Mixing within a wall structure of guitar and reverb impacts towards the simplicities of pure pop is exactly what happened once the associates of El Nino initial got together. Comprising guitarists John Hicks and Michelle Benninghoff, vocalist and bassist Glenn Hicks and drummer Paul Karaffa, these four woke up their hometown of Bloomington, Indiana following the release of the 1996 self-titled debut thanks to Flat Earth Information.