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Shirley O ' Loughlin persuaded Ana da Silva and Gina Birch to play a show at the Garage in London in March 1994 with Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth on drums and Anne Wood on violin to celebrate the album releases.

They recorded a session for BBC Radio 1's John Peel, which was released on Paul Smith's Blast First and Steve Shelley ’ s record label Smells Like Records.

Cobain invited them to play on the tour Nirvana planned for the UK in April, but he died a week before the tour began.

da Silva and Birch had written some new material and released a new album Looking in the Shadows on DGC Records and Rough Trade Records in 1996, produced by Britpop producer Ed Buller ( who had previously worked with Suede and Pulp ).

Musicians included Anne Wood ( violin, bass ), Heather Dunn ( drums ) and Pete Shelley ( Buzzcocks and solo artist ).