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After just a little over five years together, punk band Pretty Girls Make Graves have announced that they are breaking up after one last tour.

(Thanks to reader Andrew Willis for the tip.)

Citing the departure of drummer Nick Dewitt as the impetus behind the split, the Seattle group posted the following message on their website late Sunday night:

"We are sorry to announce that our upcoming tour in May will be our last. Nick quit the band and the rest of us feel like it wouldn't be right to continue on without him. The 5 of us feel very lucky to have met and worked with some truly amazing people over the years. Thank you all so much..."

Pretty Girls Make Graves formed in 2001, fusing members of several Pacific Northwest bands, including Murder City Devils, Kill Sadie, and Death Wish Kids. They released a self-titled EP on Dim Mak and an album, Good Health, on Lookout! before signing to Matador in 2003. Matador put out their second and third albums, The New Romance and Élan Vital, in 2003 and 2006, respectively.

The complete itinerary for PGMG's final tour have yet to be announced; so far, the dates we could dig up are May 13 at the Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, May 17 at Boston's Middle East, May 20 at the Black Cat in Washington, DC, and May 22 at the Earl in Atlanta, Georgia.