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A Day To Remember win court approval to release album without label
By Chris Cooke | Published on Monday 7 October 2013
American metalcore band A Day To Remember have announced that they will release their fifth album ‘Common Courtesy’ tomorrow without the involvement of their record company Victory Records, following a court ruling rejecting an attempt by the label to block the record’s release.
A Day To Remember has been in legal dispute with Victory since May 2011. Reports suggest that the band accuse the record company of failing to pay them all the royalties they are due, while the label has seemingly accused the band of trying to get out of their record contract so they can sign to a major. The legal squabbling is ongoing, but a judge has given the band the OK to release ‘Common Courtesy’ without Victory’s involvement in the meantime.
A spokesman for the band told CMU: “In May of 2011 we joined the long list of bands that have filed suit against Victory Records. Although our case is still ongoing, we are very pleased with the judge’s decision to allow us to release our next record. The only thing that has mattered to us while dealing with this lawsuit was getting new music to our fans. We are finally going to do that on October 8th and we couldn’t be more excited!”
The album will be released digitally only, and will be available from ADTR.com.
