They were soon joined by Poole's friend, Ian Cooper, on keyboards, Steve Hughes on drums, and Canadian vocalist Martin Read,[4] who also played acoustic guitar.

[8] In 2009, the band had a fresh start with Sean Filkins and Steve Hughes leaving and being replaced by David Longdon and Nick D'Virgilio.

[9] Dave Gregory joined the band full time to work on their follow-up albums English Electric Part One and Two.

The band rehearsed for possible future live performances at Real World Studios with new members keyboardist Danny Manners, violinist Rachel Hall (ex-Stackridge) and guitarist/keyboardist Rikard Sjöblom (Beardfish).

[4][11] This line-up continued and released Folklore (2016), Grimspound (2017) and The Second Brightest Star (2017) before Poole departed in January 2018,[12] with Robin Armstrong joining on tour in his place.

[16] The band was rebuilt with Dave Foster (guitars), Carly Bryant (vocals & keyboards) and new violinist Clare Lindley (also ex Stackridge).

[17] The band has since continued with lead vocalist Alberto Bravin,[18] whom Spawton had seen performing with Premiata Forneria Marconi in 2015 in Camden Town, London.