Yes. And they're using a new website to release it: noisetrade.com. NoiseTrade is revolutionary in that it allows musicians to promote their music in much the same way that artists such as Radiohead, Derek Webb, and Nine Inch Nails have recently. You can pay whatever you would like for a CD or you can allow the site to email three friends about it and get it for free.I'm quite certain KNAPSACKHEROES! will not be using that technique for our debut EP and while it still seems a risky method for more established artists who have gone independent, it is certainly one way to self promote an album without the marketing muscle major labels offer. It's also a good way for Sixpence to reintroduce themselves to an ever-changing market (their last album was released just one year after the birth of the iPod) before they release a full length album next year.
A lot of really cool artists (mostly Nashville bred) are using it. I was excited enough to find out Sixpence's EP was on the site. Imagine my excitement when I realized there was also new music from Waterdeep and Derek Webb! You can also get great music from the likes of Kate York, Jill Phillips, Andy Gullahorn, Matthew Perryman Jones, Umbrella Tree, Sandra McCracken, and others.
See for yourself:
