After being inactive throughout 2026 so far, Kat Moss has explained why Scowl have needed to pull back from touring…
Scowl vocalist Kat Moss has addressed the future of the band amid rumours that they were coming to an end.
Although 2025 was a busy year after the release of their second album Are We All Angels, their calendar has become unexpectedly quiet. So far, they haven't played a single show together in 2026 and they also quietly dropped out of their planned appearances in the UK at Outbreak and 2000trees this summer.
In an interview with the Santa Cruz-based publication Good Times, Kat has revealed that 2025 was a particularly difficult year for them personally despite the success of Are We All Angels.
“I really wasn’t really in my body or present, in fact, I think I had a lot of resentment at the time,” she said. “I was so fucking overwhelmed I just wanted to tuck my tail and run away from everything.”
Kat also said that they had lost a friend, Bridget Smith – who choreographed the video for Scowl's song Psychic Dance Routine – to ovarian cancer that year. Upon hearing of their friend’s death, they “immediately resented touring” because it took them away from spending time with their loved ones and community.
“I was so fucking mad,” they said. “I was putting out a record, doing press every day and waking up early every morning in different hotels and I hated it.”
Later in the interview, they admitted: “We’d be walking around somewhere in Spain, in a beautiful city with the sun shining down on my shoulders, looking at this beautiful architecture, and I’m just sobbing. Everyone would ask ‘Are you okay?’ and I’d say, ‘Yeah, I’m okay. I just didn’t get much sleep last night.’”
Kat confirmed that Scowl would be pulling back from touring and other commitments for the time being but would not be breaking up. They also suggested that they would be exploring other creative endeavours in the meantime.
“I’m really excited to unravel who my artistic self is,” they said. “Scowl turned into a machine. It’s really fucking cool and crazy, but it’s also nice to breathe a little, too.”
They concluded, “I needed some freedom to breathe. And to process not just the loss but the treasure of it–how bizarre it all was and is. That’s kind of where I’ve been, but now I’m in the position to try new musical avenues. I feel like a big 28-year-old toddler.”
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