Interview: Enjoyment Records (January 29, 2013)

Label Profile  
Name: Enjoyment Records
Location: UK
Founded: 2011
Current Roster: Bonjour, Comity, Grazes, Hexis, History Of The Hawk, Invalids, Jackals, Minus Tree, Mrs Magician, Nai Harvest, NGOD, Reno Dakota, Saint Coltrane, The Hardest Season, The Prestige, This Gift Is A Curse, Trencher, Weird Wives
Contact Them: Official Site, Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter, Bandcamp, YouTube



How did Enjoyment Records come about and what's the story so far?
The label only exists because the band Trencher let me put out their latest record. It felt like a silly thing to ask them as they’ve worked with major labels in the past but I was surprised when they e-mailed me back wanting to know what I had in mind. I’ve always been a fan of their music (collecting-every-release-on-as-many-formats-as-possible-fan) to be able to work with them as a first release for the label was an incredible thing.

From there I decided I would make sure to release as many different genres as possible purely because I listen to all sorts of music myself. I’ve met a lot of good people from doing this and I’m happy with how it’s all going.

What are your plans for the label in 2013?
Right now I’ve only got a few things lined up. There’s a punky emo split out soon featuring Indian Taker & Shortcuts but then straight after that I have a split 12” featuring some of my favourite screamo bands from the US (Vowel/Things Fall Apart/City Of Ifa/Light black). I’m also working on something a little bigger for the label but I can’t say any more on that I’m afraid!

What's important in the bands that you work with? How do you choose bands to work with?
This is above all else a personal thing. I only release music I enjoy - I have no interest in releasing something just because it’s popular if I don’t feel like my heart is in it. Other than that It helps if the bands I work with can tour/play shows often and do what they can to promote what I’m helping them to release.

What's your overall aim for the label?
I guess the ultimate goal would be to make this my real full time job but that could be a bit of a pipe dream...we’ll just see how things go and who knows!? As long as I’m releasing music I’m happy.
Thanks for the interview Kelly!