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Originally Posted by Jesus
I think Thurston should spit in khchris' eye for saying such nonsense like, "they're too old to put out their own records" or "I think they'll retire"
Has anyone heard the new album or seen them live this summer?
Does anyone else think they're going to retire?...no fucking way
You don't have much faith in Sonic Youth, do you "original"?
I haven't heard much about the Geffen contract running out but I assume Geffen will renew it. SY may not sell millions of records but with consistent album sells and a devoted fan following for many years, I'm sure Geffen will have a hard time letting them go.
but...
even if they do, there is no doubt whatsoever they will be on Ecstatic Peace and Universal will distribute it.
It's not out of the question for them to be on their own SYR label either, though I don't think it will happen. I've seen the SYR titles many times in major record stores. The distribution with SYR is better than I would have ever imagined. Besides it's not like the band would be sitting around hand designing every cover that went out.
The idea of them being on Sub Pop, in my opinion, won't happen. I mean what could Seattle based Sub Pop have to offer that Ecstatic/Universal could not.
Being on Matador is even more absurd. SY along with Dinosaur, Sebadoh, etc have already done business with Gerard Cosloy who was the founder of Homestead and co-founder of Matador. If you know the history these bands had with Homestead, you would see why they would never cross paths again.
Look at Stereolab. They were sadly dropped from a major but now release albums under their Too Pure label.
They can do it, why couldn't SY?
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1. don't be a coward and get a new handle just because you're afraid to voice your opinion. just use your original name.
2. FONTANA DISTRIBUTION, not Universal, is distributing Ecstatic Peace.
3. they didn't press that many syrs out. if you saw it in a major record store in los angeles, that doesn't mean you can find it in jackson, mississippi. also, how would they tour? do you think SY have enough money to pay for techs, huge trucks, airfare to tour through Ecstatic Peace??? think again.
4. Sub Pop sell alot of pretty popular acts, same with Matador. i might be willing to bet that even INTERPOL can draw in just as many people than SY right now because they're so popular.
5. Dino released their first and SY released BMR...babe, this was 85 & 86. both are older and wiser. matador is a much complete record label these days. comparing gerard's business from 1986 to 2006 it absolutely retarded. (nice namedrop btw) if they can manage INTERPOL, i'm quite sure they can do fine with SY. JSBE is still on matador and from my understanding, sy don't have any kind of falling out with gerard. i think matador speaks for itself. they have some very fine bands and have run the label pretty well, being able to distribute their acts and promote them pretty well(just look at JSBE).
6. if geffen was happy and content w/ sy, they would've renewed their deal with SY before or during SONIC NURSE in order to keep from getting in a bidding war with SY. by allowing sy to finish out their contract, it says one of two things: 1. they don't want to renew because sy probably aren't making alot of money for them and/or 2. they're not sure sy can sell. regardless, geffen letting sy finish out their contract without a proposal for a renewed contract shows geffen's faith(or lack thereof) in sy to make money for them.
7. stereolab is still a tiny band in comparison to SY. everyone knows sy, about a third of the people who know or heard of sy know of stereolab.