Walk the Moon Announces Hiatus in Emotional Video: 'The Time Has Come'

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Walk the Moon are taking a hike. The group shared an 11-minute goodbye video to Instagram on Friday, and revealed they are going on an indefinite hiatus.«The time has come for us to take a good, long break from touring and making records together,» the band's frontman and original founder Nicholas Petricca shared in the heartfelt message to fans. «When we do reconvene, that will be a glorious day.

And the truth is, we don't know when that's gonna be.»Petricca said he and his bandmates --  guitarist Eli Maiman and drummer Sean Waugaman -- are «filled with love, gratitude, appreciation, and heartache» as they announce the news of their hiatus.The singer reflected on how this summer «will mark 18 years since I started the band that would change its name to Walk the Moon — half my life ago.»«For half of my life, this band has been the main focus of my creative love and energy,» he continued. «It is an enormous act of love to carefully lift something like this from the center of our lives and place it gently to the side, out of focus, and let it rest for a moment.»«It's a choice we make powerfully, to follow our truth, to make space for new creations, for family, to serve our well-being, and in the long run, even serve the well-being of Walk the Moon,» Petricca added. «Like hibernation!