Although each member of Yeah Yeah Yeahs has been busy with various side gigs lately, as a functional unit they’ve been pretty quiet since Mosquito came out almost two years ago. In a new interview with NME, Karen O said that radio silence will likely continue for a while because the band is “on a bit of a hiatus” and has no plans to record anytime soon. O clarified that Yeah Yeah Yeahs have not broken up, they’re just not in any hurry to get together again: “We have to wait to get the urge, get that itch. The time needs to be right and we’re OK waiting for that, I think.” That’s some unfortunate news for those of us who weren’t satiated by O’s solo debut Crush Songs, but hey, they always take three or four years between albums. Read more of the interview here.

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