Shortly thereafter, in an unrelated move, Mery departed to his native France, and he was replaced by Matthew Braim, who played his first gig in April 1993.
Their raw R'n'B style showed up on the EP Detour Records edited in 1993, with the inclusion of "Early Days", featuring Taylor on Hammond organ.
In 1995 The Clique released The Self Preservation Society, with Bruce Brand on guitar, which became the number one best-selling album for the Detour Records label.
The album sold over 5,000 copies at last count and at one point led the band to showcase for Björk's label "One Little Indian".
The band continued to play, and record, with different line-ups through the 1990s, associating Chris Jordan, Alex Petty, Bruce Brand (from Thee Headcoats), Dom Strickland, and in 1998 with their final EP, Hello Sunshine.