A couple weeks ago, due to the craziness of the Thick As Thieves video, we decided to put our newest record Anchors up for free download on our website, and it was probably the best thing we’ve ever done as a band.

There was no way for Anchors to ever reach the amount of people the video reached, so our hope was that if people liked the video they would also like our record, they could download it, and hopefully become a fan of the band. A few weeks later and now we can say that the plan has really worked. Anchors has reached far more people than we ever thought possible, and for that we are extremely grateful.

Now, we are in the midst of finishing up a new release for 2012 and we’ve come to the same conclusion, that we would rather have people listen to our music than pay for it.

So as of now we are putting all three of our releases for free download at http://soundcloud.com/kalle-mattson and for Pay What You Want at http://kallemattson.bandcamp.com/ . You can still order physical CD’s (and soon to be LP’s!) from Bandcamp and at shows, or use iTunes if that’s your thing. But, we just want you to know you can test the waters before you jump in.

- Kalle.

The Shore/Palm Sunday 7″ by Kalle Mattson

Kalle Mattson – Anchors by Kalle Mattson

Kalle Mattson – Whisper Bee by Kalle Mattson