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Bassist Tom Naval leaves Tom’s Story, cites ‘personal reasons’

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/01/03/20190103-tom’s-story.jpg"/><figcaption>(Leftmost) Bassist Tom Naval has announced his decision to leave Tom&#x27;s Story, citing &quot;personal reasons.&quot;<em> Courtesy of the band&#x27;s Facebook page</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Bassist Tom Naval has left Tom&#x27;s Story. </p><p>Naval, one of the founding members of the indie act, explained in a farewell post uploaded on Facebook on Thursday for their fans that he decided to leave because of &quot;personal reasons.&quot; </p><p>This was confirmed by the band&#x27;s remaining members, who added that one of those reasons was a &quot;serious incident involving [Naval] and another person which they have decided to settle privately.&quot; </p><p>Specifics were not given but the statement included a brief part about facing consequences for one&#x27;s actions. </p><p>Naval&#x27;s exit was later announced by the trio&#x27;s label, A Spur of the Moment Project, which interestingly also condemned &quot;behavior that displays any form of sexual misconduct.&quot; </p><p>Tom&#x27;s Story, best known for their post-rock sound and hits such as &quot;Anchor,&quot; will continue with guitarist Gabba Santiago and drummer Degs de Guia. </p><p>All of the three statements can be read below: </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/tomsstoryph/posts/2059840637392143?__tn__=-R" data-width="auto"> </div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/tomsstoryph/posts/2060420514000822?__tn__=-R" data-width="auto"> </div><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/aspurofthemomentproject/posts/2035256513248138?__tn__=-R" data-width="auto"> </div>