The Academy Is... have announced that Andy Mrotek and Michael Guy Chislett have left the band to pursue other musical interests.
The band released the following statement:
Time is a funny thing. It seems to pick and choose the speed at which it passes without regard for its passengers. Through all that whirling time, things change. The arts change, fashions change, tastes change, hearts change, moods change, minds change, people chane, roads change. At some point in time, every road finds itself branching out in different directions. TAI has reached that point. As difficult as it is to let go, Andy Mrotek and Michael Guy Chislett are parting ways with The Academy Is... We feel that this is the right choice for all involved to embrace the changes, new hopes and desires that have individually taken hold.
The three remaining members of the band--William Beckett, Adam Siska and Mike Carden will continue on and have just released a demo of a new track titled Chicago which can be heard here.
