Yet this sonic approach first emerged back in the late 80s, giving birth to Auckland group, The Malchicks. The group had a solid fan base throughout New Zealand, but faded before they could make good on their early promise, disappearing in a haze of echoing, dreamlike guitar notes.
After Lorna Kittel had left the Malchicks, the drum stool was briefly occupied by Mark Pollard (from the Nixons) and he helped write a number of the songs on the Lotus EP. Jason Ennor then took over on drums, though he finally left the Malchicks to form a new band (Love Buzz) with two other musicians with connections to the Nixons – their sound engineer Andrew Buckton and Brendan Hooker (flatmate of Nixons’ singer Sean Sturm).
Matthew Dalziel - vocals, guitar
Coralie Martin - vocals, guitar
Simon Matthews - guitar
Jason Ennor - drums
Lorna Kittel - drums