On 9 December 2008, The "Daily Record" announced that guitarist Alan Henderson had left the band, leaving over "musical differences". Vocalist Brian Henderson said that Alan was not seeing eye to eye on musical terms with the rest of the band. On 11 December 2008, the band announced a one-off date at King Tut's on 18 February 2009, their first gig since playing London's Underage Festival on 8 August 2008. The event sold out. A full tour was later announced, playing sixteen dates across the UK. Brian Henderson stated in an interview with The "Daily Record" that the band are currently experimenting with a number of new instruments, including bongo drums, acoustic guitars, and gospel choirs. Henderson added that the band are seven songs from finishing the album. During the band's March tour, they included new songs "Awake", "Square Balloons", "Minus One", "Traps" and "Are You With Me Now?". The latter has been released as a free download through the band's website and MySpace. The band's new single "Sounds of the City" was released on 27 April 2009, with an instrumental version of the song as a B-side. As well as this, the band played a number of summer music festivals in 2009, including T in the Park, Summer Sundae, and the Loopallu festival in Ullapool. The band announced on 18 July 2011 via their Myspace and Facebook accounts that their new album "Canyon of Echoes" will be released on 3 October 2011. They will undertake a short UK tour to support the release. On 29 August 2011 they premiered the video for new single 'Awake' on their official Facebook and YouTube channel. In January 2012, the Dykeenies announced their split. In November 2016, The Dykeenies Facebook page announced live shows set for May 2017. They have since confirmed that this is an official reunion and have new songs already written. The line up was basically from before minus Ramsay, who took the huff and emigrated. On 11 May 2018, The Dykeenies released a new EP titled 'I Wanted To Show Her All The Beautiful Things In The World'; their first new record since 2011. The Dykeenies' musical style has been noted primarily as indie rock, with influences including The Cribs, Bloc Party and The Futureheads. Their musical style has also been compared to art rock and, more prominently, art pop. "God Is in the TV Zine" described "New Ideas" as sounding "like the first few tracks of "Silent Alarm"", as well as comparing "Will It Happen Tonight?"