The Lawrence Arms Sign To Epitaph Records

Chicago’s long running punk rock act The Lawrence Arms has made the move to Epitaph Records.  The band released all sorts of statements here, in the process reassuring their fans that this will have no stylistic change beyond the natural evolution of the band:

“We had this record written before we started talking to anyone about anything and we recorded it with Matt Allison at Atlas like we always do. Brett is the guy we talk to over at Epitaph, and as of writing this, he’s heard zero percent of this record. He trusts us, we trust him. It’s exactly like every record making experience we’ve ever had before. There is no puppetmastering that I know of going on at Epitaph on any level whatsoever, but even if there were, it is not in play with this new Lawrence Arms record.”

Read the full joint statement here.  The decision marks the group’s amicable departure from long time label Fat Wreck Chords.