in 2014, they signed to the german record label tapete and their 12th studio album, "spaces everywhere" was released in 2015. guitarist lester square left the band in late 2014, after completing recording of the album, and former member john paul moran rejoined. their thirteenth studio album, "cosmonaut", was released on the tapete label in september 2016. mike urban, who had previously been in the band in 1990 and played on the "dante's casino" album, joined the band in september 2016, replacing steve brummel on drums. in 2018, the fortieth year since the band formed, their 14th studio album, "maisieworld" and a box set, "the monochrome set 1979–1985: complete recordings", were released. in 2019 they toured the usa again, playing for the first time ever on the west coast as well as the east and released their 15th studio album, "fabula mendax" in september that year.