Deap Vally announce their split alongside a farewell tour

The Los Angeles duo Deap Vally are breaking up after three albums and more than a decade together. The band, made up of Lindsey Troy and Julie Edwards, will go on one last tour, performing the Sistrionix album in full.

In a statement on her personal Instagram, Troy wrote: "We made the decision to go out with a bang. Not gonna lie, I’m feeling a bit sentimental. This project has by far been the most extraordinary creative and professional accomplishment of my life thus far. I’m so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done, and so grateful for the adventures we’ve had and the memories and friends we’ve made along the way. Julie and I have an uncanny creative alchemy together and I’m so happy we got to develop that and share it with the world."

She goes on to add that the logistics of touring just isn't feasible with where they are in their lives now. "The truth is, it’s just a fucking grind, punk-rock touring, year after year. We each have two kids now and it’s just not practical to continue touring at our level of success. We just can’t make it work anymore in a way that’s healthy for our psyches, bank accounts and our families. We remain open to future collaboration with each other when opportunity and inspiration strikes."

“Sistrionix is just classic Deap Vally. It’s so pure and raw,” Troy said in a press release, explaining why they're planning to go out playing the album in full. “It really encapsulates an era — an era of dank, yeasty backstage rooms across the UK, of the endorphin rush of that first wave of success, of youthful drunken, wild nights, of the worldly adventures and the newness of it all.”

“We’re just going to go to play as many places as we can and say farewell to everyone,” Edwards added.

“We need to find the balance where we can focus on the fun stuff, but have the freedom to make the music we love,” Troy concluded. “We just felt it would be fitting to go out with a bang, not a whimper. I felt marking this occasion should be a cathartic process: healing deep wounds, reconnecting with old friends and collaborators – and falling in love with Deap Vally all over again.”

Deap Vally released their debut single, “Gonna Make My Own Money,” in 2012. They followed that up the next year with an EP, Get Deap!, and the full-length Sistrionix. They released their sophomore album Femejism, in 2016, teamed up with the Flaming Lips on 2020’s Deap Lips, and their final album, Marriage, came out in 2021.