Pitchfork: Clor Break Up

Bands have been having "musical differences" since the beginning of time, aka the year the Beatles formed. Clor is no different, except, unlike the Beatles, they only gave us one album and two years to get to know them before splitting up.

In a statement from the band�s manager released to NME earlier today, the band admitted their inability "to reconcile the yin and yang of wanting to be both wildly creative and chart-bothering," and announced their decision "not to be a pop group anymore."

In retrospect, we should have seen this coming. The band has been MIA for months, and we should have known better than to trust the claims on their MySpace page that they were recording the follow up to last year�s self-titled debut.

There is, however, good news on the horizon for the band�s fans in the States, as their manager also says that the debut is "about to be released in America," though we were unable to find any other sources that could confirm this information.

Despite the breakup, bandleaders Barry Dobbin and Luke Smith "are likely to continue making music along their divergent routes." Only time will tell whether those routes will lead in Babyshambles or Islands directions. On second thought, we�ll probably tell you as well, once we find out.