The group reformed in January 2008 and released the albums, Australian Ghost Story (2010), I Still Hear Your Voice at Night (2011) and Oh Boy (2013).
[3] Their first Melbourne concert was on Valentine's Day 1995 at the Carlton Movie House, beginning a penchant for performing at atypical venues.
[7] The band have managed to polarise critical opinions as to the worth of its dramatic, haunting, minor key soundscapes.
[10] McFarlane felt it "contained a number of melancholy pieces" typified by "German Girl", "Ashes" and "North of God".
This EP has remixes of two tracks and out-takes from Left Over Life to Kill, and a cover version of The Triffids' song "Raining Pleasure"; it was produced by the band.
[1] The group continued to play shows in the UK with acts such as The Divine Comedy, Smog and Drugstore, though they released no new material and disbanded in early 2000.
[19] Austin furthered his studies in architecture and married Gina Morris (ex-NME journalist and ex-member of Stereolab).
O'Shannassy completed a Doctorate of Philosophy in music and literature in London, and then taught at a number of colleges in New York.
Bickford lived in Melbourne for 12 months, before returning to London where he married publicist and journalist Lauren Zoric in 2004.
In January 2008 The Paradise Motel had reformed with Aulich, Austin, Bickford and Sussex joined by new members Damien Hill on drums and ex-Penthouse bassist Esme MacDonald.
Work on a fourth studio record, Australian Ghost Story began mid-2009, with the addition of drummer Andy Hazel (ex-Tacoma Radar, School of Emotional Engineering and The Ruby Suns).
[24] The Paradise Motel's instrumentation typically features two guitars (acoustic and electric), bass, drums, Hammond organ, pedal steel, and occasional accompaniment from a string quartet.
[25] Their aesthetic was one of sparseness and melancholia, punctuated by bursts of manic loudness; or, as they once said in an interview, "the violence and the silence".