{"id":786624,"date":"2026-02-24T21:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/786624\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T21:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T21:14:11","slug":"better-lovers-splits-with-greg-puciato-both-parties-issue-statements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/786624\/","title":{"rendered":"BETTER LOVERS Splits With GREG PUCIATO, Both Parties Issue Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/metalinjection.net\/tag\/better-lovers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Better Lovers<\/a><\/strong> have officially announced that they are parting ways with vocalist <strong>Greg Puciato<\/strong>. The band expressed gratitude for their time together, saying, &#8220;We&#8217;re proud of the work we&#8217;ve done together but we are moving in another direction.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Addressing fans directly, the band added: &#8220;To all of our fans, thank you for riding with us these past few years. We&#8217;ve accomplished so much in such a short time with your support and we&#8217;re still beyond excited to continue down this road with you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The remaining four members \u2013 <strong>Jordan Buckley<\/strong>, <strong>Steve Micciche<\/strong>, <strong>Clayton &#8220;Goose&#8221; Holyoak<\/strong>, and <strong>Will Putney<\/strong> \u2013 are currently finishing writing a new album, which they say they are &#8220;extremely proud of,&#8221; and have confirmed that they are actively searching for a new singer to join the lineup.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better Lovers<\/strong> concluded their statement with a message of appreciation and anticipation: &#8220;Thanks for your understanding, we&#8217;ll see you soon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Puciato<\/strong> has only offered the following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2026\/02\/24\/news\/greg-puciato-comments-on-his-exit-from-better-lovers-no-bad-blood-everyones-cool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via an Instagram story<\/a>, which doesn&#8217;t say much outside him assuring everyone that everything is &#8220;cool&#8221;: &#8220;NO BAD BLOOD. EVERYONE&#8217;S COOL. DON&#8217;T SPECULATE. LOVE THESE PEOPLE AND LOVE THE BAND. ROOTING FOR THEM ALL COLLECTIVELY AND INDIVIDUALLY. THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR MAKING THE LAST FEW YEARS SPECIAL. LONG LIVE THE FROG\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<strong style=\"display: block;margin: 0 auto;max-width: 660px;font-size: 1.625rem;\">Want More Metal? Subscribe To Our Daily Newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Enter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Better Lovers have officially announced that they are parting ways with vocalist Greg Puciato. The band expressed gratitude&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":786625,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3936],"tags":[229064,77,229063,269,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-786624","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-better-lovers","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-featured1","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116127679622603363","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786624\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/786625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}