 The band had a good relationship the now-defunct Guildford label, Words and Works Rejected.As the band developed (and relaxed a little), and the line-up changed and then settled, Lazarus Clamp began to allow other influences to show through - English folk music, American country, and some rather deadpan humour.Subsequent singles ("North", "Left-handed", "Some Rivals") and the band's first two LPs ("Such as you are and still not seeming to mind" and "The more we are the funnier it is") provide a better snapshot of Lazarus Clamp's literate, spontaneous, scruffy, and very English, take on their ragbag of influences.