VIOLENT SOHO // Victim of ‘Indefinite Hiatus’ Misquote, Band Issues Statement

For a few hours today, we thought the meteoric rise of Queensland grunge-revivalists Violent Soho was coming to an end after their Groovin’ The Moo Festival appearances, as guitarist James Tidswell was misquoted in an article published by the South Western Times.

According to triple j and a Mushroom group spokesperson who spoke to Hysteria, Tidswell was misquoted in the article. The band released a statement on Facebook only moments ago:

Tidswell allegedly said:

“I know it’s going to be big, it will be the best one of the whole tour and it will be so emotional for us because it will be our last time playing indefinitely,” he told the South Western Times.

“There is nothing booked after that, no album, we haven’t demoed any songs, we aren’t touring so that’s it—I 100 per cent guarantee it will be at least a year before we do anything else.

“It’s been an amazing six years and it’s the end of this whole sort of ride really. We will always be a band and always play, but this is the end of going this hard.”

Cue Soho fans’ collective sigh of relief.

Their latest album WACO, released last year (2016) debuted at #1 on the ARIA Album Chart, winning them two ARIA Awards (Best Group and Best Rock Album.)

Read the entire interview with Tidswell at the South Western Times.

Read our interview with Violent Soho in Hysteria #43, free on the Hysteria App.

EDIT: 19:48 AEDT – The original article used the original South Western Times source as the basis for an ‘indefinite hiatus’ story. This has been amended in light of new facts.