Dirty Beaches have split. Well, not literally as it's one guy and that'd be pretty horrific, but Montreal's Alex Zhang Hungtai has gone solo. Soloer.
All reports indicate that this is not the end of Hungtai's music creation days, but rather a reinvention (presumably he'll fly under the name 'Last Lizard'). His final record, Stateless, is due out next week (3 November).
Read the series of Tweets announcing the news below.
Hi guys thank you all for the support of STATELESS, its sad to say goodbye to DB, but rest assured NEW PROJECTS NEW MUSIC COMING SOON 2015
— Last Lizard (@dirtybeaches808) October 28, 2014
this may not be a smart move & painful1 too, but in the long run I'll look back& be glad I moved on from Dirty Beaches. Thank you all x
— Last Lizard (@dirtybeaches808) October 28, 2014
RIP DIRTY BEACHES 2005-2014.
— Last Lizard (@dirtybeaches808) October 28, 2014
Time to move on.
— Last Lizard (@dirtybeaches808) October 28, 2014
Stateless is out 3 November on Zoo Music. You can hear it now via Pitchfork.
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