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Titre : The Pineapple Thief change de crèmerie Source / Auteur : AmarokProg Date : 07/03/2008 Nb consultation : 2020
"As most of you have probably surmised, TPT have signed a new deal. It's a 4 album deal with K-Scope, a division of Snapper Music. After 8 years and 6 albums with Cyclops the time has come to move on. Malcolm and Cyclops have always said they wouldn't stand in our way if a bigger player came along. I first dealt with Malcolm back in 1994 with Vulgar Unicorn and we have always got on extremely well. So, happily there is no ill feeling between the two of us even though it is sad we are parting company.
Ok, I guess there is a bit of a story here. Do you remember December 2006? Steve Wilson (Porcupine Tree/Blackfield) was asking fans for ideas for support acts. Those who are active on the TPT forum will remember bombarding poor Steve with all things Thief. The result was Steve getting in touch with me (and politely asking me to pull back my army). I sent a copy of Little Man to him and luckily he really liked it. It was Steve who put me on to Snapper. A few days after sending Little Man to them, I received a call.
The year then went rather strangely. We all went up to see Blackfield (guests of Snapper you see) and things were looking positive. Then, things didn't go to plan (it's a long story, but no one's fault). So, a little deflated but also buoyed by the birth of the twins, I decided to write my 6th and final album on Cyclops. Or so I thought. I had a rough album together by July and decided to send it to the guys at k-scope for the hell of it. They then called me almost immediately 'I almost crashed my car when I heard it' was one reaction. So, I popped up to London with Liz (see July 07 blog) and agreed via a handshake over the boardroom table that the new album, to become Tightly Unwound, would be released with them in the spring of 2008. However, I had one small problem. I was contracted to release one more album with Cyclops.
Now, I could easily have given Cyclops a live album, or 74 minutes of lawn mower drones. But I owed Malcolm something better than that. I had 8 weeks. I set out to record âWhat We Have Sown' and thankfully finished it in time. The last Cyclops TPT release. It turned out rather well - so well that the new album has been put back as we're still getting quality press, 6 months after releaseâ¦
So, I now finished the k-scope album. Signed the contract. Ended the year. And now we're here.
So, the moral of this story? The chain of events I have just described would never have happened if, back at the tail end of 2006, the fans on the forum hadn't flown the TPT flag like they did. So, don't tell me fans can't influence The Thief. And none of this would have happened without the kindness of Steve Wilson.
So, we're set for 2008. It's still a long shot, but we've never been in such a good position. So thank you all."
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