The Long Blondes split

• 20th Oct 2008

After two albums, The Long Blondes are calling it a day

A blog was posted on myspace this morning thanking fans but saying that the band would be splitting up due to Dorian Cox's recent illness.

The guitarist suffered a stroke in june and is unsure if and when he will be able to play the guitar again.

“On behalf of the band I'd like to say a big thank you to anyone who ever came to one of our shows, bought one of our records or danced to one of our songs in a club. Thank you, if it wasn't for you the whole thing would have been pointless,” Cox wrote.

A collection of singles was released today through the Angular Recording Corporation today. It features singles, b-sides and a few bonus tracks:

'New Idols'
'Long Blonde'
'Autonomy Boy'
'Giddy Stratospheres'
'Polly'
'Darts'
'Appropriation (By Any Other Name)'
'My Heart Is Out Of Bounds'
'Lust In The Movies'
'Separated By Motorways' (alternative version)
'Big Infatuation'
'Peterborough'