So, twenty-five years. How did they get here? The plan was there was no plan. Frente's popularity was organic happenstance. As fresh faced ingenues Simon and Angie (with Tim O'Connor and Mark Picton) jumped headfirst into the Melbourne's bourgeoning gig circuit of the very early 90s, swiftly amassing a loyal legion of local diehard fans. Their first collection of recordings, 'Whirled' (sold largely at gigs) went into many multi-coloured, now collectible re-pressings, eventually crossing over to national alternative radio, pushing key track 'Labour of Love' into no.69 on triple j's Hottest 100 for 1991.

Sitting at 21 years between the Australian and US releases of the album, 2014 seems like a most fitting year to revisit Marvin. Across 2 discs (fully remastered by Bob Ludwig in Los Angeles), 'Marvin' disc one features the Australian version of 'Marvin' with the addition of the three US bonus tracks added after the original sequence. The second disc features the long-out-of-print 'Whirled' and 'Clunk' EPs, again fully remastered, as well as a handful of rare-as-hen's teeth bonus tracks from the 'Marvin' era.