The nucleus of the group is lead vocalist/cellist/keyboardist Lucia Holm and fellow keyboardist Paul Carnell. The group has also, at times, included Darren Woodford, Rob Fricker, Sean Wright, Nick Slingsby (aka "Bongo Ted"), and DJ Dave Valentine. "Love U More" was one of the first techno songs to hit the U.S.
Billboard Hot 100 Top 40, climbing to No. 36 (to date it is their only Hot 100 entry). It was subsequently covered (usually in a
bowdlerized form, omitting the climactic reference to rape and toning down other images in the lyrics) by other artists including
Paul Elstak,
LMP,
Rollergirl, and
Steps. The band are known for having their songs
remixed by a wide variety of
dance music producers, including
Leftfield, Band of Gypsies,
Carl Cox,
Push,
Rollo Armstrong from
Faithless,
Red Jerry,
Matt Darey,
Slam,
X-Press 2,
Trouser Enthusiasts,
Robbie Rivera,
Jimmy Gomez,
K-Klass,
Armand Van Helden, and
Fire Island (
Pete Heller and
Terry Farley) among others. Ahead of their second album, the group released a variety of tracks under alternative names, including a selection of 12-inch singles referred to as the Anna Series. This included the instrumental "Angel Dub," which was credited to
Anna Din, and was featured on many compilations, such as
Renaissance: The Mix Collection by
Sasha & John Digweed. These tracks were released independently, breaking the terms of their contract with Sony, and leading to an increasingly strained relationship with the label. The group's second album was called
Change or Die, and from it, the band released the singles "When" (U.S. Dance No. 1), "Exodus," "White Skies," "Secrets," and "Looking at You" (U.S. Dance No. 2). U.S. Dance No. 2), was from an album titled
Out of the Woods, but the label went bankrupt in 1997 before its completion, along with some other challenges at the time this meant that the album and the second single "Cover Me" were never released on the Pulse-8 label; though remixes of "Cover Me" by
Trouser Enthusiasts appeared on compilations, and an unfinished version of the album was leaked online. Since then, there have been a handful of releases and compilations such as the Sunscreem vs Push "Please Save Me" single (US Dance No. 26, UK Singles No. 40), and a re-release of "Perfect Motion" with new remixes by Starchaser and Way out West. In 2002, the group released
Ten Mile Bank, which combined new and remixed material in the manner of
New Dark Times, many of the tracks being club mixes of songs from the as yet unissued
Out of the Woods. Lead singer Lucia Holm released a promo called "
Heaven" (a cover of
the Psychedelic Furs song) to radio stations in 2005, but it was never fully published as a 'solo' work. The track is instead featured on
Out of the Woods as a Sunscreem work. In May 2015, Sunscreem played at a series of local events to promote their album "Sweet Life", which was released on iTunes. The band continues to perform live, which built up to
Out of the Woods finally being released through the Annalogic label in November 2018. In 2020 a video streaming (but audio only) compilation of remixes including some rarer mixes titled 'The Infinite Present - Sunscreem Remix Collection' was released. A new track with the working title 'Be Do Have' was first performed live in 2024 and may feature on a studio album the band are currently working on. In January 2025 an unmixed and remastered version of the album 'New Dark Times' was released. This has the full versions of the tracks on the album rather than the edited, continuous mix versions of the original. ==Discography==