Patty Walters announces As It Is hiatus: “Music is not currently at the forefront of my life”

Just under two years on from their I WENT TO HELL AND BACK album, As It Is have gone on hiatus.

The news was announced by frontman Patty Walters, who took to Instagram to share an update with fans and explain that “music is not currently at the forefront of my life”. He explained that he’d been receiving “countless comments and questions” over the past couple of years about what he’s been up to, and thanked listeners for thinking of him while he’s “been privately searching my heart”. The singer adds that he can see his feelings about music “changing in the future” – so you never know what is going to happen next.

Read Patty’s full statement below:

“Thank you for the countless comments and questions I’ve received these past few years. Thank you for being curious but kind, and while I’ve been privately searching my heart, thank you if you kept a space for me in yours.

“It will come as no surprise to hear that music is not currently at the forefront of my life. I’m not yet ready for that to change. However, I’ll join you in looking forward to that changing in the future, and one day enjoying past and future musical endeavours with you.

“I’m so proud of the choices I’ve made, the relationships I’ve chosen to nurture, and the values I’ve let guide me. I’m proud to have shaped the community that’s orbited my life for the past decade – a community that embodies sincerity, artistic integrity, inclusivity, and love without agenda. I’m proud of who I’ve been, but I’m especially proud of who I’ve become.”

All the best, Patty!

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