Well this sucks.
Charley Crockett shocked everyone on Tuesday, April 28th when at about 8:00 PM Central, he dropped a new 14-song album called Clovis, just three weeks after releasing his third and final album with major label Island Records, Age of the Ram. Even for the prolific Charley Crockett, the turnaround time was pretty remarkable, and appeared to be intentional to in part undercut Island who was still promoting the previous album.
“Every time I find out I signed a deal I don’t like, and I go to these fuckin’ business people, and tell them I don’t like the deal, I don’t think it’s fair, they say ‘Tough luck kid, you shouldn’t of fuckin’ signed it.’” Charley Crockett said. “As soon as I hold them to that same standard, I’m the fuckin’ bad guy,” (laughing).
Now all of that is up in the air as streaming service users in the United States and elsewhere noticed on Wednesday afternoon (5-6) that all the tracks on Clovis were greyed out, if the album could be found at all. Those who downloaded it are patting themselves on the back at the moment, while some fans in other countries are still seeing it—not uncommon when licensing or publishing issues come into play.
What’s come in the play here, keeping many for hearing Charley’s sweet new album that some are claiming is his best yet? Saving Country Music has been shaking trees all afternoon and evening, but so far, nothing is falling as far as solid information on what might be happening.
It’s certainly not out of the realm of possibility that Island Records wasn’t too happy with Clovis and Crockett’s attitude, and found a stitch in the contract that forbids Crockett from releasing new music for a certain period of time, sort of like a recorded music radius clause. But this has not been confirmed. Since Crockett released Clovis entirely by himself without a label, perhaps it’s just some sort of technical snafu that needs to be resolved.
So far Crockett has not addressed the situation publicly, only posting an image of the cover art earlier on Wednesday with the simple caption “My Way.”
More information when more is known. But no, you’re not being punk’d by Spotify. Clovis is currently a ghost.
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