We support the excellent EyeTV at Valve bar in Wellington and receive welcoming feedback. It is also a year for working on the external things which support the music. During this period Dana Eclair get a manager, Meg O'Donnell, who helps us become more organised. We bring in a cellist and a keyboardist for the occasion. Mark brushes up on his trumpet playing skills, Saul finds his way around a piano accordian and Andrew recites Cortina as a poem.
More acoustic gigs follow.
One of the improvements during this period is the progression to a three vocalist band. This gives us much more depth as Saul, Mark and Achilles have very distinct voices. The payoff song is Point Reference . Instead of playing one pop song after another, the setlist is now carefully crafted grow from song to song. Cortina and Sooky Jump, but by the time they're ready for release the band feels the recordings are no longer representative.