Leave it to the music industry to come up with new, creative ways to downsize.
Bellmore’s Permanent Me didn’t get dropped from its label, the Stolen Transmission imprint of Island Def Jam Records. However, its entire label got dropped in a new restructuring that went into effect on Dec. 1. So now Permanent Me – along with The Oohlas, Monty Are I, The Photo Atlas and others – is still on Stolen Transmission, but Stolen Transmission is no longer part of Island Def Jam.
“Our departure from IDJ had nothing to do with the performance of our artists (we were a label focused on developing artists – an art form often not practiced in A&R),” Stolen Transmission’s Sarah Lewitinn explains on her blog. “Our departure was due to restructuring. On my last day, I gave everyone that gave us a chance a hug and thanked them for an amazing experience. I learned so much being there and was put on a very fast track to learning how to A&R.”
Permanent Me, which marked its new status with a headlining show at the Landmark Theater in Port Washington on Saturday, gets another chance to celebrate change when it headlines the Knitting Factory on Wednesday.
PHOTO: Stolen Transmission