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The Zutons dropped by record label

The Zutons

The Zutons

The Liverpool band's last single failed to chart

The Zutons have been dropped by their record label Sony BMG.

Despite writing one of the decade's best-selling songs in 'Valerie' (a hit for them in 2006, and famously covered by Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson in 2007), the Liverpool band have parted company from the major label.

However it is not currently clear, whether the band will continue with Deltasonic who originally signed the band, before licensing them Sony BMG.

The Liverpool label themselves parted company with the major last year, bar for deals at the time with The Coral and have so far not commented about their future.

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ThePopSong 

Jan 14, 2009

The Zuton's first single on Deltasonic was incredible. Devils Deal. Along with those early live shows they were amazing, but then it was a slow decline.

a5hl3y 

Jan 14, 2009

just goes to show that no one is safe! 2 albums ago they were the toast of the "indie" world.Seeing music as a business is unhealthy!

Evil_Bob 

Jan 15, 2009

I don't really mind the Zutons so much but I thought "Whats your Problem" was one of the worst pieces of shite I've ever heard and I'm fucking delighted to find that enough people thought the same to ensure that it wouldn't chart. Dropping them over one failed single is a bit much really. They're far from the worst out there and this might prove just to be just a glitch.

SteelersFan_UK06 

Jan 15, 2009

yeah its pretty much what the above two say - Zutons were storming on their first effort, near concept-album like. "Tired...." wasn't even all that bad either, with a few chart slayers in there. It was the most recent effort which got them this. Any idea which single it was which didn't chart?

citizenerased19 

Jan 18, 2009

They're actually a very good band live. What with the trend for female singers, here's hoping Abi ditches the lads and goes solo. She'll easily garner more press in a week than the band ever did the past 2 years.

hness 

Jan 18, 2009

even the saxophone players legs couldn't save them!

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