| Blake Sennett officially announces the break-up of RILO KILEY. |
| Written by Shahlin Graves |
| Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:50 |
 RILO KILEY guitarist Blake Sennett has [inadvertently] announced the break-up of the four-piece band. In an interview with Spinner, Sennett said that: "I just felt like there was a lot of deception, disloyalty, greed and things I don't really want to submit myself to. I had related that frustration to music but I just thought, 'I'm not going to put myself in that position again,' so I said, 'F--- that, I can't do this anymore.'" Sennett also said that: "Relationships, like Woody Allen said, are either moving forward or they're moving backwards, they either degrade or they grow and it was degrading to some certain extent in Rilo Kiley." Following the backlash from fans and blogs, Sennett sought to clarify Spinner's published quotes with the following update: "Blake Sennett would like to clarify the comments he made regarding Rilo Kiley's break-up in an interview with Spinner earlier this week. While he didn't question the accuracy of the quotes, Sennett was disappointed in how the article portrayed his comments in regard to his current relationship with his former bandmates. Spinner regrets any confusion this may have caused, as well as not including this quote about his friendship with Jenny Lewis: "She's my buddy. She's a good person, a good friend. She's my homie." Stay tuned to Spinner for more about Blake's work with the Elected. "Look, all bands have s---. Ours was no different. That's all I was saying. The rest has been completely editorial. Most of the interview was in reference to me leaving music in general and my reasoning for doing so. Not Rilo Kiley specifically. This interview was supposed to be about the new Elected album I just released, and somehow became the official announcement of Rilo Kiley's end. Perhaps I chose poorly in using the three inflammatory words all these blogs seem to like so much. So for that I'm sorry. As far as the band being over? We are. Rilo Kiley is officially broken up. It's sad but it happens."" In his Spinner interview, Sennett also mentioned the possibility of the band releasing a final compilation of unreleased songs: "I think we're going to try and release a two-disc set of 40 songs, or something. I think that can be more considered like our last release, to me. But I don't know." Click HERE to read Sennett's full Spinner interview. |
