Just leave our kids alone Mr Branson!
After producing one of the albums of the year on the Sub Pop label, and amassing close to 200,000 copies sold, Fleet Foxes were all ways going to be the hunted and not the hunter. Like seagulls to a hot chip, major labels were always going to go after Fleet Foxes. But according to Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, that is so never going to happen.
After reports circulated that the Fleet Foxes had signed with Virgin, Pecknold put up a MySpace blog post to stomp them down in the most unambiguous possible manner:
"So, I went to the (truly insane and heart-swelling) Dept of Eagles show at Neumo's tonight (sang along and bought a Tee) and a couple people said something about hearing we signed to Virgin Records and they are reissuing a 'special edition' of the CD LP. This is false. I think a Seattle Weekly blog post started this fire, which I will now extinguish, with this statement - 'Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world chokes on gas fumes, sign to a major label. This includes all subsidiaries or permutations thereunder. Till we die.'
"I just don't see the point. Most major labels seem anti-music. We've pursued no such deal with Virgin (or been pursued to my knowledge, I think it was just a bit of news they reported) and would be idiots to be unhappy with our fam of label folks. It is true though that all copies of the CD LP will now include a free copy of the EP (like it is currently with the vinyl), but that's not a 'special limited edition,' it'll be that way in perpetuity, no extra cost or packaging change.
"That's all! Also I cut all my hair off."
Dam the PR department at Sub Pop for allowing him to cut his hair! At the same time, they're probably happy to do anything for him after the anti-majors/support-indies outburst he had. Love Fleet.
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