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Columbia links with Lakota for JJ72 deal. (A&R).
Irish indie trio JJ72 have struck a new licensing deal with Columbia Records and will release their second album through the label in August.
JJ72's eponymous debut album, released in 2000, sold 200,000 copies in the UK on their Irish independent label Lakota. The new album, which has been produced by Flood, will be licensed from Lakota. "It really sounds like a phenomenal record," says managing director Blair MacDonald. "The UK is the band's strongest market and we intend to take it to the next level."
News of the deal comes as Columbia celebrates its first significant homegrown breakthrough into the albums market for some time. Surrey rockers Hundred Reasons were yesterday (Sunday) on course to score a Top 10 new entry with their debut album Ideas Above Our Station. It follows a strong 18 months for the band, who have built up a solid fan base through continual touring across the UK. "It is a classic case of steady build and the culmination of an act and label all working very hard together," says MacDonald.
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