why not trade in i-Tunes style, MP3 format?
I like the artefact – the idea of a record as an object and not only a vehicle for music. There is much more inherent value in a record, from packaging to liner notes and artwork and a good record will always sell. Human Hair have only played a handful of shows and been seen by a handful of people, but the tracks speak for themselves and that’s why the record has sold well. We’re both record nerds – you can’t kiss a MP3? It seems to me that the record buying public in the UK are much more interested in the latest release of absolutely anything from the United States than our own bands, wouldn’t it be a better business plan to put out small American bands over here? Therein lies the problem. Many British labels are solely concerned with what is going on overseas and whilst we acknowledge that a good release is a good release, we’d like to redress the balance. We feel like we’re a small part of a very exciting shift of gaze toward home-grown bands and it seems like there are a lot of rea
