The mass exodus from Spotify continues: After Godspeed You! Black Emperor, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, and Hotline TNT pulled their music from the streaming service, WU LYF defined why did again in April, together with each different streaming service. They’ve additionally now pulled their newest tune as nicely.
April’s “A New Life Is Coming” was their first new tune in 13 years, and now it’s now not on streaming. Along with the announcement, the group posted a brand new demo known as “Letting Go” on their web site. Right here’s what they stated about all of it on Instagram:
A number of conversations there have been that led to this resolution circling the round a disdain for what Spotify algorithm economics has achieved to music tradition. Since then we’ve all discovered in regards to the Spotify CEO’s funding in AI weaponry and seen a number of bands we respect make statements about eradicating their music now, following some prolonged debate we’ve determined to take “A New Life Is Coming” down as nicely. Nothing ever adjustments until we’ve the braveness to strive (& maybe fail) to do issues in another way. In the present day on worldunite.org we’re sharing an early demo of ‘Letting Go’ for LYF members this take was recorded shortly after the preliminary concept emerged out of some soul making blues, and although the tune has considerably advanced since then we expect it captures one thing particular…
14 years in the past the LYF set sail to discover a place for the folks to name house, to return collectively and share their hearth. Quite a bit has modified on this planet whereas we been a very long time gone, however the imaginative and prescient stays and we’re in search of to rekindle that flame. Together with your help you permit us the liberty to proceed the great struggle and in return we can be sharing new songs earlier than common launch, early information and tickets to future exhibits, unique LYF clothes and artefacts, a journal type discussion board with BTS photographs/lyrics/notes and with plans to construct as we develop with you beside us. Thanks to all those that already took a leap of religion. Love you perpetually. Select LYF.