Yesterday in an open letter to their fans, Faker announced they would be giving their album " Get Loved" away for free. The band sited the reasoning behind this decision as " The point and excitement in writing and releasing Get Loved is in danger of being missed."
"Get Loved" was made over a year ago and was initially supposed to be released straight away. Due to various machinations of the record industry the release was put off until June this year....June came and went and still no release.....
The band had success touring with the album "Be The Twilight" however the band found themselves wondering - " how could we have made a record so heard and celebrated in this country and not have it make an utterance anywhere else?"
As a result the band decided to make a record that was about creating a future for the band. The lineup was stipped back to just Nathan and Nic with a little help from their friends and commeced making the labour of love that is " Get Loved".
Nathan from the band writes "Through its completion and the ensuing year, a revolution in management, record companies swiftly evolving, and the band itself having its own necessary evolution, all eventually lead to the unimaginable conclusion of activity and excitement around this release grinding to a virtual halt. A new release date too distant to really seem credible sprung up. January 2012? Really? We've made something we love here, and suddenly we're in danger of losing it."
As a result Faker have decided to release the album for free, stating that if you love something you set it free. "I truly believe that the thing that can most work for this record, Get Loved, is giving it away and allowing it to have some of the life it was meant to have."
The record will be available for download on December 2nd from midday at www.faker.com.au
