After drummer Devon Clifford died of a brain hemorrhage last April at 30 (during a homecoming gig, no less), indie dance-punk outfit You Say Party dropped the “We Say Die” half of its name and the exclamation points. Founding member Krista Loewen, who’d grown tired of touring, left the band, and You Say Party tried to soldier on with a new lineup. But today, just days before the one-year anniversary of Clifford’s death, the Canadian quintet annnounced an immediate cease to activity.

“Call it a hiatus, call it a break, call it whatever you want,” said bassist Stephen O’Shea in a statement. “It’s been a hard year for us. Not a bad year. We’ve experienced wonderful support from people. But you gotta listen to your body and your mind when it begins to revolt against what you think it is you have to do. So we’re gonna stop for a while, and we’re gonna work on who we are as people. We know that everyone understands exactly why and where we’re coming from. Thanks for the support over the years.”

O’Shea asked fans to support the Devon Clifford Foundation and enjoy You Say Party’s final music video to “Laura Palmer’s Prom,” a standout track from 2009’s XXXX. The clip was filmed last summer.

As a Twin Peaks-nik, “Laura Palmer’s Prom” checks all the boxes as any homage to that cult TV classic should — backwards talking, waterfall, the Log Lady, the picnic, zig-zag carpeting, etc. The song itself is fantastic, awash in ’80s synths and guitars, desire at its core (“My heart needs a love dance“). It might be YSP vocalist Becky Ninkovic’s best performance on record.

But with You Say Party ending on this note, the repetition of “Run away, run away, run away, oh, oh…” at song’s end now seems particularly prescient.

Purchase You Say Party – “Laura Palmer’s Prom” via iTunes, Amazon MP3.