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Dear Friends

May 16th, 2011

'Over the last week or so we’ve all been doing some soul searching. We are very sorry to have to tell you all that we have decided to stop making music as The Answering Machine. We’d like to thank every single one of you for coming out to shows, buying our records and supporting our band right up until this point. It obviously hasn’t been an easy decision for us and we don’t want to make things harder/more upsetting for us by doing a ‘farewell tour’ or a ‘last ever gig,’ we are happier bowing out on the positive note we started on 6 years ago. That said we’d still like to do something as both a mark of respect to the band we feel we’ve become, and as a mark of respect to you guys for being there with us all the way. So, we will be releasing Lifeline (our second album) on 12inch vinyl very soon as goodbye and a celebration of all that we’ve achieved. We’d like to say a special thank you to our record label Heist or Hit for all their support, for always believing and for being a true indie! Thank you New York, L.A, Austin, Denver, Tokyo, Berlin, Brussels, Hamburg, Ibiza, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Munich, Paris, Cologne, London and most of all Manchester. Our one regret is that we didn’t write Hard Rain by Shout Out Louds. </p> <p>Cheers,</p> <p>The Answering Machine.

8 Comments »

  1. That’s not fair ):

    Best of luck in future endeavours, guys. I’m sure we’ll see at least one of you on the circuit again soon…

    2. Comment by Joe — May 16, 2011 @ 11:39 am

  2. Very sad to see you split. Best luck for the future. x

    3. Comment by Oliver — May 16, 2011 @ 2:22 pm

  3. best luck… we’re here for you guys!

    4. Comment by Fp — May 16, 2011 @ 10:53 pm

  4. [...] Answering Machine split up today. That’s a loss for Mancunian music, particularly off the back of such a fine second album. [...]

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  5. You guys suck, it’s taken me 6 years to find you. And now I have fallen in love with you, you split up :(

    Your music is awesome, I adore both albums. Thanks for bringing these into my life.

    xx

    6. Comment by Carl — May 17, 2011 @ 9:18 am

  6. Dear The Answering Machine,
    I really wish I got to see you perform live. This is a hard one to take because you were definitely by far my favorite artists. I remember the first time I heard you guys, and boy did I fall in love quickly. I listen to you day in and day out and still feel that joy that I felt the first time. I wish you all the best in your future endeavors and I thank you for the amazing music you put out. You will always have a special place in my heart.
    With Love,
    Karissa x

    7. Comment by Karissa — May 18, 2011 @ 12:41 am

  7. Alright guys this will take a bit. I saw you guys at the Red House pizzeria in Austing during SXSW this year. It meant a huge amount to get a picture with you all there. I was planning on going to Manchester to see you guys this july. Too bad it wont be. I was the one in the Barca jersey. I’m really sad to hear this but i still hope the best for you.

    8. Comment by Marcos Rivera — May 22, 2011 @ 4:58 am

  8. Not again… I’ve been listening to Hip-Hop religiously for 20 years. And about 5 years ago I started getting into rock and discovered some really cool bands. Two bands became my favorites, Voxtrot, and you guys. First Voxtrot broke up and while I was sad, I took comfort in knowing The Answering Machine would keep pumping out albums for quite some time, being that you guys were so young. But I guess not.

    Thank you for all your music… you have been with me during good and bad times. Your two albums will always remain in my player. I have taken you guys on so many trips with me, and your music has been played in my car through remote places in Mexico where people don’t even speak English. I’ve traveled cross-country on a train with your music flowing through my headphones when I had no clue where I was going to end up. And you guys were there everyday as well on my way to work, whether I was going in at 5 in the morning or at 12 at night, driving to work on empty streets with your music blasting through my speakers.

    I really hate that I will never see you guys live… it actually pains me to know that… I missed you guys the last time you played in L.A. and that really sucks.

    9. Comment by Fabi — May 25, 2011 @ 3:57 pm

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