Pierce relocated to England with Mori and concentrated on a solo career, playing a London gig Jan 17th as 'Astro-Unicorn Experimental Jazz Ensemble' then recruiting Murray Mitchell, John McKenzie and Andy Anderson to record tracks which became "Wildweed", the first of Pierce's albums to feature him playing the majority of guitar parts plus material released later in the year as the "Flamingo" E.P. A different line up which included Romi Mori, Dean Dennis and Nick Sanderson also recorded with Pierce, completing the six track "Flamingo" The EP featured a re-mix of Wildweed's opening track "Love and Desperation" and two cover tracks.