After working the Melbourne pub circuit they befriended local sound engineer, Robbie Rowlands, (The Fauves, Morning After Girls), who produced their debut self-funded album, "Lent", which was released locally on their own label, Slant 6. Larkin later recalled "We were pretty young and that was the swag of songs we had at the time. It’s a fairly incongruous record when you look at it, but we probably rate it as our favorite for that reason. And because it was our first and the whole recording experience was new to us."