You’ve heard the music, waited for concert tickets to go on sale, and downloaded the albums. Celebrating 20 years of bringing some of the most seminal indie bands to the forefront of our consciousness, Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, by John Cook with Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance, chronicles the unlikely growth and staying power of Merge Records, the label that has introduced us to Superchunk, Spoon, the Arcade Fire, Magnetic Fields, and Neutral Milk Hotel to name a few.
This behind-the-scenes book is illustrated with over 300 images, record covers, letters, postcards from the road, scrawled-out setlists, hand-drawn posters and silkscreened record covers, which guide you through the ups-and-downs of making it big in the music industry, while still remaining true to the artists.
For videos and more information about the book, visit its companion site. Below is an excerpt. Enjoy.
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