In a recent interview with Pitchfork, Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein discussed the possibility of a reunion for the critically acclaimed band whose final album The Woods appeared on a number of Punknews.org Lists for 2005:

Yeah, I don't think we're ruling it out. But it's not going to be any time soon. We probably wouldn't use the word "reunion" [laughs]. We would say that the hiatus is off. It's just semantics, but yeah [laughs]. "Reunion" is a scary word. There's some horrible connotations in the word "reunion" [laughs]. It involves a lot of, like, face makeup, and everyone commenting about how much older we look. It's precarious: the longer you wait, I think it gets worse.