Relationships are hard. They result in a lot of good times, bad times, and more clichéd musings than you can shake a barrel of bullet-riddled fish at. Joyce & Terry, Paul & Molly, Liz & Brian, Joy & David, Kim & Maggie, June & Daffy, Jean & Jim, and Jim & Christine all broke up long ago. Now word has come down from Nashville, TN's Be Your Own Pet that they too have called it quits. From their website:
To all of our fans, We are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows in the UK (dates below) are going to be our last as a band. We thank you for all your love and support these past few years - its [sic] been a blast but the time has come for the 4 of us to go our separate ways.
As stated above, the band, who released their second LP, Get Awkward (TMT Review) this year on Ecstatic Peace!, has a small run of UK dates left, before moving on to the inevitable next step: playing in their respective new bands while people tell them how great BYOP was. After about 15 years of that, they will probably reunite and play a series of shows with bands featuring the children of Thurston and Kim, Jeff Tweedy and ODB, causing people to reminisce nostalgically about BYOP on I Love the 00s. Which will be bearable, as long as jet packs/teleportation/time travel has been invented by then.
FINAL tourdates:
