Those of you who thought these guys split up years ago would be carelessly ignoring last year's hit single (52's a hit, right?) 'Coming Home'. Anyway, JJ72 have announced they are calling it a day, seemingly because a dispute with their record label, the once BMG funded Lakota, has prevented them from releasing a third album which is, we hear, actually pretty much complete.
A statement issued on behalf of the band yesterday read: "JJ72 decided it was the end as it did not want to undermine its achievements by continuing a ridiculous argument with a label that would not be able to support the release and touring of the third JJ opus - a label who lost funding from SonyBMG some time ago".
A personal message from the band added: "We remember everything, from mechanical birds in Japan to angels in arid Arizona, from broken bones and Berlin birthdays to predatory Portsmouth spiders. For those who disliked and perhaps despised (gasp) JJ72, thank you - how did beautiful photographs exist without a negative?! We crafted two monuments of magnificence for the future aural pleasure and pain of all would be JJ believers and doubters...and for those who care not for the passing of the petulant yet powerful pup....shame on you! Thank you to [former band member] Hilary Woods for being a dazzling damsel and thank you to all who played music in/with the band. You know who you are".
The band's Mark Greaney is reportedly working on a new project, details of which should be announced shortly.