Foals announce departure of bassist

British band Foals have announced bassist Walter Gervers has left the band.
The rockers revealed the news on Twitter on Friday (05Jan18), and apologised to their fans.
“To all our fans,” they wrote. “Sadly we have to announce that our mate Walter has decided to leave the band to pursue a new life. The parting has been sad but we remain firm friends. He’ll always be out brother, we love him and wish him well in his future endeavours.
“We had 12 amazing years touring together from a small postal van to the Pyramid Stage (at Glastonbury) and beyond. It’s the end of a chapter, but not the end of the book.”
The band continued: “We want to thank him for all his time and energy and passion and we want to thank you for all your support from the early days and into the future.
“We are making new music and working on the fifth LP. It’s gonna be the best yet. Keep those ears alive.”
There is no news yet if Foals’ fifth album will be delayed after Gervers’ departure.
Last year, frontman Yannis Philippakis spoke to NME magazine about wanting the band to evolve.
“We’re in the marinating stage of thinking about getting onto the next record,” he said in July. “We have a couple of bits written but it’s in the very early stages. We’re in the conception stage, we’re not pregnant yet, we’re just trying to have the kid.
“I think it’s good to be hungry and want to make big leaps between records and keep things surprising and keep it unpredictable and to grow. It’s important for bands to evolve and I think it’s one of the reasons that it’s still exciting for us after having done four records.”