Moonshake

===First lineup - early EPs and ''Eva Luna'' (1991–1992)===

===First lineup - early EPs and ''Eva Luna'' (1991–1992)===

Moonshake signed to [[Alan McGee]]'s [[Creation (record label)|Creation]] Records for their debut EP, ''First'', released in spring 1991.{{sfn|Tassell|2023|p=79}} At this point, the band was continuing to follow the harsh-effected guitar-heavy sound which had characterised a lot of the last Wolfhounds recordings. The results drew comparisons with [[Sonic Youth]] and [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], and lacked the dub element featured in later recordings. Callahan soon considered this a misstep. "We got really bad reviews in the music press. The record sold rather well because a lot of people liked weird head-fucky shoegaze stuff... I'm told lots of people really enjoyed tripping and listening to it. There's lots of stuff going on in the stereo and the speakers with different pans and stuff. People were getting quite freaked out with it. But it was too close to what a lot of other bands were doing, as far as I was concerned. We were supposed to be heading out on our own, and we kind of made a faltering step." 

Moonshake signed to [[Alan McGee]]'s [[Creation (record label)|Creation]] Records for their debut EP, ''First'', released in spring 1991.{{sfn|Tassell|2023|p=79}} At this point, the band was continuing to follow the harsh-effected guitar-heavy sound which had characterised a lot of the last Wolfhounds recordings. The results drew comparisons with [[Sonic Youth]] and [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]], and lacked the dub element featured in later recordings. Callahan soon considered this a misstep. "We got really bad reviews in the music press. The record sold rather well because a lot of people liked weird head-fucky [[shoegaze]] stuff... I'm told lots of people really enjoyed tripping and listening to it. There's lots of stuff going on in the stereo and the speakers with different pans and stuff. People were getting quite freaked out with it. But it was too close to what a lot of other bands were doing, as far as I was concerned. We were supposed to be heading out on our own, and we kind of made a faltering step." 

After the release of ''First'', Moonshake signed to the emerging independent label [[Too Pure]] (home of [[PJ Harvey]], [[Th' Faith Healers]] and [[Stereolab]]). Their first single for the new label was "Secondhand Clothes", which showed a leaning towards the dub-bass-heavy [[post-punk]] sound of bands such as [[Public Image Limited]] and [[The Pop Group]]. According to Callahan, the band was "determined...because we'd made such a false step with the Creation EP. The next one should really be a leap. And it was... We spent a long time in the studio kind of dismantling that song and putting it back together. Margaret spent most of the session with headphones, on a sampler, just trying to match things to the music. She turned a song I wrote into something a bit more forward-looking... And then when we got to the studio, we took it apart more. It was all about deconstruction and putting it back together in different ways. And it worked really well."

After the release of ''First'', Moonshake signed to the emerging independent label [[Too Pure]] (home of [[PJ Harvey]], [[Th' Faith Healers]] and [[Stereolab]]). Their first single for the new label was "Secondhand Clothes", which showed a leaning towards the dub-bass-heavy [[post-punk]] sound of bands such as [[Public Image Limited]] and [[The Pop Group]]. According to Callahan, the band was "determined...because we'd made such a false step with the Creation EP. The next one should really be a leap. And it was... We spent a long time in the studio kind of dismantling that song and putting it back together. Margaret spent most of the session with headphones, on a sampler, just trying to match things to the music. She turned a song I wrote into something a bit more forward-looking... And then when we got to the studio, we took it apart more. It was all about deconstruction and putting it back together in different ways. And it worked really well."