[1] Heasley has collaborated with other acts such as Nobody, appearing on the band's 2005 single "Fancy", a cover of the Kinks song,[2] and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, singing "Tschuss" on their 2003 album And This Is Our Music.
[3] He co-wrote the Twitch Hazel contributions to their 1997 split double-7-inch EP Kramer's Beach.
He has also produced recordings by other artists including The Asteroid#4 (Apple Street: A Classic Tale Of Love And Hate, King Richard's Collectibles), The Ladybug Transistor, and Mazarin and co-engineered Echo Orbiter's Laughing All The While.
The early recordings, including debut album In The Presence of Nothing, were strongly influenced by My Bloody Valentine.
[1] They then moved through dream pop before settling on a new style that has been described as mod revival and a particularly strong influence from The Kinks, and other 1960s bands such as The Monkees and The Zombies leading to the 1996 album Better Can't Make Your Life Better,[4][5] Later releases included elements of psychedelic rock and a return to their earlier shoegazing sound.