Music Week<\/em>. \u201cThey\u2019re a fantastic live band and are almost unique in recent years for a UK artist, having built up a very strong fanbase both here and in the United States entirely independently. Band Of Skulls are now perfectly positioned to break through to a wider audience. With Himalayan they\u2019ve made an album that has the potential to do that.\u201d<\/p>\nBand Of Skulls officially formed in 2008, previously touring and recording under the name of Fleeing New York. Hailing from Southampton, Marsden, Emma Richardson (bass, vocals) and Matt Hayward (drums) started touring with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Dead Weather and by the end of 2012 had played their largest shows to date \u2013 including a headline slot at London\u2019s 5,000 capacity Brixton Academy.<\/p>\n
They\u2019ve since supported Muse and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and have just announced tour dates for 2014 including two shows at London\u2019s Shepherd\u2019s Bush Empire on March 27 and 28.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe budget for Himalayan was fairly substantial,\u201d says Paterson. \u201cThe band spent six weeks in a studio in London, we had a writing studio before that, we had a producer, it was mixed in LA \u2013 all those things are expensive, it wasn\u2019t a cheap record. In terms of level of investment I would say it was probably more than we would have got in most situations and the band got an advance as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Paterson hopes Himalayan will sell more than the 40,000 that Sweet Sour achieved in the UK – but also that working with Kobalt in the US will help prove that the increasingly popular artist and label services model can break new acts.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf Kobalt can take something and break it through the label services side then it will validate their system,\u201d he explained. \u201cThey\u2019ve done great with Nick Cave and the Pet Shop Boys but they\u2019re both established acts. If the label services thing has really got legs, if it\u2019s really going to work long-term, then they\u2019ve got to work with bands like this and take it from 50,000 to 200,000 sales. Then they can say: \u2018We\u2019re doing a proper job.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Band Of Skulls licensed their last album in the US through Vagrant, but have chosen a different release route this time, tapping into Kobalt\u2019s a la carte services option.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we were putting Sweet Sour out through Vagrant we weren\u2019t really pleased; we felt it was under-resourced,\u201d says Paterson. \u201cThis time the partners [dedicated] some of the money out of their side of the partnership to spend on marketing and tour support. They\u2019ve always tour supported everything when it\u2019s been needed, which you don\u2019t get out of many labels these days. It\u2019s enabled the band to build up a really good touring profile.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe end result is that the band makes money touring now so the partners make money. They invested because they could see there was a pay-off.\u201d<\/p>\n
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