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Sonic Cathedral launches “panicked” and “irrational” singles club in face of Brexit
By Andy Malt | Published on Tuesday 22 January 2019
With continuing Brexit uncertainty making planning all sorts of things for the near future almost impossible in the UK, indie label Sonic Cathedral has decided to mark its fifteenth birthday by pressing loads of vinyl while it still can.
In February, the company will launch a “panicked” and “irrational” new singles club which will then release a seven-inch single every month until the end of the year, after which it will (possibly) “go down fighting (and drowning in debt)”.
“Sonic Cathedral turns fifteen this year and, with Brexit bearing down on us, we can’t help but wonder what the future holds”, says the label in a statement. “All of our vinyl and CDs are manufactured in the European Union and prices have already gone up considerably since the referendum in 2016, so it’s fair to assume they will continue to do so as the value of the pound plummets”.
“If we have to start paying import duties to cover the cost of those blue passports, then running an independent record label will become even less viable than it already is”, it goes on. “And, let’s face it, vinyl will probably start slipping down in people’s list of priorities below such things as food and vital medical supplies”.
Did I mention that this is all part of a birthday celebration? For readers outside the UK, yes, this is what birthdays are like here now. Laying out its plan, the company goes on: “Faced with this potential dead end, we panicked and came up with the most irrational solution possible – pressing more vinyl in one year than we ever have before. If we go down, we will go down fighting (and drowning in debt). Hence the Sonic Cathedral Singles Club”.
The releases will feature eleven of the label’s favourite artists, new and old, the statement reveals, explaining: “We think of it as a shamelessly self-indulgent, eleven course final meal as we await our destiny on Discogs death row”.
The first release will be the debut single by Buffalo Postcard, ‘Morning Chimes/Such A Drag’. It’ll arrive on 6 Feb to all those signed up to receive all eleven releases. Signing up will also get you a pin badge, access to a new club night at The Social in London and three editions of a new Sonic Cathedral newspaper. More info here.
Happy birthday, Sonic Cathedral.
