This article has been imported from chorus.fm for discussion. All of the forum rules still apply. Foxing announces a new partnership between their label, Grand Paradise, and Hopeless Records. Today Foxing announces a new partnership between their recently-minted label, Grand Paradise, and esteemed indie Hopeless Records. To celebrate, Foxing has released a new song and video in "Go Down Together," and as only they can, they tackle a massive subject in an extraordinary way. The St. Louis group takes a bold turn towards Passion Pit/Phoenix/MGMT/'00s indie on the track, as vocalist Conor Murphy muses on being a young adult in debt ("ever since I got going, I've been going for broke"). A nod to “The Trail’s End” by Bonnie Parker, “Go Down Together” is a song about devotion and desperation. It is about financial ruin, hopeless grief, and the resilience of love. more Not all embedded content is displayed here. You can view the original to see embedded videos, tweets, etc.
As someone who knows very little about labels and countless other things - what does a "partnership" like this mean? Don't see that language often.
I would assume they're just going to help with pressing and distributing the album but I could be wrong. I feel like they kinda do the same thing for The Wonder Years.
That's what i'm assuming, kind of like what Interscope does with TDE. Distribution and marketing I assume. But in terms of the masters and owning the music, I think that all stays with Foxing, which us how it always should be. Glad to hear it! A lot of bands breakup because of bad deals with record labels and the stress it ensues.
It is kind of crazy to me that Hopeless would have a partnership with some bands contrasted with how AJ, from TDS, talks about their time with Hopeless. Either way, happy that Foxing get a bigger reach.
They're different things I believe. Foxing didn't sign a record deal with Hopeless like TDS did. My guess is that this partnership means that Foxing owns their masters for the new record and gets the distribution/promotion from Hopeless. Hopeless probably gets a cut from physical sales and maybe a little from streaming/digital - but Foxing should have more money in their pocket at the end of the day because they won't be paying back Hopeless for as much as a typical record deal would. Again - all an assumption on my part, but that's how I thiiiiiiink it works.