The Crimea Release Free Album
Posted by: Andy on Tuesday, 1st May, 2007The Crimea have made their second album, Secrets Of The Witching Hour, available to download for free via their official website.
Though this will obviously not bring in money from sales, the band hope that, by distributing their music more widely, they’ll increase revenue brought in through sales of gig tickets and merchandise.
Whether or not this will pay off is yet to be seen. They are certainly not the first band to try this tactic and acts like Harvey Danger and StoryOne don’t seem to have benefited in any great way. Still, just doing this has picked up The Crimea a lot of free publicity, perhaps they will be the first band to really make it work.
Those of you who shun the disposable nature of free things and prefer paying for stuff may be pleased to know that there is a CD release available in shops (who frown upon taking things without paying, too).
If you do download the free track, remember that you now owe the band. Go to one of these shows:
21 May: Bristol Thekla
25 May: Stoke Sugarmill
26 May: South Wales Narbeth Queens Hall
29 May: Surrey Boiler Room
30 May: Reading Fez
31 May: Wrexham Central Station
01 Jun: Nottingham Social
02 Jun: Birmingham Carling Bar Academy
03 Jun: Liverpool Carling Academy
05 Jun: Leeds Rios
06 Jun: Leicester Charlotte
07 Jun: Wolverhampton Civic
08 Jun: Sheffield Leadmill
09 Jun: Manchester Joshua Brookes
11 Jun: Northampton Soundhaus
13 Jun: Brighton The Barfly
14 Jun: Norwich Arts Centre
15 Jun: Southampton Joiners
16 Jun: Aldershot West End Centre
18 Jun: York Fibbers
19 Jun: Glasgow King Tuts
20 Jun: Edinburgh Cabaret Voltaire
