Polar Bear Club bassist leaves band

Polar Bear Club have announced that bassist Erik Henning has left the band, to be replaced by Ty Smith.

The band posted the following message on their Facebook page:

"Hi people. We wanted to throw this out there just to let everyone know that our boy and bass man Goose (Erik Henning) has left PBC. I don’t want to speak for him too much but simply put, he was ready to move on to other things in life and we’re happy for him. We truly wish him the best and if you like, you can too over @American_Goose. If you’ve seen us on our current tour you may have noticed a very tall man-boy holding what looks like a toy bass in his gargantuan arms. That’s Ty Smith. He’s an old friend of ours and he’ll be holding down the bass duties for us. Everything else is good in PBC world. This tour with Bad Religion and The Bronx has been something else and we’re sad to see it coming to a close. However, we are excited as hell to start working on all the stuff coming up for us this summer, more on that later. Thanks for reading and see you on tour! Bye."