Spoon bassist Rob Pope has decided to leave the band.
Pope is a founding and current member of The Get Up Kids, and had made the announcement on Instagram. Pope says he will be moving on from the group “in order to spend more time with family and personal projects.”
Pope had joined the band back in 2006, and has recorded on all Spoon’s albums since 2007’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. There is no bad blood between Pope and band members, as he said in a statement that he had nothing but love for Britt Daniel and the rest of the band. “I’ll continue to work on new music, including touring and recording with The Get Up Kids, but I’ll always be particularly proud of the amazing things Spoon accomplished over nearly 13 years of my involvement,” Pope wrote.