in october 1983, the moodists relocated to london at the behest of the red flame label, which had released an extended version of "engine shudder" with "gone dead" added. they recorded their only full album, "thirsty's calling" (april 1984), with van vugt co-producing with the group. it was recorded and mixed at livingstone studios, london. van vugt had travelled from melbourne with the band as their live sound mixer. the moodists performed a john peel session as the album came out.