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It's no shame, you get paid: Lemonheads sign to Vagrant

Evan Dando

Recently(ish) reformed janglers The Lemonheads have put pen to paper on a deal with US indie/punk label, Vagrant.

The Evan Dando-fronted outfit have already started work on what will be their eighth studio album, alongside Black Flag producer Bill Stevenson. They were previously signed to Atlantic, where they achieved breakthrough success.

Vagrant president Rich Egan offered the following words:

"The thing I remember most about Vagrant's first year is being locked up in my apartment, drinking coffee, stuffing 7-inches into envelopes and listening to It's A Shame About Ray on cassette all day, every day. If it wasn't for that record, we probably would've left the apartment eventually and given up the label. Nobody writes songs like Evan Dando, nobody sings likes him... the new songs are incredible. He is in top form."

Expect the new album to be in stores come the autumn.



  • this news has made my day

    hurrah!

    • For the son of an Ice Cream Magnate

      and therefore a millionaire this is indeed quite ironic.

    • Huzzah

      Minutemen DVD AND new Lemonheads album to look forward to.

      Today is a good day (to slightly misquote Ice Cube).

      • Vagrant...

        ...are technically a major. They're part-owned by one of the biggies.

        Not that it really matters. You tend to ignore label politics unless you're:

        a) In a band.
        b) Fugazi.
        c) Steve Albini.

  • no thats wrong

    people should care about label politics...because in the current music world most bands on majors are being shoved in your faces constantly and are shit

  • Yes.

    Yes. Yes yes yes yes yes.

    YES.

    • Great news

      Now if only he'd get Tom Morgan back in and cover the rest of the Smudge back catalogue ;]

  • nah

    only if bands are weak enough to let them. it's not as if lemonheads havent been on a major before, and i don't have a problem with vagrant, noticed the recent eels album came out on them, and tom waits is on a subsidiary of epitaph, so the punks are okay with me!

  • May I just say...

    Hell Yes!