Hyde's younger brother Dave replaced Brewis (who went on to form Field Music).

[6] The song "Decent Days and Nights" from the album was featured in the video game soundtrack to Burnout 3 on PlayStation 2 and Xbox[8] as well as EA's Rugby 2005.

[11] The band toured the United States with Franz Ferdinand and later supported the Pixies, Foo Fighters and Snow Patrol.

[13] The stand-alone EP, Area was released in November 2005 while the band was working on their second album News and Tributes (name inspired by the Munich air disaster in 1958), which, according to NME in February 2006, took only five weeks to produce.

The band made a free download called "Broke Up the Time" available from their website on 9 November 2007.

In December 2007, the band released a video of them walking around Carnaby Street, London to the single "The Beginning of the Twist".

In November 2009, the band allowed fans to download a new free track, "Struck Dumb", for a period of two weeks.

In January 2019, the band announced on social media they had reformed,[24][25] had written and recorded new material during 2018, and their first tour dates since 2013.

In June 2016, Barry Hyde released his debut solo album, Malody, on Sirenspire Records.

The previous year he released Ivory Cutlery online - an EP containing Ivor Cutler covers.

The debut album was recorded at First Avenue Studios in Heaton, Newcastle with Dave Curle in late 2014 and early 2015.

Malody (a cross between the words "melody" and "malady") features 11 songs, including two cover versions: "Sometimes It Snows in April" by Prince and "Lonely" by Tom Waits.

The album, especially in the first five tracks (under-titled "The Malody Suite"), chronicles Hyde's personal experiences with chronic mental illness, a subject which he has spoken openly about in interviews and performances.