Kat Moss has confirmed that Scowl has gone on a hiatus.
The band haven’t performed live since December last year, and have nothing lined-up for 2026. On top of that, one of the members has reportedly been looking for gigs elsewhere on social media – leading to some speculating about the current status of the melodic hardcore band.
Now, singer Kat Moss has cleared up rumours in a new interview and said that they are currently on a break while she focuses on her mental health and wellbeing.
Speaking to Good Times, the singer recalled the huge emotional toll she has faced since losing a friend to ovarian cancer in 2025, and explained that it led to her feeling burned out and shutting down when on the road.
“I really wasn’t really in my body or present, in fact, I think I had a lot of resentment at the time. I was so fucking overwhelmed I just wanted to tuck my tail and run away from everything,” she said.
The friend who passed away was an early supporter of Scowl and helped them choreograph the music video for their song ‘Psychic Dance Routine’. She passed away last year after a battle with cancer.
Sharing how the grief hit her when promoting the band’s latest album ‘Are We All Angels’ and touring around Europe, Moss shared: “We’d be walking around somewhere in Spain, in a beautiful city with the sun shining down on my shoulders, looking at this beautiful architecture, and I’m just sobbing. Everyone would ask ‘Are you ok?’ and I’d say, ‘Yeah, I’m OK. I just didn’t get much sleep last night.’”
The decision to take a hiatus was seemingly accelerated by the departure of guitarist Malachi Greene in 2025.
While Scowl have not played any shows this year, Moss has been back on stage, fronting Not Yet, Old Dog earlier this month for a live show, where she covered a range of punk tracks.
“I’m really excited to unravel who my artistic self is. Scowl turned into a machine. It’s really fucking cool and crazy, but it’s also nice to breathe a little, too,” the singer said. “I needed some freedom to breathe, and to process not just the loss but the treasure of it–how bizarre it all was and is.
“That’s kind of where I’ve been, but now I’m in the position to try new musical avenues. I feel like a big 28-year-old toddler.”
Last year saw Scowl make a TV debut, performing on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert. For that performance, Scowl played ‘Tonight (I’m Afraid)’, taken off their aforementioned sophomore album, ‘Are We All Angels’.
Before then, the band appeared on NME’s Cover, and Moss explained how they captured their signature style of melodic hardcore by incorporating inspiration from Radiohead.
“I love melody, and I feel like we would be doing ourselves a disservice by not utilising it,” she said, also adding that the band still wanted to write about “systems of abuse and the way that they control us”
“I [have become] a really big fan of Radiohead the last couple years, and something about Radiohead that I really like is the fact that it’s oozing with vitriol. There’s just so much scathingness to it. That was really inspiring for me.”
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