[1][2] They were joined by Virgil Donati on drums (ex-Cloud Nine, Taste, Peter Cupples Band, the Cosy Connection) and changed their name to the State in 1987.
[1][2] The Age's Mike Daly observed, "[there] is some polished playing on [the album] but it is undermined by predictable material.
The quartet... produce hi-tech pop dominated by Donati's hard-edged acoustic and synthesised rhythms.
Buckle is an accomplished guitarist, a jazz fusion veteran like Donati, which gives this group more chops than most contemporary bands.
[1] According to Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, "[their] future looked promising, but there was one vital ingredient required to make the push into the big time (i.e. a good frontman and songwriter).