The structure of sadness, violence, love, beauty and ugliness formed more cohesively and with the addition of Brandon on guitar, the gigs became less a set of songs rather a mood piece, a sonic play. This led to AEB releasing the Split CD 'Dances with Snakes/Sleeping Posters' in May 1998, recorded in a Johannesburg 'backyard home studio' with the assistance of Rob Marshall and Martin Sutherland.