"At this point I feel that we have accomplished everything we could
have hoped for with FATA. It doesn't feel much like a break up. Just
feels like the end. It's complete. I would say that we are going on
indefinite hiatus because the term breakup suggests a more negative
circumstance. There have been no quarrels between band members. It is
also not a question of fan support because we are lucky to have some of
the most loyal and impassioned friends a band could ask for. Thank you
again for the overwhelming support of our last album. I've dedicated
almost 9 years to FATA and it's become something of a security for me."
Notably, Mark and FATA guitarist Rob Lauritsen recently launched a new band called Warship.
According to Mark, "I'm looking forward to feeling uncertain and the
freedom of starting a new band that has no definition. We don't have
any expectations or specific goals with Warship. We just want to play
loud, have fun and share some positive music with our friends."
Warhip is currently in a New York studio recording their debut release with producer Andrew Schneider (Cave In, Pelican). The as-yet-untitled disc is due out on Vagrant Records later this fall.
Mark
explains: "The name Warship comes from a time last year when I was
making worship candles (the tall, skinny glass jar candles you get in
Brooklyn dollar stores and bodegas)," continues Mark. "They have
paintings of saints on one side and a prayer on the opposite. I was
buying blank candles and doing my own paintings on them. A friend asked
me on a phone call what had I been up to and when I said "making
worship candles", she thought that I meant candles with actual warships
on them. This led me to thinking about the relationship between the
two. How discouraging it is when 'worship' begets 'warships'."
