Label Shuffle: 4AD Absorbs Too Pure, Beggars Banquet
The mighty Beggars Group umbrella keeps quite a stable of stellar labels dry, including Matador, Rough Trade, XL, 4AD, Too Pure, and Beggars Banquet. But even under the mightiest of umbrellas, space is limited, and rather than leave any poor imprint to the mercy of the rain, the Beggars Group has decided to shuffle things around a bit.
According to a Billboard.biz report and a Beggars Group press release, the Too Pure and Beggars Banquet imprints will "not be used in the near future" as both artists and staff with each of these labels "migrate on to 4AD." This means Beggars Banquet gang heavies like the National, St. Vincent, Calla, Film School, and Tindersticks will get to tangle with Stereolab, Future of the Left, Scout Niblett, and the other kids from the Too Pure side of the tracks, all under the watchful eyes of the Mountain Goats, Blonde Redhead, the Breeders, and Scott Walker. Whatever you do though, do not tangle with Scott Walker. I mean it.
The newly beefed-up 4AD will get its first boost in 2008AD from Stereolab when the act's previously reported and chatted-up Chemical Chords LP arrives August 19 bearing the 4AD and Duophonic UHF Disks insignias.
So long, Too Pure and Beggars Banquet. It's been real.
According to a Billboard.biz report and a Beggars Group press release, the Too Pure and Beggars Banquet imprints will "not be used in the near future" as both artists and staff with each of these labels "migrate on to 4AD." This means Beggars Banquet gang heavies like the National, St. Vincent, Calla, Film School, and Tindersticks will get to tangle with Stereolab, Future of the Left, Scout Niblett, and the other kids from the Too Pure side of the tracks, all under the watchful eyes of the Mountain Goats, Blonde Redhead, the Breeders, and Scott Walker. Whatever you do though, do not tangle with Scott Walker. I mean it.
The newly beefed-up 4AD will get its first boost in 2008AD from Stereolab when the act's previously reported and chatted-up Chemical Chords LP arrives August 19 bearing the 4AD and Duophonic UHF Disks insignias.
So long, Too Pure and Beggars Banquet. It's been real.
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