In 2017, after headlining the Gotham Sounds Festival in Germany and during the recording of new material, the band announced they would be splitting up again. The following year, the group made a surprise return at the Hope & Anchor in Islington, London on 4 May. The band recorded two new songs "All the Pain of Love" and "Echoes" at Savage Sounds Studio, Hastings, as part of a planned Mini-LP. In June 2018, Harper left the band and, in September 2018, Ex-Dream Disciples guitarist Gordon Young joined the group. In December that year, Children on Stun sign to Armalyte Industries.