Maribou State announce hiatus “to reset physically and mentally”

Maribou State have announced a hiatus, saying that they want to take some time out “to reset physically and mentally”. READ MORE: Maribou State – ‘Hallucinating Love’ review: loose downtempo beats fuelled with optimism The move comes as the band took a temporary break in 2024, and will now see them have a longer hiatus before deciding what comes next. They will still play their scheduled shows this summer, including a stop at Forwards Festival in Bristol on Saturday (August 29) and at London’s LIDO Festival on Bank Holiday Monday (August 31). They shared the update about their future in a new interview with MixMag, where they reflected on the recent release of a deluxe edition of ‘Hallucinating Love’, and also shed light on how they overcame health worries and writer’s block to finish that album. “After 18 months of touring this record, and everything that led up to it, it feels like the right moment to actually stop rather than push straight into the next cycle like we always have before,” Liam Ivory shared. “From my perspective, this record came from a place of health struggles, so it would be a bit hypocritical to finish an album about resilience and then immediately burn myself...