Following the discharge of their new cowl of Talking Heads’ “Burning Down the House,” there’s extra information from Paramore. They’ve been named 2024 Record Store Day Ambassador, and in a letter accompanying the announcement, they verify that they’re “freshly independent” after a decade on Atlantic Records. The letter reads:
After a protracted profession within the music business we now have determined to announce that… we are going to proceed to have a protracted profession within the music business (sorry for any inconvenience).
Our first order of enterprise as a freshly impartial Paramore is to shine a lightweight on impartial file shops— an important a part of our journey from music obsessed faculty buddies to skilled music makers.
With that being mentioned, we are humbled to be your Ambassadors for Record Store Day 2024. The timing feels kismet.
The discovery of music was all the time meant to be romantic. Indie file outlets are a number of the solely areas we’ve acquired that provide a tangible, tactile expertise of music discovery.
In this world that feels extra disconnected and hostile than ever, it feels vital to stay in contact (actually) with what evokes us, empowers us, or just brings us pleasure.
Thankfully, for all our sakes, there nonetheless survives among the many chaos, the purity and radical simplicity of a terrific file retailer.
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Record Store Day occurs on Saturday, April 20, and this yr’s listing of unique releases, out there at collaborating impartial file shops, continues to be to be launched. Stay tuned.
Paramore are additionally recent off successful their first Grammys for Best Rock Album and Best Alternative Music Performance for This Is Why.
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