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St. Louis emo stalwarts Foxing<\/a> have announced that they\u2019re going on hiatus. \u201c[It] has become clear to us that in our pursuit of our dreams and making the most honest and genuine art we can, our relationship with music, each other, and our sense of self without the band has eroded,\u201d the band wrote in a statement posted to social media.<\/p>\n Foxing will play two farewell shows\u2014one in Chicago and one in St. Louis\u2014in December. See those dates and find the group\u2019s full message below.<\/p>\n Foxing was formed in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2011, by bassist Josh Coll, drummer Jon Hellwig, and guitarist Matthew Piva. The band went through several lineup changes before the 2013 release of debut album The Albatross<\/em>. By then, Foxing had settled into a five-piece of Coll, Hellwig, vocalist Conor Murphy, and guitarists Ricky Sampson and Eric Hudson. Foxing spent the next couple of years on the road, landing opening slots for fellow emo favorites like the Hotelier<\/a> and Modern Baseball<\/a>.<\/p>\n Coll left Foxing between the release of 2015\u2019s Dealer<\/em><\/a> and 2018\u2019s Nearer My God<\/em><\/a>. Produced by Death Cab for Cutie<\/a>\u2019s Chris Walla<\/a>, Nearer My God<\/em> marked the band\u2019s leap to anthemic, festival-sized indie-rock. In his review of Nearer My God<\/em>, Ian Cohen wrote that it \u201cprovides the incapacitating rush of watching a broken play develop into a Hail Mary, a half-court buzzer beater, a double steal that actually works\u2014the thrill of its success amplified by palpable risk and an alternate, disastrous outcome that was narrowly avoided.\u201d<\/p>\n After Nearer My God<\/em>, Foxing released Draw Down the Moon<\/em><\/a>, in 2021, and a 2024 self-titled album<\/a>.<\/p>\n All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n