IT'S "the right time to go out on a high" for Dunfermline band Dancing on Tables as they call time after eight years.

The five-piece will play their final gig in July at PJ Molloys before going their separate ways, with individual projects already in the works.

Robbie McSkimming, of the band, said it had been a "long journey" and that it was simply time for the members to try something new. "There's been no big fall out - life moves on and we're in a different stage of life than when we started," he told the Press.

"I'm about to have a baby and it seemed like the right time to move on to other things, more exciting things.

"It's a huge change, we grew up so close and we are so used to being together - that's going to be the strangest thing.

"We will still chat and meet up but not in the same way, we won't be on tour or travelling to America together or even practicing every week.

"It got to the point this year where we just said, 'What do we want to do and where do we want to go?'"

Dancing on Tables formed eight years ago at Queen Anne High School.

The band - made up of Robbie, Callum Thomas, Hamish Finlayson, Gregor Stobie and Reece Dobbin - won the Dunfermline Press Live Music Award in 2016, which was then followed by them signing with LV Music in late 2017.

Their releases have seen them become the sound of Schuh x Adidas and multi-year Scottish Water advertising campaigns, bag spots on reputable playlists such as New Music Friday, The Pop List and Breaking Alternative; as well as being named one of Variety Magazine's '10 Brits to Watch'.

Prior to the pandemic, they were also selling out shows across Scotland and were given the "absolutely mental" opportunity to support Catfish and the Bottlemen on their UK arena tour.

In 2021 they signed an album deal with Green Day's former manager, Pat Magnarella.

That led to the release of their debut record, Colour in the Grey, in October of last year.

Robbie continued: "Dancing on Tables has been so good to us and the fans have given us experiences we'll remember for the rest of our lives.

"We want to try something new, we had already confirmed shows in Dunfermline and Aberdeen so it just seemed we had a date there.

"We will be going out in style at PJ Molloys - that's the way we want to go.

"There wasn't one reason, it's hard to put a finger on it, but it just felt like the right time and place.

"We will do a career spanning - well, eight-year-spanning - set with old songs people have been asking us to play.

"It will be nice to come full circle."

He said missing the band was "the bit I'm trying not to think about" and that it had been a "massive part of my life".

"Everything I've done for the last eight years has been with Dancing on Tables in mind," he added.

"We all still love music, it'll be a huge miss.

"Callum (Thomas) and I will keep writing, whether that's for old band members or for other people.

"How that takes shape and happens is yet to be seen, but we will keep involved."

Dancing on Tables will perform their penultimate show at Tunnels in Aberdeen on July 13 before wrapping things up with a final gig at PJ Molloys in Dunfermline on July 15.