Pat Collier

I remember saying to Alan once, I think many years after the, I think it was the 20th anniversary or something like that of us bringing out our album, and I decided just to...

We weren't doing anything specifically, but just to touch base with everyone who was, who'd been involved and just to, to thank them, contacted Pat Collier, who was, um, who had, was-

Yeah

... intrinsic in, in before us getting signed-

The music was kind of a folkish type of post-punk, a little bit different from what the sound was normally doing.

The band was approached by several labels, ultimately signing with the independent label Static in early 1984, and they would start recording for their next release, and this would be the six-song EP Shock of Daylight, produced by Pat Collier.

This would be released in April of 1984 on Static Records.

This would be released on Static in the UK and A&M Records in the U.S., Shock of Daylight was recorded in Studio 3 of Townhouse Studios, except for the song Winter, which was recorded at Elephant Studios in London, and a studio only referred to as Crow.

Yeah, the...

You know, we worked with a guy called Pat Collier, who was the producer at the time.

And he had had a big hit with Katrina and the Waves, Walking on Sunshine.

So obviously he had, he knew what it would take to make a big sounding pop song.