were released as singles . The album was nominated for best Australian independent release at the ARIA Music Awards of 1996
ARIA Music Awards of 1996
ARIA Music Awards of 1996
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