The band liked how the live album sounded and hired Mike Trim to produce their first CD studio album, "Beat about the Bush", released on TWAH! Records in February 1994, an album that helped build on the band's success, although "despite Mike Trim's best efforts", the album did not receive the radio attention it intended, and the duo simplified their sound for their subsequent album, "Lie of the Land", released in 1995 on Isis Records. Prior to the release of "Lie of the Land", the band hired Gerard O'Farrell for live performances supporting "Beat about the Bush", but he soon became the band's manager, and produced "Lie of the Land".