The Cranberries won't linger at MCA Records any longer -- they have terminated their recording contract with the label.

The Irish rock band signed Island Records in 1991, and still had one more studio album left under its deal with the company, now a part of MCA.

"We have gradually seen our label dissolve from a pioneering independent spirited label into a corporate monolith that completely lost touch with the group's creative vision," leader Dolores O'Riordan said in a statement posted on the band's web site. "All of the people we have worked with over the years (in America and England) have been fired or left the company, so the band felt it was time to move on to new opportunities," she said.

Those opportunities include the expected release of a new album on an unannounced label later in the year, and a supporting tour.

The band found worldwide success in the mid-90's with a series of hits including "Linger," "Zombie," and "Salvation," and have sold more that 38 million albums.

In the last 15 months, the group has released both a studio album, "Wake Up and Smell the Coffee," and a greatest hits package, "Stars," on MCA, that have sold a combined total of 3.2 million units to date.