True that this is hardly the best way to give closure :
Frankie's "this is not the end."
Rochelle's "when we do split up our greatest hits album would be four discs long!"
Vanessa's "we hope to release another greatest hits album in three years time."
Una's "It’s definitely not marking the end of the band. [...] We’re definitely not splitting up, we’ll always be around as long as the fans want us." + “We’re not splitting up! It’s more about celebrating a milestone. We’re already planning our next album. It’s not the end, it’s the beginning of the next chapter!”
Mollie's "Everyone assumes that the Greatest Hits means it’s the end, we’re going to keep going and put another new album out at the end of the year. There is no rest!"
But I think they genuinely believed they were going to release a new album at that time. They were saying this kind of stuff a lot more previous to the Greatest Hits flopping disaster than after, so who knows. If the rumors are true (ha! #Rochelle), they don't have a label at the moment which obviously puts them in a delicate position.
It's just a really bad time, anyway. It's hard to say anything at the moment because, just like Betty said, there are two pregnant members in the band as for now, so it makes sense for them to be on some sort of break...