Bother in Thoughts Information, the Chicago label that specialised in punk and garage-rock for greater than a decade, has ceased operations. The label’s founders, Invoice and Lisa Roe, shared the information right now on social media, revealing that Bother in Thoughts “ceased to exist as an lively label as of June 1st of this yr.” Discover their full assertion under.
Invoice and Lisa Roe based Bother in Thoughts in 2009. It got here to life across the similar time that they welcomed their first baby, Veronica “Ronnie” Moon. To begin, they pressed solely 7″ vinyl singles because the Roes balanced the label with parenthood, work of their band, CoCoComa, and day jobs. (Lisa is a librarian, and Invoice labored as a manufacturing supervisor for Chicago Impartial Distribution.) By 2010, they issued the label’s first full-length album, a self-titled endeavor from the Limiñanas. Because the years continued, they launched albums from Mikal Cronin, the Tubs, Dummy, David Nance Group, Final Portray, Doug Tuttle, Adverse Scanner, and lots of others.
Bother in Thoughts made a reputation for itself for the storage, punk, and psych-rock music it championed, however the Roes at all times meant to supply a wide range of music on their label. “The label has morphed as our tastes have,” Invoice Roe mentioned in 2017. “It’s all in the identical wheelhouse nevertheless it’s a greater reflection of what you’d see for those who checked out our private file assortment. We found out extra what we need to launch and plus our ears additionally get bored with listening to the identical factor time and again. We launch what catches our ear, so chaining ourselves to a sure style or fashion of music appears fairly limiting—we’ve put out garage-punk, psych, experimental music, digital music, and non secular jazz information. Maybe it makes our label tougher to pin down or categorize, however fuck that, who cares?”
Bother in Thoughts Information:
ADIEU
TROUBLE IN MIND RECORDS: 2009-2025
FRENZ. We’re unhappy to announce that Bother In Thoughts Information has ceased to exist as an lively label as of June 1st of this yr. We may level to a myriad of the reason why, BUT as an alternative we’re going to deal with the positives. To all of the artists we’ve ever labored with – having the ability to have even a minor half in releasing your artwork into the world was one of many biggest privileges we may have ever requested for & we love you all. When you’ve got ever purchased an album, streamed a tune, noticed certainly one of our artists on tour, learn an article or interview about us, instructed a pal concerning the label, or supported us in any manner, form, or kind, we recognize you & sincerely thanks on your help. YOU are the explanation unbiased labels can nonetheless exist, so hold the religion! We’ll nonetheless be sustaining our again catalog for the foreseeable future and we hope you’ll make the most of our BIG SALE occurring over at our Bandcamp web page. Take a whopping 30% off something within the webshop utilizing the code: ADIEU
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In closing; ALWAYS SUPPORT INDEPENDENT ARTISTS & LABELS, PROTECT TRANS PEOPLE, FUCK ICE, FREE PALESTINE and will all of your scratch-offs be winners.
Sending love from our kitchen in Chicago, IL.
XOXO,
Invoice & Lisa Roe
