Photo by Ian Pearce

The Knife have announced that they will break up following their upcoming tour.

This morning, a post on their site announced that the fall European trek would be "our last tour," but it wasn't clear if that meant their last tour for latest album Shaking the Habitual or last tour in general.

However, in a subsequent interview with Dazed, the group's Karin Dreijer revealed that the Knife are calling it quits for good. "When we finish the tour now in November we will close down, it’s our last tour," she said. "We don’t have any obligations to continue, it should only and always be for fun." (We have also confirmed the break up a representative for the band.)

Dreijer didn't say what will follow the Knife. "When we finish The Knife’s last run in mid-November, I will start thinking about what is to come next!" she said. Her brother, Olof Dreijer, said he will continue working with Tunisian musician Houwaida Hedfi.

Earlier this year, the Knife released Shaken-Up Versions, a collection of remixes taken from their live show.

In their post on their site this morning, the Knife offered the following cryptic message:

A handfull elf pee

That’s my soul

Spray it allover

Fill the bowl

Legs astride

An axe to grind

Generous actions with the speed of light

Without you my life would be boring See you on the dance floor… /Olof and Karin, The Knife

The Knife formed in 1999 and released their debut self-titled album in 2001. That was followed by 2003's Deep Cuts, which was spurred to greater popularity by José Gonzalez's widely circulated cover of "Heartbeats". In 2006, they began touring for the first time, and released Silent Shout. After that, they recorded an opera while Karin Dreijer launched a solo career as Fever Ray. Then, they returned in 2013 with Shaking the Habitual.

Read our interview with the Knife from last year.

There are only six shows left, so book your flight to Europe:

10-31 Stockholm, Sweden - Annexet

11-01 Gothenburg, Sweden - Film Studios

11-03 Berlin, Germany - Arena Berlin Treptow

11-05 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy

11-06 London, England - Brixton Academy

11-07-09 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves

Watch the video for "A Tooth for an Eye":

"Full of Fire"

"We Share Our Mother's Health":

"Heartbeats":

"Pass This On":