▁" Wh irl pool ". ▁An ▁instrument al ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁vin yl ▁in ▁April ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁ ▁G ough ' s ▁last ▁EP , ▁Once ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁Block , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁August ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁in ▁two ▁vin yl ▁formats ▁and ▁one ▁CD ▁edition . ▁The ▁release ▁is ▁almost ▁short ▁enough ▁to ▁be ▁considered ▁a ▁single . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁his ▁early ▁EP s , ▁G ough ' s ▁first ▁album , ▁The ▁H our ▁of ▁Bew ilder be ast , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁accompanied ▁by ▁four ▁singles ▁( including ▁a ▁re - release ▁of ▁Once ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁Block ). ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁was ▁crit ically ▁acc laimed ▁and ▁Bad ly ▁Dra wn ▁Boy ▁was ▁successful ▁in ▁winning ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁Mercur y ▁Music ▁Prize , ▁be ating ▁his ▁contempor aries ▁D ov es ▁to ▁the ▁£ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁prize . ▁The ▁album ▁sold ▁well ▁( 3 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁copies ) ▁and ▁is ▁widely ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁his ▁defining ▁work . ▁ ▁The ▁Bad ly ▁Dra wn ▁Boy ▁band ▁throughout ▁this ▁successful ▁period ▁consisted ▁of ▁Matt ▁Ward le ▁( key boards / v oc als ), ▁Robin ▁File ▁( gu itar ), ▁Se an ▁McC ann ▁( b ass ▁guitar ) ▁latter ly ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁ex - Smith s ▁bass ▁guitar ist ▁Andy ▁R our ke , ▁Dave ▁V erner ▁( d