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Post Thieves

Saul Freeman teamed up with singer-composer and multi-instrumentalist Nicola Hitchcock in 1995 to form the trip hop duo Mandalay. This project would go on to greater success than Thieves, releasing two albums – Empathy and Instinct – plus the US-only compilation Solace before splitting in 2002.

David McAlmont continued his career by linking up with former Suede guitarist Bernard Butler for the intermittent McAlmont and Butler project (which scored a Top 10 single in 1996 with its debut release β€œYes” and has gone on to release two albums, The Sound of McAlmont and Butler and Bring It Back, plus several more singles). He would continue his solo career with a more conventional soul album (A Little Communication, 1998) and the unreleased dance-orientated album Be (2000). Most recently he has been recording albums containing new versions of song standards (the first of which, Set One: You Go To My Head, was released in 2005) and working with Michael Nyman. Over the years he has toned down the flamboyance (and, to a degree, the outright expression of his sexuality) which he displayed with Thieves in favour of a more neutral image, and has concentrated more on his abilities as a singer.

Despite their past differences, Freeman and McAlmont were reconciled briefly in 2000 (at the time of the second Mandalay album Instinct) . The duo discussed working together again, but nothing came of it.

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