Tony Fagenson: Management Was Holding Us Back, New Music From Eve 6 WILL Happen

Earlier this week, Tony Fagenson of Eve 6 was kind enough to surprise the most hardcore of Eve 6 fans and post a message on the MediaHQ Message Board. For those of you who read this blog, but not the message boards, here is what Tony had to say:

Eve6ers,

Tony with the band here. I wanted to give everyone an update about the status of Eve 6. We are certainly aware that you, the fine members of the hardcore Eve 6 fan community, have been patiently waiting for new music from this band and are probably getting a bit antsy wondering if we're every gonna come out with anything. Those copies of Horroscope are probably getting pretty worn by now and you could use a new CD from us to toss in the player (or better yet batch of MP3s to load up the iPod with). And as fun as the shows from the last two years have been for us and hopefully all of you as well, we are certainly jonesing to embark on some full fledged tours in support of a new release and get more new songs in the set. Well I can tell you definitively that new music from this band WILL appear!

We feel some explanation is necessary to you guys in return for your patient waiting. The music has always come first with this band, and we’ve wanted to make sure that we’re giving it the best shot we possibly can and properly setting up all the things we need in order to get Eve 6 music released the right way. A couple of things delayed the progress of our new record longer than we would have liked. We spent quite a bit of time on outside writing and production projects in ’08 and ’09, and every hour spent working on other artists’ material is an hour not spent on Eve 6. We were also parked at the wrong management company for quite a while which stalled any large scale movement for the band. We kept wishfully thinking that we could make it work with our managers but eventually realized that it wasn’t the right pairing. The good news is that we are now free of those shackles and are about to hook up with a great management team that will help catapult Eve 6 into this decade the right way. And we are focusing solely on the band in 2010 and pausing the outside projects for the time being. We have more than a full album’s worth of material, some of it fully recorded, and some more recording to go. We’ve been laying down pieces of it here and there, and we’ll be pulling it all together in the coming months.

We could have released something on our own last year, but we feel that the extra time will ultimately lead to a better and more widely accessible record. It’s a new musical landscape out there and there’s lots of choices for a band like us regarding how to release new music; we’re just trying to make the best one. As that is coming together so will other things like the website, new merchandise, more tours, videos, the works. As Willy Wonka says, “So much time, so little to do...no scratch that, reverse it...” We’ve got tons of work to do but are totally psyched about what lies ahead. We know it will all be worth it in the end!

Thanks for waiting and we’ll keep you posted as things come together. And of course we’re keeping a strict 2-3 show-per-month regimen throughout the US to stay limber until the new record comes out. See you out there, and PEACE!!

Sincerely,

Tony
EVE 6

So there you have it. It looks like Eve 6 will continue to plug away until we receive a new album. The management issue is definitely disappointing. Without the shackles of a major label, it was easy to assume that the guys would have gone with a management team that they trusted and that had a clear vision for their future as a band in the web 2.0 world. Unfortunately, that relationship went sour fast and they had to go back to the drawing board.

As always, we here at Eve6MediaHQ are holding out hope that there will, in fact, be another Eve 6 album. How could we think otherwise when Tony tells us what he did above? Until then, we'll see you all on the message boards!