However, their following album, the ironically titled “Solid Gold,” was a more dense and daunting outing, and the group splintered after its release, with bassist Dave Allen leaving (he subsequently cofounded Shriekback with ex-XTC keyboardist Barry Andrews and later became a digital-music executive). The group went into a more funk-oriented direction with the addition of bassist Sara Lee (who later joined the B-52s for their late-‘80s second wind) and the “Songs of the Free” album, which featured the alt-radio hit “I Love a Man in Uniform.” The group embraced the soul-funk sound to an even greater degree with its following album, 1983’s “Hard,” on which it worked with R&B producers Ron and Howard Albert and alienated much of its core fan base. The band split up shortly after.