22 announce hiatus and release farewell single ‘2020’

22 have announced that they are going on hiatus!

The Norwegian prog rock band have announced that they are going on hiatus indefinitely. As a final gift to their fans and followers around the world, the band have released farewell single 2020.

In a statement about the release of the new song and hiatus, guitarist Magnus Børmark says, “with 22‘s numerological origin and all-permeating ethos, as revealed in classic 22-songs like Algorythm and Kneel Estate, the year of 2020 had to be of significance. By releasing the song 2020, we are telling that it was the plan all along to keep going until the year 2020, and that the band is now dissolving. With our previous release, the double-album You Are Creating, we were eager to give credit to the listener as a co-creator of the musical experience. Now we are taking it one step further, by removing the hopes of any more music from 22, leaving the listener to create everything themselves. As the lyrics of our farewell-song tell, ‘Sometimes things just have to die, in order to live…”

Watch the official lyric video for 2020 here: 

For more information on 22 like their official page on Facebook.