Brand New split-up: Band pre-emptively call it a day with savvy merchandise

They're actually 'gonna stay 18 forever'

Brand New appear to have split up in subtle, potentially lucrative fashion, posting a link on Facebook to funereal T-shirts that say 'BRAND NEW 2000 - 2018'.

"Three new designs are now available on our store," they wrote, though it was this definitive design that was chosen for the lead picture.

The '2018' suggests the band still have a few farewell concerts left in them - maybe even another album.

Brand New seem to have had this expiry date in mind for a while, an 'RIP BRAND NEW 2018' postcard having been included with copies of their 2009 album The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me.

That LP was a big hit, but the band lost momentum with Daisy, altering their sound in accordance with the aging of their originally teen fan base, but deviating from what they were good at.

A fifth studio album is still yet to surface, in spite of the band having drip fed a fair few new tracks recently.