Two of Sleater-Kinney's members have formed a new band, with guitarist Carrie Brownstein suggesting the trio may reunite "in the next five years". "I think it will happen," Brownstein said. "We [just] have to loop around."
It has been four years since Sleater-Kinney announced an abrupt hiatus, declaring there were "no plans for future tours or recordings". Just three months after co-curating the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, the group played their final show, the members subsequently scattering. While lead singer Corin Tucker dedicated herself to parenting, Brownstein has turned to music journalism. Drummer Janet Weiss performs in Quasi and with Stephen Malkmus's non-Pavement mob, the Jicks.
"I just started a new band after taking many much-needed years off from playing," Brownstein told IFC last week. "I can't really talk about it that much, but we have seven songs, and there are four of us, and we're based in Portland [Oregon] – but not all of our members live there."
So far, Brownstein has only named one collaborator: Weiss. Despite appropriate levels of indie hysteria, sleuths have yet to dig up a name for the project, let alone a MySpace page. Unfortunately, Tucker does not seem to be involved. She recently revealed on Facebook that she has begun work on a solo album, due on Kill Rock Stars this fall. "[We] are still great friends," Brownstein told IFC. "We will probably do something [eventually]. [But] it's so intense, that band."
"We spent 11 years committed to [Sleater-Kinney], heart and soul. To get back into it we have to be in that place where we can immerse ourselves fully. I think it will happen. We have to loop around, and we're at the far end of the circle, away from the band, but I think we will come back and revisit it. And hopefully that record will be sometime in the next five years."
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