Cult Indie Band Releases World's Shortest Album In A Protest Against Spotify

The Pocket Gods Release LP Just 26 Seconds Long - 10 Tracks each 2 seconds long

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St Albans' indie band The Pocket Gods continue their campaign for fairer royalties from music streaming by releasing the world's shortest album!

It features 10 tracks just over 2 seconds long each track consisting of one word combing to make the statement:

"HELLO PLEASE PAY US A FAIR AMOUNT FOR OUR MUSIC."

The total length of the album is just 26 seconds!

The album is out now on Spotify and other streaming platforms.

You can stream for free here:

https://soundcloud.com/nubmusicuk/sets/the-pocket-gods-hello-please-pay-us-a-fair-amount-for-our-music

To add to the madness the band have released a single from the album which is actually longer than the actual whole album at around 30 seconds. This is the first time in history that the single from an album is longer than the album.

Frontman Mark Christopher Lee states:

"As artists and songwriters are getting smaller and smaller amounts of royalties from Spotify and other streaming services I just think what's the point. To qualify for a paltry royalty the tracks needs to be at least 30 seconds long so this entire album will earn zero, the single as it's just over 30 seconds will earn around £0.004p per stream on Spotify. I just think you get so little that I just want to make a point to get people to listen to our protest and get them to value music. Musicians have been hit hard by the pandemic and lockdowns we need a fair slice of the streaming pie!."

Tracklisting

Hello
Please
Pay
Us
A
Fair
Amount
For
Our
Music

further info:

mark.lee@nubmusicuk.com
twitter @thepocketgod
Facebook - thepocketgods

About

The Pocket Gods have released 67 albums and 40 plus singles and EP since their inception. Formed by Noel Storey (keyboards & sideburns), and frontman Mark Christopher Lee, back in 1998, whilst working at Tower Records in Piccadilly Circus in London; they were originally an alt country band (and even had a pedal steel player) before they were misappropriated by bearded Hoxton hipsters into the eccentric wonders they are today.

The band’s cult appeal has infected countless quality broadcasters ever since. Picked up by BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens when they won his "Gods Of The Pod” competition in 2006, Tom Robinson fell in love with their lo-fi indie tracks and he invited the band to play a live session at BBC 6 Music in 2010. The band also featured on his BBC Introducing Best Of Discoveries Show in 2017.

Sometimes described as a slightly more tuneful version of Mark E Smith from The Fall and a "Wilful Maverick" (according to Tom Robinson), the band’s latest collection finds frontman Mark Christopher Lee exercising both qualities in spades. Alongside his prolific musical activities, Lee has recently been raising awareness of mental health issues after experiencing a suicide attempt in January 2019. His experience was shown in the band’s own rockumentary - Weird The Life And Times Of A Pocket God - which was released on Amazon Prime and has been described as - "Spinal Tap meets One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest."

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