In an interview with Loud & Quiet, Savages frontwoman Jehnny Beth has today confirmed that the band plan to take a break. Beth confirmed that both she and her bandmates had endured a hectic schedule between their two successful albums, and addressed this when saying “We’re going to take a break from Savages because we haven’t taken a break between the two records at all – we took a month, I remember.” Earlier this year, released their second album Adore Life, to much acclaim.

Beth also alluded to both her and her bandmates having musical intentions outside of Savages, but teased fans about her future projects, stating “I have a collaboration I have lined up, really cool stuff, which I can’t talk about now but some are going to be revealed in January […] I think it’s going to be for me, collaborating with new people. I’ve kept writing a lot so I’ve got a lot of songs right now that I don’t know what I’m going to do with yet.”

Beth had alerted fans to a potential hiatus for the band as recently as the end of last month, when she addressed a sold out Brixton Academy, to tell them that they were witnessing “The last Savages show for a while.” The gig at Brixton itself was seen as something of a landmark for the band, as they also emotionally paid tribute to Leonard Cohen and Marianne Faithfull.