St. Louis emo stalwarts Foxing have announced that they’re going on hiatus. “[It] has become clear to us that in our pursuit of our dreams and making the most honest and genuine art we can, our relationship with music, each other, and our sense of self without the band has eroded,” the band wrote in a statement posted to social media.

Foxing will play two farewell shows—one in Chicago and one in St. Louis—in December. See those dates and find the group’s full message below.

Foxing was formed in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2011, by bassist Josh Coll, drummer Jon Hellwig, and guitarist Matthew Piva. The band went through several lineup changes before the 2013 release of debut album The Albatross . By then, Foxing had settled into a five-piece of Coll, Hellwig, vocalist Conor Murphy, and gu

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