recorded 1998’s self-titled EP

After more heavy touring the following year, this lineup recorded 1998’s self-titled EP , their only record whose title is not a four-letter word, on Jetset Records . The EP featured production and engineering by Andy Gill of Gang of Four , John Cale , and Jim O’Rourke . Later that year, the band released the album Blue , also recorded by Gill. A departure, the record explored their experimental instincts previously hinted at on earlier songs like “Happy Bunny Goes Fluff-Fluff Along” and “White Hole”.