A Morning Cigarette was the first one recorded that made it to the CD. It's a 4am song I had just written and was anxious to record it. Started out with just 2 voices and 2 acoustic guitars, then Faris got a hold of it, put some "Ringo-esque" drums on it, flanged 'em (cause no one could tell us we couldn't!!!) and the rest is history - so to speak. That's when I first realized we were gonna make some really cool recordings in our own little "lo-fi universe".

Christmastime came next, like a bolt from the blue. It absolutely blew me away - Faris had never really written or sung when we played in our "rock'n'roll" band. But this was just the beginning of something new and more interesting, both of us writing and singing for the first time. When I first heard it, I immediately forced my parent's to listen with headphones at my computer - Mom just smiled and smiled and loved it - Dad said it would be a "nice song if you erased the middle, Baba, it will scare people away, trust me..." (He's an accountant). I put it on a CD and sent it to my friend Steve Fellows, who used to play guitar and sing in the Sheffield group, Comsat Angels. I thought Steve's little girl Nina would love the song as it was, in fact, almost Christmas. Well, Steve absolutely flipped over it - convinced this song alone could make us "loads of money" in Europe - talk began of him becoming our manager (he was having quite a bit of success at the time managing his first group, Gomez). He even mentioned the possibility of us moving to England, if he could land us a deal. Of course, none of this ever came to pass but the excitement hung over the sessions like a beautiful dream cloud. For awhile, at least.