2014. His first solo album since 1983, Hendra was released on 14 April 2014. It featured collaborations with Bernard Butler, formerly of the band Suede, Berlin-based producer Ewan Pearson and David Gilmour of Pink Floyd. The album won the 'Best 'Difficult' Second Album' category at the AIM Independent Music Awards 2014. It was included at No 27 in Uncuts Top 75 Albums of 2014. He followed it up in 2016 with Fever Dream. It continued his relationship with Bernard Butler, and added guest cameos from MC Taylor of North Carolina folk-rock band, Hiss Golden Messenger, and Boston singer-songwriter Marissa Nadler. It received a 9/10 review in Uncut magazine. In a four-star review, The Guardian said: 'In his early 50s, he is making some of the best music of his career.' In addition to solo music projects, both Thorn and Watt have written books. Thorn's 2013 memoir, Bedsit Disco Queen, covers a significant portion of the history of EBTG as a band. In July 2017, Everything but the Girl reclaimed the rights to eight of their albums, plus the American rights to Temperamental and Walking Wounded from Warner Music Group; this catalogue will now be distributed through Chrysalis Records under licence from Watt's Strange Feeling label. Comeback and Fuse On 2 November 2022, Thorn announced on Twitter that a new Everything but the Girl album had been recorded and would be released in spring 2023. The first single from their forthcoming album Fuse, "Nothing Left to Lose" premiered on BBC Radio 6 Music on 10 January 2023. Fuse will be released 21 April 2023 and will feature "Nothing Left to Lose" and nine more original songs both electronic and acoustic. Awards and nominations {| class=wikitable |- ! Year !! Awards !! Work !! Category !! Result |- | rowspan="4" | 1996 | MTV EMA | rowspan=2|Themselves | Best Dance | |- | Viva Comet Awards | Best International Act | |- | Brit Awards | rowspan="2" |"Missing" | Best British Single | |- | Ivor Novello Awards | The Best Selling Song | |- | 2000 | Billboard Music Video Awards | "Five Fathoms" | Dance Clip of the Year | |- | 2007 | BMI London Awards | "Missing" | 3 Million Award | Collaborations Under the Cover – Other People Sing Other People's Songs – "Alfie" (1988) "Protection" (with Massive Attack) Batman Forever Soundtrack – "The Hunter Gets Captured