According to announcements at their website and on their MySpace page, almost-there local band The Bonapartes are calling it quits. Details on the cause are very thin, but it does appear that the band will be playing a last show (and it looks like a good one) June 2 at Black Cat, so we’re guessing the band members are at least on speaking terms.

Here’s A Hint posted on this yesterday (using the only appropriate headline for the breakup), and his note was greeted in the comments with a definite meh. For our part, however, The Bonapartes will be sincerely missed. We had the good fortune to follow them from the start, when they rose from the ashes of Ambassador Now! The band later gained recognition locally, and DCist raved about their debut EP, which we covered in a December Three Stars post. We felt convinced these guys were going to make it. Alas, only the good die young.