Album Recording and Split
With strong expectations of a commercial breakthrough, Thieves were booked into a studio in Soho, London, in order to complete material for their debut album. Pulp producer Ed Buller oversaw the sessions, with further strong input from musician/producer Paul Sampson.
During the sessions, problems began to develop. McAlmont would subsequently complain that Buller’s approach to Thieves’ music had ended up sidelining him, and that he had increasingly been provided with musical backdrops to sing over with which he had little sympathy or feeling. (This experience would help McAlmont find common ground with a subsequent collaborator, Bernard Butler, who claimed similar frustrations with Buller’s production of the second Suede album Dog Man Star.)
Shortly before the scheduled release of the album, the working relationship between Freeman and McAlmont broke down completely. As rumours spread about Freeman freezing the band’s bank account, the album was temporarily shelved. The duo were unable to reach agreement on the issues dividing them and Thieves consequently split up.
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