Clean Bandit announce departure of Neil Amin-Smith

Clean Bandit have announced that violinist and pianist Neil Amin-Smith has left the group. 

Amin-Smith (pictured on the far-right) was a founding member of the group along with Jack Patterson and Grace Chatto and leaves the band after seven years. His departure was announced by the band earlier today:

Amin-Smith has also posted a lengthy statement about his departure from the group, which you can read below:

hello everyone, I've decided to leave clean bandit. Here is a little thing I wrote, thankyou for everything ❤️ pic.twitter.com/3HYbLTSvC9

— Neil Milan (@neil_milan) October 19, 2016

Clean Bandit are currently working on the follow-up to their debut album New Eyes. They released a collaboration with 2015 X-Factor winner Louisa Johnson earlier this year titled 'Tears'.