in july 2002, the waifs, butler and stevens founded the independent label jarrah records. the label was initially set up to issue both artists' material in north america, later it handled all their australian releases. the growing international reputation of the waifs led to the release of "sink or swim" in the us in 2002 by jarrah records. the waifs first new work for jarrah was a five-track ep, "london still", which appeared in july and reached the top 50 on the aria singles chart. in october, "london still" received two nominations at the aria music awards of 2002 for 'best independent release' and 'breakthrough artist – single'.