Taylor began writing the early Rocks material, recruiting lead guitarist and co-songwriter Mauro Venegas and bassist Chris Mann, mainly through a series of chance encounters.
[citation needed] The follow-up release that summer, again an AA-side, paired the disco-era Rolling Stones tribute "We Got It" with the traditional set closer "The Bomb".
The band kept a heavy gigging schedule, sharing bills with the likes of Eighties Matchbox, Futureheads, Art Brut, The Libertines, The Rakes and Razorlight.
The album received a mixed critical reception, with positive write-ups in the Observer and The Fly (magazine) balanced by less flattering reviews in The Guardian[1] and the NME.
The first release on Weekender was the single "Heartbreak City", backed with a version of the Jonathan Richman tune, "I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar", that December.
It featured songs which had been staples of the live set for a while, veering from '50s style ballads like "Tearjerker" to the raucous "Screamers", which harked back to the earlier material but with more of a '70s glam bent.