It's a sad day for us all here at Aloud Towers as one of our favourite bands is losing their singer. Victoria Bergsman is leaving Swedish eightpiece The Concretes to go solo after 11 years with the band, which started off as an all-girl trio before collecting new members along the way.

While other seven will carry on recording as The Concretes, this is a real blow for fans of Bergman's voice (which you can hear here). We're certainly quite piqued.

The band have released a statement "The Concretes have announced that lead singer Victoria Bergsman is departing the band to pursue a solo career. The band will continue playing together and are currently drafting songs for a new album. They performed without Bergsman at the Summercase Festival in Spain. They apologise to fans who were hoping to see them perform together."

"The Concretes' performance of recent single 'On The Radio' on the last series of the Jonathan Ross TV Show is the last time the band will have played together prior to Bergsman's departure. Anyway...Life goes on. We are working on new stuff and so is Victoria. We wish her the best of luck."

So do we. Although we'll be a bit quiet for the rest of the day.