Right after I finished writing the previous post on The Academy Is…' drummer Butcher having a side project, they've announced a lineup change.
The band said:
"Time is a funny thing. It seems to pick and choose the speed at which it passes without regard for its passengers. Through all that whirling time, things change. The arts change, fashions change, tastes change, hearts change, moods change, minds change, people chane, roads change. At some point in time, every road finds itself branching out in different directions. TAI has reached that point. As difficult as it is to let go, Andy Mrotek and Michael Guy Chislett are parting ways with The Academy Is… We feel that this is the right choice for all involved to embrace the changes, new hopes and desires that have individually taken hold."
William Beckett, Adam Siska, and Mike Carden, what's still standing of TAI… "are looking and moving forward to a new era of TAI."
This was probably some of the most disappointing news. I love The Academy Is… and I have for a really long time. Butcher's working on his new The Animal Upstairs project, as Chislett will be cowriting and things with other bands. I've seen these boys live more times than I can count on one hand, so I'm bummed about the split.
The Academy Is… is moving on to bigger and better things- lets hear it guys.