Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described their sound as "reflective folk rock [which] mixed melancholy vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, gentle percussion and spacious arrangements to arrive at a harmonious and intriguing whole".
The group had toured nationally supporting Mick Hucknall's Simply Red, INXS, Annie Lennox's Eurythmics, The Go-Betweens, Paul Kelly, The Triffids, Mental as Anything, proto punk band,The Saints and Weddings, Parties, Anything, before disbanding in 1990.
[3] Soon after they issued a self-titled five-track cassette, recorded at Northlake Studios in Fremantle with James Hewgill, which was followed with a shared single, "Our Day", with Errol H. Tout's "Sounds of Swimming" on Lizard Records/Monkey Music.
[12] In April 1989 The Sydney Morning Herald's reviewer John O'Donnell caught their performance at Harold Park Hotel, he praised their "lilting, well constructed arrangements, van Zalm's assured voice and the intelligent, minimal use of volume all combined to provide ... the ambience of a folk club.
[17] The record company negotiated Martha's Vineyard as opening act with Simply Red on their national tour throughout Australia as part of the promotion of the band's album.
[1] RooArt nevertheless released the album in the UK, Europe, Japan and the United States, under the title Old Beach Road taking advantage of the success of the single.
The band attracted much critical acclaim and shared stages on tours with Simply Red, INXS, Eurythmics, The Go-Betweens, Paul Kelly, The Triffids, Mental as Anything, The Saints and Weddings, Parties, Anything.
[20] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described their sound as "reflective folk rock [which] mixed melancholy vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, gentle percussion and spacious arrangements to arrive at a harmonious and intriguing whole".
[1] In 1989 Kakulas had formed a side project, The Blackeyed Susans, with David McComb, Alsy MacDonald (members of The Triffids), Rob Snarski (Chad's Tree) and Ross Bolleter.
By March 1991 Jooste, on guitar, violin, keyboards and backing vocals, had joined The Deadly Nightshades with Ross Buncle (from punk rock band The Victims) and Ian Young (Scant Regarde).
In June 1999, she issued her second album, Revival, on her own Red Dirt Records label, it was produced by Graham 'Buzz' Bidstrup (ex-Angels, GANGgajang),[20] and featured Van Zalm's trademark folksy, jazzy pop vocals.
Best became disillusioned with the alternative music scene and moved to Thailand in 1992 to pursue a contemplative vocation, where he became a Buddhist meditation monk in the Thai Forest Tradition, taking the monastic Pali name Bhante Sujato at his ordination.
In 2019, Sujato moved to Sydney to establish Lokanta Vihāra (the Monastery at the End of the World) to explore what it means to follow the Buddha’s teachings in an era of climate change, globalised consumerism, and political turmoil.