Mineral have introduced they’re calling it quits after taking part in a farewell present at Best Friends Forever Festival, a three-day emo and indie-rock music competition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The occasion takes place October 10-12 on the Downtown Las Vegas Occasions Heart.
In a press release shared with Pitchfork, Mineral’s lead singer, Chris Simpson mentioned, “Over time the band has come into and out of our lives in phases. Currently we’ve been feeling like perhaps it was performed and had been adequately and organically wrapped up, however we’re delighted for the chance to place a extra considerate and intentional bow on what has been one of many extra passionate and significant endeavors of our particular person and collective lives.”
Although they’re thought of a foundational band within the emo style, Mineral additionally included indie-rock and post-rock into their sound throughout their unique run, which got here to an finish in 1998 after releasing two studio albums, an EP, a handful of singles, and a 1997 cut up with Jimmy Eat World and Sense Area. Mineral initially reunited in 2014 for a brief tour, marking their first dwell reveals in 17 years, solely to return a number of years later to have a good time their twenty fifth anniversary. The Texas group went on to launch two new songs, put out a retrospective e book, and tour closely earlier than the pandemic introduced issues to a halt. Mineral performed their most up-to-date present up to now at Alabam’s Furnace Fest in September 2021.
Rounding out the 2025 lineup at Greatest Mates Perpetually are headliners Minus the Bear—reuniting for the primary time since 2018—and Jawbreaker, in addition to Rilo Kiley, Texas Is the Motive, Superchunk, Wednesday, Tigers Jaw, Rival Colleges, Hey Mercedes, and Fairly Ladies Make Graves. Particular highlights embody Cursive taking part in Domestica and The Ugly Organ, Bear vs. Shark taking part in Terrorhawk, Pedro the Lion celebrating their thirtieth anniversary, and a newly reunited Snowing, the cult-favorite Midwest emo band from Philadelphia.
Greatest Mates Perpetually Pageant spans three days and options two levels. Tickets for the all-ages competition are at the moment on sale. The inaugural edition of the competition in 2024 was headlined by Sunny Day Actual Property, Cap’n Jazz, and—after Brilliant Eyes needed to drop out—the Blood Brothers.
Revisit Pitchfork’s opinions of the 2 Mineral studio albums, 1997’s The Power of Failing and 1998’s EndSerenading.
