You know that $250 Alexisonfire box set that the band put up for sale on Xmas day? Well, they sold out in 30 minutes.
All 1000 vinyl box sets were purchased in just under an hour, and the band is in the process of getting rights to their masters to put out more releases.
“Over a year ago it came to our attention that Distort Records was looking to sell the rights to the Alexisonfire back catalogue. That includes the self titled, Watch Out and Crisis. Rather than watch them be sold to just anyone, our manager and the owner of Dine Alone records Joel Carriere offered to buy them with the intention that once he had recouped the cost to purchase them he would return the masters to the band. This is the first real release since he did so and the box set sale has gone a long way towards giving us back ownership of our music. It’s a Christmas gift that you probably didn’t even know you were giving us.”