MINNEAPOLIS — Just a few hours after what looked like yet another ladder-climbing performance by his affable, accessible pop-rock band at the Minnesota Yacht Club festival on July 18, Yam Haus singer Lars Pruitt let slide some big news that would not get out for another week.

“I think that was probably the last Yam Haus gig,” Pruitt confided as he watched Geese perform.

Sure enough, the front man and his bandmates Zach Beinlich and Jake Felstow formally announced this past weekend Yam Haus is calling it quits as a band. There are currently no plans for a long-goodbye run of final performances or anything else to milk their farewell. For now, the Minnesota Yacht Club really was it for the group, which became popular enough locally over the past decade to have headlined the Palace Theatre and Minnesota State Fair bandshell among its steady run of local gigs.

In a letter posted on social media, the bandmates explained, “After nine incredible years, Yam Haus is going on indefinite hiatus.”

“From playing shows in friends’ basements to stages bigger than we ever could have dreamed, it’s been the ride of a lifetime being in this band. We’re beyond grateful for everyone that’s been a part of our journey, y’all are the reason we got to wake up and do what we love.”

Talking after the Yacht Club set — where a lot of their own fans were on hand singing along to songs such as “The Thrill” and “Making Out in Cars” — Pruitt explained that the three bandmates made the decision to disband collectively and amicably.

“It felt like we’d had a good run, and it was time for us to focus on other things,” said Pruitt, who plans to continue singing and songwriting as a solo act. Beinlich was by his side watching Geese, too, and confirmed what Pruitt said.

“It’s all good,” the bassist said, noting he’s “excited” to see Pruitt carry on outside the band.

Yam Haus was formed in 2017 by high school pals from Hudson, Wisconsin, who were living together in the same house in the Wisconsin-Minnesota border town. That house became both the launching pad for and the namesake of their band.

The original quartet — which became a trio in 2023 after guitarist Seth Blum’s departure — quickly generated a viral buzz and live following that carried it to First Avenue’s Best New Bands of 2018 showcase and then to headlining First Ave on their own by the end of 2019. Many tours followed, as did an appearance in the “Eurovision”-style NBC TV show, “American Song Contest” in 2022, playing to judges Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson.

In 2024, Yam Haus went on an unplanned hiatus after Beinlich was laid up for several months by injuries he sustained while helping his parents clear a storm-fallen tree in their yard. The band returned with a coyly titled new album in 2025, “Ain’t Dead Yet,” but now it looks as if that LP could wind up being its swan song.

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