In 1993 the band broke from A&M records and released "The Pale EP" on Underscore Records, which peaked at number 7 in the Irish charts. The following year the band's second album "Ripe" was released to critical acclaim. with The Irish Times saying of the band; 'they may sound like a bunch of mad Hare Krishnas drunk on Buckfast, but they sent the crowd wild with up-tempo mandolin epics...Leave rock n'roll to the remaining one percent with imagination and it will never die"