
About a year ago I interviewed Monkey Swallows the Universe , a gorgeous pop band shortly to be going on "indefinite hiatus". This was a bizarre turn of events for almost every fan because their second album The Casket Letters had recently broken pretty significant ground for the band, helped particularly by a plug on Gorilla vs. Bear , according to the band. They seemed to be on the way up, their audience was rapidly expanding, and people seemed to be getting really excited about them. They seemed, in short, on the up. [...]