Poor old Fightstar found themselves label-less when Gut Records went into administration last year, just as the former indie's Institute Records division was about to release the band's B-sides and rarities album 'Alternate Endings'.
With fingers burned, they were wary of signing to a new label and instead ploughed £25,000 of their own money into recording new album 'Be Human'. A move which may just pay off given that the album entered the charts at 20, their highest chart position to date.
The band's Charlie Simpson told The Daily Star: "The only way that we could properly do it ourselves was if we actually paid for the album. All the money that we made last year from playing festivals went into the album and not into our pockets. It was a bit of a gamble but it's paid off now".