“We just signed [a two-year distribution deal]
with PCT Music,” said Scott Stephens of Liquid Blue. By most standards, the
North County dance-pop band has had a bitchin’ year that included a 60-country
world tour, inclusion on the Peace Not War II benefit CD alongside the likes of
Jane’s Addiction and Le Tigre, and the release of their debut album Supernova.
Their song “If You Gotta Ask” was named the official campaign theme song of
ill-fated presidential candidate Ralph Nader, and their tune
“Real”—partially a tribute to Senator John McCain—resulted in an
invitation to meet the Arizona politician on Election Day.
“We were selected from thousands of bands
across the U.S.” Stephens said of the PCT program. “Twenty-four groups were
selected to be part of a new distribution program, America’s Best Independent
Artists” which helps bands without distribution deals get their albums into
major retailers. The program’s goal is to increase sales by lowering prices,
and 35,000 copies of Supernova, for instance, will be placed in Walgreens, Rite
Aids and Targets.
Finally, Liquid Blue’s song “Rescue” will
be used as the theme song to the new film by aquatic-life painter, Wyland.
“The DVD will be released early next year—it should also get lots of play on
PBS, Discovery Channel, etc., as his current video does,” Stephens predicted.
