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Jul 30, 2013 TV on the Radio By Mike Hilleary

Departing with their long-time label Interscope earlier this year, and dropping hints that they may done with releasing traiditonal albums, TV on the Radio have premiered a brand new track titled “Mercy.” The band’s first piece of new material since releasing their 2011 LP Nine Types of Light the track will be distributed through member Dave Sitek’s Federal Prism label.

“Couldn’t be more excited to be getting back into it, all together,” frontman Kyp Malone told The Huffington Post. “The new [song] came to fruition with such ease that it felt like an invitation to get back to this good work.”

According to Consequence of Sound the new song is just a part of a much larger initiative by Sitek’s label to release new music directly through Soundcloud weeks before the material’s actual street date. In addition to more new music by TV on the Radio, as well as CSS, Asher Roth, Oh Land, Chuck Inglish, Cerebral Ballzy, Federal Prism will be providing tracks stems of to encourage fan-made remixes, with Sitek handpicking the best for curated hosting. “Federal Prism stands by the notion that SoundCloud represents one of the most organic and well executed platforms for artists and listeners to interact,” says Sitek in a statement. “This is especially true for all of us who are serious about the creation and sustainability of music. In our minds, this goes beyond marketing or even a sales strategy… to the basic and inspiring impetus of music making.”

(www.tvontheradio.com)