In 2016, the original line up of Newby, Keegan, Hull and Bateman decided to get together purely for a series of live dates. They went on to play several times over the following two years, including the NYC Popfest, the Shiiine On Weekender and concerts in Manchester, Berlin and London…
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Newby continued solo, and has since released several albums as the Railway Children: Dream Arcade (1997, Ether Records), Gentle Sound (2002, Ether Records) and two collections of rare recordings: Rarities #1 in 2007 and Rarities #2 in 2010; the latter available only by download from his official site. Newby spent…
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The band parted with Virgin Records in 1992, and broke up soon after. Keegan later had a spell in the Wigan -based folk rock band The Tansads , The Crash Band, and The Ultras, while Hull and Bateman left music for good.
1988 saw the release of their second album, Recurrence , on Virgin Records , and support tours with R.E.M. in Europe (Work Tour) and The Sugarcubes in the US . A national chart hit eluded them with singles “In the Meantime”, “Somewhere South” and “Over and Over”. The US-only promo…
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Factory Records recorded their debut single “A Gentle Sound” in 1986. This was followed by their first album , Reunion Wilderness in 1987, which topped the UK Indie Chart . They left Factory shortly afterwards and were signed to Virgin Records .