[10] Garland left after "Snake Dance",[7] and Murray took over as sole female singer for "Walk Into the Sun",[6] issued 4 August 1984.
That October, the band released their first compilation album, Natural History, which collected the first four singles plus two tracks from a 1983 BBC Peel Session.
The song (and their cover of "Miss Amanda Jones" by the Rolling Stones) was featured on the soundtrack to the 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful,[6] which included a live performance by the band of "Turn to the Sky.
[20] Following several poetry collections, Garland's debut novel, The Palace of Curiosities, was published by HarperCollins in 2013,[21] earning several awards and a longlisting for the Desmond Elliott Prize.
[22][23][4] On 8 October 2007, the March Violets played a one-off reunion gig in Leeds with original members Denbigh, Garland and Ashton, plus Mat Thorpe (Isolation Division) standing in on bass.
[4] Once Garland was fully recovered, the March Violets restarted their live reformation with a secret warm-up show at Whitby in October 2010.
On 13 November 2010, the March Violets played their first London show in 25 years, at O2 Academy Islington with new bassist Joanna Moy (previously of Screaming Banshee Aircrew).
In addition to raising money for the recording of the album, the band provided funds to charities (Friends of the Earth, Cloth Cat and Macmillan Cancer Support).
Physical hard copies, T-shirts, an A4 booklet (featuring lyrics, artwork and photos) and posters were distributed to those who had pledged support in June 2013.
To support the new album, the band performed gigs in October and November 2013, and a short tour in April 2014, including a headlining slot at the Convergence 20 festival in Chicago, the first US appearance of the reformed lineup.
The reunion lineup is Rosie Garland, Tom Ashton, William Faith, all survivors from their previous live activity in 2015.
[28] In January 2024 it was announced on Facebook that William had left band and was replaced by Mat Thorpe on Bass and Vocals shortly after.