Big Calm

Recording began on Christmas Day 1995 while the brothers awaited the release of Who Can You Trust?, with basic demos on cassette at their home studio, and Edwards and guests added later. The cover was inspired by Ray Conniff's 1966 compilation Hi Fi Companion. Paul Godfrey did lyrics, production, scratching and live drums; Ross Godfrey played guitars, sitar, pedal steel, clavinet, Hammond, Rhodes and Wurlitzer; Pete Norris did sound manipulation and synth programming; Spikey-T sings Jamaican vocals on "Friction"; Dave Lee plays French horn; Steve Bentley-Klein arranged strings on "The Sea"; Jimmy Hastings plays flute on "Let Me See". "Blindfold" was written for the film She's So Lovely but was not ready in time.

Singles were "Shoulder Holster" (1997), "The Sea", "Blindfold", "Let Me See" and "Part of the Process", which reached the UK top 40 in August 1998. It reached 18 in the UK, 18 in France and 17 in New Zealand, is 2x platinum in the UK and sold about two million worldwide per Wikipedia. The Guardian's Caroline Sullivan gave it 4 of 5, the NME 8 of 10 and Pitchfork 6.7; Salon's Frederick Woodruff wrote that the results are jumbled and that it is not an album for your next kegger.