Groups such as Super Furry Animals also wrote music in a similar style at the time, although there are also notable parallels with US bands such as Jellyfish and the earlier output of Weezer.
The EP release also contained a version of Rush's "Xanadu" which the band condensed into a four-minute pop song, as well as a cover of My Bloody Valentine's "You Made Me Realise".
Richard Sayce formed the group Malibu with wife George, and James Broad continued writing further Silver Sun material.
In a more recent rare foray into the mass-media, their song "Last Day" was used on the Hollyoaks soundtrack on 24 January 2006, the band having signed a deal with the programme in 1997 allowing them to use material.
Unlike its predecessor, the entire original line-up has participated in the recording, although Sayce is only credited with backing vocals, as the band used programmed drums for the album.
Between August and October 2011, James Broad posted four songs on his SoundCloud page, under the user name "lordmelbury", and these, too, are in the Silver Sun style.
It contained one song that had previously been available on YouTube, "The Pain Don't Come So Easy", and two on James Broad's SoundCloud page, "Little Wonder" and "Small Town Affair".