20 years into their career, Texas post-rock greats This Will Destroy You are splitting into two bands. Each co-founding guitarist, Christopher King and Jeremy Galindo, will lead their own iteration of the band. Christopher’s iteration will include Jesse Kees and Robi Gonzalez (who both joined TWDY in 2016), while Jeremy’s will include Austin musicians Ethan Billips (Body Tape, Blank Hellscape, etc), Johnnie McBryde, and Nicholas Huft (the latter two of whom play together in Dismissal). The announcement reads:
After years of collaboration, Jeremy Galindo and Christopher King have decided to pursue their own creative endeavors, focusing on solo, collaborative, and compositional work. As they embark on these new ventures, both Galindo and King will continue to honor their roots by touring globally with two distinct lineups of This Will Destroy You. Each lineup will perform different material from the TWDY catalog during their respective tours and shows, and both will release new music under separate project names in the future.
Christopher King will be performing with Jesse Kees and Robi Gonzalez, who were instrumental in the creation of “New Others Part 1 and 2.” They will be joined by multi-instrumentalist, Masaru Takaku.
Jeremy Galindo will be touring with Johnnie McBryde, Nicholas Huft, and Ethan Billips.Tour dates for both groups will be announced soon, so keep an eye out for them!
Thank you for your understanding and continued support.
Sincerely,
TWDY
Stay tuned for those tour dates announcements, and watch a full-set video of This Will Destroy You playing Saint Vitus in 2015 below.
Update: Christopher King’s version announced a Mexico City show for October 22: