dude envy on the coast :(

Envy On The Coast called it quits earlier this week, but don’t start weeping just yet. The band will play three final shows next month. At the end of August Envy will headline farewell concerts at Boston’s The Middle East, Philadelphia’s First Unitarian Church and New York’s Irving Plaza.

The band made their breakup public on Tuesday via a Facebook message posted by singer/guitarist Ryan Hunter. Hunter explained that guitarist/keyboardist/vocalist Sal Bossio and bassist Jer Velardi had decided to leave the group, causing the band to decide it was time “to pull that curtain down.” Hunter wrote, “Brian and I decided a long time ago that we wanted to be artists. That can mean a lot of things, but to us it just means we want to keep making art and music together. And that’s what we plan on doing. I doubt anyone’s mentally ready to swallow ‘what’s next’ yet, so we’ll just leave it at that for now. In the coming weeks, we’ll be announcing our three final shows and together, we will celebrate the the death of something beautiful. Thank you all for being a part of this."

It’s crazy. I still remember the summer I found these guy. Good stuff man. Interested to see how the side projects turns out.