Editing Against Me! (section)

===2020–present: Hiatus===
Grace released a solo album entitled ''[[Stay Alive (Laura Jane Grace album)|Stay Alive]]'' in 2020,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rytlewski |first1=Ewan |title=Laura Jane Grace: Stay Alive Album Review |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/laura-jane-grace-stay-alive/ |date=20 October 2020 |website=Pitchfork |publisher=Pitchfork Media |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> as well as an EP entitled ''[[At War with the Silverfish]]'' in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=McMahon |first1=Ryan |title=Laura Jane Grace – 'At War With The Silverfish' EP review: punk icon returns to her roots |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/reviews/album/laura-jane-grace-at-war-with-the-silverfish-ep-review-3052646 |website=NME |date=September 22, 2021 |publisher=BandLab Technologies |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> Bowman began working as a guitar tech on tour with [[My Chemical Romance]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Against Me!'s James Bowman lists his favorite albums of 2022 |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/against-mes-james-bowman-lists-his-favorite-albums-of-2022/ |website=Brookyln Vegan |date=December 19, 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> while Seward formed the duo Nighttime Flyers and released a self-titled album independently in April 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nighttime Flyers |url=https://nighttimeflyers.bandcamp.com/album/nighttime-flyers |website=Bandcamp |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> Seward also joined [[As Friends Rust]], initially as a touring and session musician, but ultimately becoming an official member and performing on their 2023 album ''[[Any Joy]]'' and their 2024 EP ''[[Lightless]]''.<ref name="IdioteqPositiveMentalPlatitude2">{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=June 22, 2023 |title=As Friends Rust premiere new earworm track "Positive Mental Platitude", new album "Any Joy" coming up! |url=https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-premiere-new-earworm-track-positive-mental-platitude-new-album-any-joy-coming-up/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623004057/https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-premiere-new-earworm-track-positive-mental-platitude-new-album-any-joy-coming-up/ |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=Idioteq |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kamiński |first=Karol |date=July 20, 2023 |title=As Friends Rust share great new single "Final Form"! |url=https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-share-great-new-single-final-form/ |url-status=live |access-date=July 21, 2023 |website=Idioteq |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230721181706/https://idioteq.com/as-friends-rust-share-great-new-single-final-form/ |archive-date=July 21, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref> Willard formed a new band, Plosivs, with members of [[Drive Like Jehu]] and [[Pinback]]. They released their debut self-titled album in March 2022.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walton |first1=Matt |title=PLOSIVS - "PLOSIVS" {{!}} Album Review |url=http://post-trash.com/news/2022/3/23/plosivs-plosivs-album-review |website=Post-Trash |date=March 23, 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> He also served as a touring drummer for both [[The Bronx (band)|The Bronx]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sacher |first1=Adam |title=Atom Willard recovering from surgery after motorcycle crash |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/atom-willard-recovering-from-surgery-after-motorcycle-crash/ |website=Brookyln Vegan |date=August 22, 2022 |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref> and [[Worriers (band)|Worriers]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Atom Willard drumming on new Worriers album |url=https://www.punknews.org/article/77308/atom-willard-drumming-on-new-worriers-album |website=PunkNews.org|date=May 4, 2022 }}</ref> throughout 2022, and was announced as the new permanent drummer of [[Alkaline Trio]] in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/alkaline-trio-name-atom-willard-new-drummer/|title=Alkaline Trio Name Their New Drummer Following Derek Grant's Exit|first=Chad|last=Childers|date=June 15, 2023|website=Loudwire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/alkaline-trio-announce-first-headlining-shows-with-new-drummer-atom-willard/|title=Alkaline Trio announce first headlining shows with new drummer Atom Willard|first=Andrew|last=Sacher|date=July 20, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/alkaline-trio-drummer-derek-grant-announces-hes-leaving-the-group/|title=Alkaline Trio drummer Derek Grant leaves band; Atom Willard joins|first=Bill|last=Pearis|date=June 9, 2023}}</ref>

In February 2024, while promoting her second solo album, ''Hole in My Head'', Grace confirmed that Against Me! was still on hiatus as a result of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]: "We never broke up, but the pandemic fucked us up. It killed our momentum. It made apparent that there was a point of burnout. So that’s where we’ve been – everyone stepped away. People started doing other things and it got weird. I’m one person in the equation, and because I’m still out here playing the songs and putting out records and doing interviews, I’m always put to task to answer for it all. All I’m ever trying to do is demonstrate that I still want to do it. I go out every night and I still feel attached to the music and I still love playing music. I can’t speak for the other people, I can only speak for myself."<ref name="NMEInterview">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/laura-jane-grace-interview-hole-in-my-head-against-me-reunion-3584582|title=Laura Jane Grace talks 'Hole In My Head' and the return of 'Against Me!' |work=[[NME]]|last=Rigotti|first=Alex|date=February 9, 2024|access-date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240209080913/https://www.nme.com/news/music/laura-jane-grace-interview-hole-in-my-head-against-me-reunion-3584582|archive-date=February 9, 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>

Grace, however, remained optimistic that the band would reunite in the future after "reconnecting" at her wedding: "I don’t want to jinx anything. We’ll just have to see. But we didn’t break up, it just got weird. We’ll play again, I have faith in that. I just don’t know when that’ll be. I’m really hopeful for this year that we’ll start playing music again."<ref name="NMEInterview"/>