the moodists' second ep, "double life" (1985), "contained tracks like the rumbling 'six dead birds'." they returned to australia for six months and then back to the uk. another john peel session was undertaken in that year; they then toured northern europe and had a short us tour. they issued an ep through creation records, "justice and money too", in august 1985. session musicians included mick harvey on piano and adam peters on viola. mcfarlane noticed that it "featured light, bluesy pop augmented with strings and piano."