1987 saw the band provide a track for Lonely is An Eyesore, a 4-AD compilation. The song was sandwiched between “Dif Juz” and “Dead Can Dance”, and showed a more confident side to the band.
In 1985 “Muscoviet Musquito” also appeared in The Peel Sessions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-LXP5d-fg8
[Verse 1]
I must write a letter to you
I must make myself clear
It is spot on time, right on cue
I am a clam, somebody said to me
[Pre-Chorus]
It’s obscene, there must be a motive behind
It’s obscure there must be someone behind
[Chorus]
A muscovite mosquito, a muscovite mosquito
A muscovite mosquito, a muscovite mosquito
[Post-Chorus]
A vivid image anyway
Someone said, you’re a clam
Consider this!
[Bridge]
Mmm, listen oh, listen to me, you’re far
A thousand miles away from here
I am here, I am here in this ooze through country
Trampled down by mega people
A dispute will never end
A retrospection, it sounds obscene
A disconnection
A final balance sheet for
For muscovite mosquito
For muscovite mosquito, it sound obscene
It sound so obscure, for muscovite mosquito
My final balance my final balance sheet is gone...... for
[Chorus]
A muscovite mosquito, a muscovite mosquito
A muscovite mosquito, a muscovite mosquito
[Outro]
It’s spot on time (you’re a clam)
Right on cue (Somebody said)
You missed the chance, somebody vexedly said
It’s obscene, there must be motives behind
It’s obscure, there must be someone behind
Muscoviet Mosquito was written by Clan of Xymox.
Muscoviet Mosquito was produced by John Fryer & Clan of Xymox.