The core of the band during that era was Michael Allen (vocals, bass), Mark Cox (keyboards), and Andrew Gray (guitar).

They reformed in 2024 with Stephen Gray, brother of Andrew, replacing Cox, to release a new LP titled "A 2nd Shape" on Downwards Records.

[2] Allen's list of "important records" as of 1995 included De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising, Massive Attack's Blue Lines and "anything from Nick Cave and The Fall".

Guest musicians included Richard Thomas (Dif Juz), David Steiner (In Camera) and guitarist and percussionist Andrew Gray, who soon joined the band.

The AllMusic Guide to Electronica describes Scarecrow as "a lighter, more streamlined affair", Water as spotlighting "ominously sparse torch songs", and Sweatbox as "deconstructionist pop".

[1] Trouser Press describes it as "as challenging and inventive as the band's other work, adding industrial and classical instrumentation to the creative arsenal", "dark and thoroughly uncompromising" and "not for the easily intimidated.

"[14] The AllMusic Guide to Electronica notes Bird Wood Cage as "one of the most pivotal records in the Wolfgang Press catalog; here, the trio begins to incorporate the dance and funk elements which would ultimately emerge as the dominant facet of their work.

"[14] Trouser Press describes Bird Wood Cage as "inserting fascinating bits of business into superficially forbidding songs", including female backing vocals, funky wah-wah guitar and elements of dub reggae.

[13] The album was preceded by the EP Big Sex, which presages Bird Wood Cage's musical themes.

[17] The AllMusic Guide to Electronica describes it as "alien funk, a collection of idiosyncratic rhythms, dark textures, and ominous grooves.

[2][21] Due to sample clearance issues, the 1992 U.S. release of Queer (which includes "A Girl Like You") needed considerable rerecording and remixing.

Allen and Gray aimed to continue,[26] and toured the US without Cox to promote the album,[27] but later conceded the band had run its course.

[4] Gray recorded under the name Limehouse Outlaw,[16] and released an album Homegrown on his own label on 27 May 2002,[28] with some songs co-written by Allen.

In 1995 and 1996, after Cox had left the band and Funky Little Demons had been released, the duo of Allen and Gray had planned a follow-up album.

[29] The band released a new album, A 2nd Shape, on September 27, 2024, with Stephen Gray, brother of Andrew, replacing Cox.