 The band recorded five songs at a studio in Walthamstow, East London in less than a week and in August 1988, released "You Made Me Realise".The EP was well received by the independent music press and according to AllMusic's Nitsuh Abebe, the release that "made critics stand up and take notice of the brilliant things My Bloody Valentine were up to", adding "it developed some of the stunning guitar sounds that would become the band's trademark".It debuted at number 2 on the UK Indie Chart.