Love of Lesbian announce an indefinite "pause" but deny a breakup

BarcelonaThe Catalan band Love of Lesbian has decided to take an indefinite hiatus after 25 years. In a statement published on social media, the group, led by Santi Balmes, affirms that the time has come to "lower the curtain for a while." "It's not goodbye, but rather a long-awaited 'see you soon.' We want the silence that will follow to be as honest as the noise we've shared," explains Balmes. The temporary farewell will have to wait until after their concert tour planned for 2026. They will begin in March with a trip to the Americas.

Love of Lesbian was formed in Sant Vicenç dels Horts and after three albums in English they switched to Spanish with Escape maneuvers, published in 2005. Then they continued with Chinese Tales for Japanese Children and 1999 (or how to start snow fires with a magnifying glass by sinking the moon), the album that cemented their status as one of the most important bands ofindie Spanish. In these 25 years of activity the band has been very prolific: in total they have ten studio albums, the last one released in 2024, Salvation Army.

In the last interview with the ARA To mark the release of their new album, the group hinted at the possibility of taking a break, a pause that Santi Balmes would use to record his first album in Catalan, on which he has been working for some time. "The disguise of Spanish allows you to be much more imaginative, to be other people. For me, as a Catalan speaker, it's like a kind of mask, a way to be a superhero. In Catalan, you are who you are. And, damn it, you have to accept yourself. Now I'm starting to enjoy the process, really enjoy it. Like I was saying to my bandmates recently, I'd like to not realize after the process that I'm a cheap imitation of Antònia Font," he explained.