LULLACRY Guitarist On Lack Of Record Deal - "Things Got As Screwed As Humanly Possible"
July 24, 2010, 14 years ago
MetalFromFinland.com recently spoke with LULLACRY guitarist / founder sami and vocalist Tanja. An excerpt is available below.
Q: In the statement on your website it says Lullacry is without a label at the moment. What happened and has there been any chances on that recently?
Sami: "Well, things got actually as screwed as humanly possible. We got offers from many labels and from those we ended up with this German label. Then started the process of making the deal itself, going through details of the contract and it was process that lasted many months. And then one day all communication completely stopped. Just like that. After trying to contact them numerous of times we got a response from their head of A&R; that 'Sorry guys, I couldn’t get all the label people behind this.' I was like 'What? You guys sort of reserved us for 9 months and then you give this?' Well, I realized the whole situation while reading Soundi-magazine where they told that the label went bankrupt. They are operating again nowadays so they probably got their shit sorted out.
But even if we had all the studios reserved, we would’ve got Hiili Hiilesmaa to produce the album it was for the best that it didn’t happen back then. Cause the new songs and the situation in general is so much better now. Maybe we started proceeding this whole thing too carelessly with a demo that wasn’t as good as it could’ve been and even the songs were still looking for shape.
And yes, at the moment we are without a label. Not that we have actively even looked one either. We are focusing now on making new music and just taking our time to see what happens. We’ve been contacted all the way from Japan but we are not going to move forward until we are 100% happy with the songs and everything surrounding them. I do have a record full of songs ready so basically we are looking good at the moment."
Q: Are the songs for the new album done yet and if so, when it’s time to hit the studio?
Sami: "We are currently demoing some of the songs and the rest of them are in my head and on harddrive and as I said earlier, now it’s time to just take things slowly and see where we’re heading. We are not going to make like 10 albums anymore so it’s better to do the ones that we do right. So when we are sitting in our rocking chairs we won’t need to feel embarrased towards the latter part of our discography."
Go to this location for the complete interview.