Bradford Cox’s gang put the brakes on their continental travels.

Deerhunter have announced the cancellation of their forthcoming European tour, which was due to start in Dublin on October 11.

“We are very disappointed to have to cancel our upcoming european tour do to unforeseen circumstances,” the Atlanta band said in a statement. “We were very excited for these shows, but unfortunately family circumstances at home for multiple members of the band have made this unavoidable. We will reschedule as soon as possible.”

Ticket holders should contact their point of purchase for a refund. [via The 405 and The Line Of Best Fit]

ATP recently posted a deliciously odd clip of the Deerhunter frontman interviewing minimal pioneer Terry Riley at Animal Collective’s All Tomorrow’s Parties weekend back in 2011.

Affected tour dates:

11/o9 – DUBLIN, Vicar Street 
12/09 – BELFAST, Empire Music Hall 
13/09 – GLASGOW, The Arches 
15/09 – MANCHESTER, Academy 2
16/09 – LEEDS, Stylus 
17/09 – LIVERPOOL, East Village Arts Club
18/09 – CARDIFF, Solus (SWN Festival)
19/09 – BRIGHTON, Concorde 2 
21/09 – ANTWERP, Trix 
22/09 – AMSTERDAM, Paradiso
23/09 – HAMBURG, Übel and Gefährlich 
24/09 – BERLIN, Festaal Kreuzberg
25/09 – MUNICH, Feierwerk
26/09 –  PRAGUE, Meet Factory 
27/09 – VIENNA, Wuk 
29/09 – ZURICH, Rote Fabrik
30/09 – FRIBOURG, Fri-Son 
31/09 – LYON, Epicerie Moderne
02/11 – TOURCOING, Le Grand Mix
04/11 – ROUEN, Le 106