New Affections, released in 1998, was the Pillows' last full-length label recording. In Japan, where a split single (with Citrus) on Rover Records had reached No.Р’В 3 on the domestic singles chart, enthusiasm was high enough that a subsidiary of major Japanese label Teichiku Records released a 'best-of' compilation, Pillow Paw Prints, in 1997. Belinda Miller of the kids' radio show Greasy Kid Stuff later became the female co-vocalist Time Out New York likened the Caws-ElwittРІР‚вЂњMiller stage presence to 'Mexican jumping beans.' Although the tour never happened, the Silly Pillows performed in New York and a few other locations, opening for some well-known acts like The Magnetic Fields. Fiato (bass), Dave Joachim (drums later a best-selling cookbook author ), singer-songwriter/artist Linda Smith (vocals), and Charlie Zayleskie (keyboards). In 1996, the possibility of a Japanese tour led Jonathan to assemble a lineup that could perform live: Jonathan (vocals), Sam (guitar), Michael E. and it's more than just slightly pretty' ) and The Village Voice (making Elisabeth Vincentelli's ' Pazz & Jop' top-10 list in 1996 ).

Over the next few years, more studio recordings were released on vinyl and CD by Perfect Pop and the German label Little Teddy, bringing the band notice such places as Chickfactor ('It just bubbles over with vintage ambience and playfulness. The first studio lineup was Jonathan, his co-worker Cheryl De Luke, Sam, and Christopher Earl of Squires of the Subterrain. In 1993, Jonathan assembled a group of friends for the Silly Pillows' first studio recordings, which were released as the 'Equilibrium' EP on Norway's Perfect Pop label.

The tracks on the Silly Pillows' first vinyl release, 'When She Gets Home,' were home-recorded. In 1992, Hilary decided to stop singing, but by then their cassettes had attracted some attention in Europe. The first Silly Pillows recordings were circulated on cassette through the growing network of home tapers, spurred by positive reviews in the magazines Option and Sound Choice (who said that 'their whole catalog is essential listening'). Jonathan started recording cassettes at home in 1984, and in 1986 he asked his wife Hilary Caws-Elwitt to join him on vocals, choosing the name The Silly Pillows for the project. In the early 1980s, Jonathan had been part of punk/psych/experimental group The Killer Asparagus (in the Boston area) and punk pop band The Degrads (in Rochester, NY, along with his brother Sam Elwitt).

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