Alphabeat Part Ways With EMI
Alphabeat have denied rumours that they have been dropped by EMI, although they revealed that they did part ways with the label in December. The band say that they collectively decided that it would be best for the band if they sought alternative record label partners, adding that they are currently in the process of signing a new deal.
Writing on their MySpace blog, they said: “You may have read rumours about us being dropped by EMI on several blogs in the last couple of weeks. Have we been dropped? Nope. But before Xmas we had the opportunity to leave – and we did. We (this means us – Alphabeat) sat down round a table before we went on [our] Xmas] holiday and decided that we needed a change before starting recording our new album and one of the major changes would be a new label. We're back in the UK and we're happy to say that we're signing with a new label as we speak. … We're heading in to studio to start recording our new album as soon as possible. We hope to release it during 2009”.