In 1974, the band recorded their second album, Butterfly Farm which

In 1974, the band recorded their second album, Butterfly Farm which was released in April, but the album and its related singles had less critical and commercial success than earlier work. British conductor, David Measham , who had worked with Rick Wakeman on his Journey to the Centre of the Earth , was based in Perth, Western Australia from 1974. He commissioned Madder Lake for a theme piece on Aldous Huxley ‘s science fiction novel Brave New World , but the project stalled when funding from Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) was cut back and Measham’s other commitments intruded. Cowan and Fettes left Madder Lake by late 1975, Fettes formed Bandicoot with comedian, Shane Bourne . Fettes was initially replaced by Colin Setches on vocals but when McKinnon returned in early 1976 he took up vocals in addition to keyboards, meanwhile Ian Holding replaced a departing McKenna on bass guitar and the band recorded their last single, “I Get High” and left Mushroom Records. McKenna returned, now on second guitar, and Tony Lake joined on vocals but soon left. Although not formally disbanding, Madder Lake subsequently had numerous periods of low activity.