As of last month, Nashville pop-rock crunchers JEFF The Brotherhood were all set to release Wasted On The Dream on Warner Bros. Not anymore! The band released a statement today announcing that Warner Bros. has dropped them and they’ll be releasing the new album on their own label, Infinity Cat, two weeks past the original release date. They sound pretty relieved about it, too. Here’s the statement in full:

Hello friends and fans and family and hello people of the press and people of the industry!

We, JEFF The Brotherhood, are SO FUCKING PLEASED to announce that we have been DROPPED from the clutches of the demented vulture that is Warner Bros! We feel as though a heavy weight has been lifted from our shoulders, and could not be more excited.

As for our album, “Wasted on the Dream”, it is finally coming out March 24th on Infinity Cat Recordings – our spiritual, as well as literal home.

It was a very strange experience working with WBR. Luckily, we help to run an indie label that has its shit together more than the big guys, and the announcement comes today from Infinity Cat. The records are pressed, and we are poised and ready!

It’s true what you’ve heard, the era of the major label is over, we have seen it first hand. Upwards and onwards!

-JEFF The Brotherhood

Hear their previously shared “Coat Check Girl” — which pleasingly reminds me of early Weezer and Foo Fighters — and check out their tour dates below.

03/17 McAllen, TX @ Cine El Ray / Galaxy Fair
03/18 Laredo, TX @ Old No. 2
03/19-21 Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/22 Dallas, TX @ Spillover fest / Deep Ellum Live
03/23 San Antonio, TX @ The Korova
03/25 Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
03/26 San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
03/27 W. Hollywood, CA @ Troubadour
03/28 Santa Ana, CA @ Bugerama Fest / The Observatory
03/29 San Francisco, CA – The Independent
03/31 Portland, OR @ Bunk Sandwich Shop
04/01 Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
04/02 Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar
04/03 Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret
04/04 Kelowna, BC @ The Habitat
04/05 Calgary, AB @ Palomino Smokehouse & Social Club
04/06 Edmonton, AB @ The Pawn Shop
04/07 Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos
04/09 Winnipeg, MB @ Good Will Social Club
04/10 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street. Entry
04/12 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
05/16-17 Gulf Shores, AL @ Hangout Fest

Wasted On The Dream is out 3/24 on Infinity Cat. Pre-order it here. One of the JEFF bros is also heavily featured on Colleen Green’s awesome new I Want To Grow Up, which is streaming right here.