Atlanta-based band Cloudeater, known for their innovative sound has announced their break-up, the same day that Wale’s latest single featuring their lead singer Sam Dew was released. Although I’ve never posted the band’s music on this site, I’ve certainly been a fan for a while and this is sad news to hear.  Above is a live version of one of the songs set to be included on their last album.   I’ve also included a tweet from Sam and a message from the band below.

From the band’s Facebook page:

We deeply regret to inform you that Cloudeater no longer exists as a functioning entity as of late last week. One of our founding members, whose vision and creative input are vital to the operation of this band, has decided to leave, and in doing so, we are no longer able to continue at this time. It was one person’s decision alone to leave, and although we are still trying to cope with the reality of his decision, there had been internal tensions for some time.

It is both frustrating and sad that we have arrived at this point. We are incredibly thankful to all the wonderful people who have supported us over the years and those who we’ve been able to meet in the course of playing shows together for almost 4 years.

In gratitude to our fans, who have given us so much, we will be releasing our album “Purge”, which we worked on with Prefuse73, in the coming weeks as what we consider to be our swan song and finest work.

We are incredibly proud of what we have accomplished and the music we created. Nothing will ever change that.

 

 

 

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