Single ‘Whale’ published

Mwyn departed the band when the band’s time with Crai came to an end, and a few weeks later MRM sought to remove Pegg, leaving it to Matthews to tell her. Pegg was upset, and refused to discuss it with journalists. After her departure, the single ” Whale ” was published on the Rough Trade Records label. The band had rushed to record it, having only been given a month’s notice by the label that one of their songs would be released as a single in September 1994. “Whale” was named the NME single of the week, as For Tinkerbell had been the previous year. The band appeared in the mainstream press for two incidents, the first was when they were thrown off a train at Swindon as they were travelling to London after arguing with a train guard about punk rock , and the other when they swore at the bouncers in Welsh at the Underworld club in Camden and were banned. A further single, “Bleed” was recorded the following November, and was released in February 1995 on Nursery Records. Geoff Travis , who had released “Whale” for his Rough Trade Records, offered the band £350,000 to sign for Blanco y Negro Records , a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records . They duly signed.