Their follow up release, Lava, was recorded with Laurence Currie (Sloan, Gandharvas) at Idea of East Studio in Halifax over the spring of 1999.
The band's first album, Candy Coated, supported by incredible sets at the International Pop Overthrow in Los Angeles, South By Southwest in Austin, Canadian Music Week, and North By Northeast in Toronto, brought Shyne Factory widespread acclaim and a feature track on Popcan, a compilation CD of Canadian pop music. In 1992, after releasing a couple independent cassettes and garnering a notable home fan base, these three then-high-school-students began their trip to the top. Combine all these elements, shake over ice and go get blasted off the new drug called Shyne Factory. And they are, first and formost, equal parts identical twins Mike and Matt Johnson and best friend Shawn Scott. They are equal parts music lovers and ambitious entrepreneurs. They are equal parts crunchy chords, rhythmic basslines and driving drum kicks. Shyne Factory, the power pop group from Halifax, are the perfect blend of many things.