[2] In late 1977, with Lyn Dobson on saxophone, they self-released the EP[2] Bunch of Five with the tracks "Saturday Sunrise", "Love and a Molotov Cocktail", "Can I Crash Here?
[1] The EP, particularly "Love and a Molotov Cocktail", caught the attention EMI Records, a label that rejected Midnight Circus,[3] who signed them to a deal.
[1][2][8] In April EMI released a compilation of early punk 45s called The Rare Stuff that contained the three tracks from the EP Love and a Molotov Cocktail.
[2][10] The band moved to Parlophone Records and released an EP, Four from the Square which included two songs from the last album, and a final single, "What Will Mother Say?
[1][2] In 1990 See for Miles Records released the compilation album, Love and a Molotov Cocktail, that Q Magazine described as "angry, angsty, and splenetic guitar tunes with power chords".
[14] Although they were rooted in the 1970s British punk scene and influenced by The Damned and the Buzzcocks their music did not always fit that mold displaying considerable melody.