Hunters & Collectors toured the United States twice after their previous studio album, "Human Frailty" (April 1986). Their line up was John Archer on bass guitar, Doug Falconer on drums, Jack Howard on trumpet, Robert Miles on live sound, Mark Seymour on lead vocals and guitar, Jeremy Smith on French horn, and Michael Waters on keyboards and trombone. They released their third EP, "Living Daylight", which was co-produced with Greg Edward, in Australia in April 1987. Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane felt it was "something of a stop-gap measure". The three-track EP appeared in the top 50 on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart and reached No. 25 on the New Zealand Singles Chart.