What the heck ever happened to Poe?
Seeing as how Kevin and I are still playing tons of Mario Kart: Double Dash (when will it freakin' end already?!?!), I am still listening to lots of music. I have been listening to a lot of my older CDs, and in the last two weeks, I rediscovered how absolutely astonishing Poe's 2000 record, "Haunted" is.
I mean, this album is just freaky-good. It truly stands the test of time, with such standout tracks as "Wild", "Could've Gone Mad", "Control", and "Amazed". If there is any flaw to this record, it is the little segues, which weave the overall story of the album together. While these little "conversational transition" tracks definitely have their place, and are an integral part of the album as a whole, they do dampen listen-ability after awhile.
Still, it has been nearly 6 years since this album came out, and I have been wondering why there has been no follow-up (because I would buy another Poe album in an instant). I finally sat down with my good friend Google tonight, and tried to dig up the reason why.
Some digging later, and it appears that Poe has been sucked down the hole of a nasty contractual dispute with her record label (Atlantic, I think). That last link is an update from Poe from last November, but I haven't been able to find anything more recent than that.
The moral? Big record labels suck, go indie use something like Tunecore to bypass the traditional music distribution channels entirely.
Oh, and I really hope that Poe records some new material soon.
-Andy.