So, there have been a lot of small hold-ups between then and now. Forms not being sent to the right place, busy personal life, weeks of recording at the plant itself... but after all this time, I finally got hold of the test press! You've most likely seen me talk about this on the Facebook page, if not here's the beautiful picture of what arrived in the post and gave me a huge surprise/sense of realism finally dropping a few days ago.
You'd assume that it's a turqoise colour from that picture, but it's actually more of a dark green shade. Either way, I'm happy to say the quality was excellent, practically as smooth as when I listened to the tunes in their WAV forms. It goes to show that tapes have more potential than people seem to think nowadays (speaking of which, expect a huge rant towards tape haters possibly coming later on).
So, what's going to happen from here? Now that everything's approved, I'd guess within the next 1-2 months the copies will finally be coming through... and then it's all about selling them. In the meantime, I've been thinking far ahead in terms of the future of P.A. Tapes and my own music. Believe it or not, but a lot of time passes when a release is being produced, the current projects I have in mind expand on the work you'll be hearing on "Broken" in huge ways! However, being a big forward thinker when it comes to ambitions... I have a tendency to change my mind a lot. As irritating as this is, I can at least say one thing - there are definitely 3 more tapes in the works now which will almost definitely be happening.
Basically, keep watching. We'll definitely be informing you when "Broken" is out, and there's plenty more where it's coming from. I think that's everything covered. :) I'd also like to add, if any Soundcloud followers come across this... thanks to all of you for following P.A. and spreading the hype! There's a lot of diversity in the types of people who've followed the label, which says a lot about the appeal of our sounds. It's really interesting seeing everyone from industrial rock to 2-step taking notice!
