[Shaun]

Viva Brother announced today (April 1) that they have split up.

The band announced that they had split up via their Official Twitter page shortly after 12pm on April 1. Many fans had believed that the announcement was an April Fools hoax, but a spokesman for the band confirmed that the statement was true.

Viva Brother wrote on Twitter:

@VIVABROTHER
Thank you to everyone that has ever supported us or believed. It has been an unbelievable journey. This is us signing off. Goodbye.
1 Apr 12

Shortly after, the band then wrote that they'd "leave you with one last song", before posting a video link to a new song titled 'I Don't Want To Be Loved'. You can listen to the track by scrolling down the page and clicking.

The song's lyrics might give fans an insight into the band's emotions over recent months. The chorus appears to be the most revealing part, as Lee Newell sings "I don't want to be loved, but I need to be loved" and "if I snooze the album, will anybody notice I'm gone?".

The self-proclaimed 'Gritpop' band formed in 2010 and released their debut album, 'Famous First Words', in August last year and reached Number Thirty Four in the Official UK Albums Chart. Originally called Brother, the band were forced to change their name in June 2011 after losing a legal battle with an Australian Celtic band with the same moniker.

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can't tell if april fool joke or not
I do think it's a bit ****ty how NME treated them though. Spent months hyping them up and then instantly turned on them. But then they were a crap band anyway

[Marc]

I have never heard of them,

[King Gizzard]

Good.

hopefully not an april fools

[Maia]

Aw I quite liked them actually

[King Gizzard]

Didn't they say they'd be the new beatles or something?

Might of been oasis

[Black Dagger]

Only knew who they were from the NME nomination.

****ing dreadful anyway.