Rou Reynolds tells us about Enter Shikari’s hiatus and thoughts on the future: “I was in an extremely bad place”

Enter Shikari‘s Rou Reynolds has spoken to NME about the struggles that led to their decision to take a hiatus, and what the future holds beyond that. READ MORE: Why are veteran acts turning their backs on touring – and what hope is there for new artists? Last month saw the band announce to fans that they’d be taking an indefinite hiatus, with plans to “fall dormant as a recording and performing entity” at the end of 2027 after another stretch of touring. “We are lucky enough to have built an audience who understand that the less-trodden path is sometimes the more interesting journey,” they shared. “However, it gets to the point where the often difficult terrain of that path starts to frazzle and drain the humble traveller.” They admitted that their “priorities and capacities had changed” over the years, and they’d had “difficult conversations about what the next few years should hold” even before Reynolds shared his mental health struggles in the wake of completing recent album ‘Lose Your Self’. The frontman then spoke to NME about “the cocktail of emotions” he was feeling after sharing the news. “It feels weird because we’ve got over a year, anything that we were talking about be...