Thieves (band) - Post Thieves

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 “Yes” 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.