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The group's last album was Operation Heavenly ( 1996 ).

Sarah Records had closed while the album was being recorded, so the album came out on Wiiija instead.

Arriving in the middle of the Britpop boom, the album contained a cover of the Serge Gainsbourg-penned and France Gall-performed " Nous ne sommes pas des anges ," sung entirely in French by Amelia.

Though it was still recognisably the Heavenly sound, and even included a second Calvin Johnson guest spot on the track " Pet Monkey.

" However, shortly before the release of Operation Heavenly, Mathew Fletcher, the band's drummer and Amelia's brother, committed suicide.

The remaining members announced that the band name Heavenly was to be retired, but that they would continue, using the name Marine Research, a moniker under which they released a single album, 1999's Sounds From The Gulf Stream, on K Records ( it was not released separately in Britain ).

Afterwards, Marine Research dissolved.

The band's core members reformed in 2002 as Tender Trap, releasing their debut album, Film Molecules, on K Records once again.

2006 saw the release of two new Tender Trap releases – two EPs, Language Lessons and ¿ Como te Llamas ?, and a full-length album, 6 Billion People.