Deerhunter To Go On Hiatus

Deerhunter have announced they are to go on hiatus. The Atlanta-based band have stated their wish to organise their lives after two years of solid touring.

The group have had a topsy-turvy time recently, notably after Colin Mee quit the group back in August, while also adding more and more dates to their never-ending tour including many a show in England just this month.

However in a posting on the group's infamous blog, frontman Bradford Cox declared the band were just too exhausted to carry things on.

He said: "So we have one show left tomorrow night in Leipzig, Germany. Then we drive through the night to Prague where we fly home from early in the morning. This tour has been really insane. We met a lot of amazing people and finally got to play the UK, making our debut at the forum even. We are totally grateful for the opportunity to play everywhere we did. When we started this band years ago we never imagined playing outside of Atlanta, so this has all been like a hallucination. We are all exhausted now and ready to be home. I would like to announce that the show we are playing at Primavera in Barcelona (I hope to god i spelled that right) will be our last for quite some time. It will also be the last time we are ever playing the Cryptograms set we have been playing for the last two years. After that the band are going on hiatus. We all need some time to organize our lives. Thanks to everyone who has helped us out. This has been a crazy year that I will always remember."

Deerhunter were lined up to perform at the All Tomorrow's Parties event in May (curated by Explosions In The Sky), however this now looks to have been shelved. So if you want to see the boys in action one last time, check out the dates below:

19 Nov 2007 - UT Connewitz, Leipzig
30 Nov 2007 - Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, Georgia
05 Dec 2007 - Georgia Theatre, Athens, Georgia
08 Dec 2007 - Primavera Club @ Parc del Forum Auditorium, Barcelona