Grizzly Bear Launches New Indie Label

September 23rd, 2009

Val

Provided by Pitchfork

Chris Taylor, Grizzly Bear’s blonde-haired, sharp-chinned producer and multi-instrumentalist, is getting into the indie label game. Alongside Lust Boys’ Ethan Silverman, Taylor is launching a new label called Terrible Records, which will hopefully not turn out to be a prophetic name. And yes, Taylor will release solo music on the label.

On October 13, the label will make its grand debut with a 7″ single that will include “Ghosts”, Taylor’s first solo song, under the moniker CANT. On the flip, you’ll find “Come to Life”, a previously unreleased song that the late avant-disco hero Arthur Russell recorded in the late 70s. “Come to Life” comes courtesy of Audika, and that label will release it as a digital download. The physical release will be limited to 1000 copies, and you’ll be able to buy it from the label’s website once that gets going. (Right now, the goofy-fun blog is the only operational part of that website.)

This is the first in a series of 7″ singles that Taylor produced at Terrible Studios, the same place where he produced much of Grizzly Bear’s Veckatimest. On October 28, Terrible Records will release All of the Fire, a five-song 10″ EP from the New York band Acrylics, which Taylor also produced.