 The line-up of Ellis, Lee, Kakulas, McComb, Snarski and White toured to promote "Welcome Stranger" before recording their debut studio album, "All Souls Alive", in July 1993 at Fortissimo Studios, Melbourne with Kakulas producing.It was released in December via Torn & Frayed Records/Shock Records.Its lead track, "A Curse on You", was described by Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, as "a piece of gothic high-drama-set-in-song that recalled a William Faulkner novel."