Lowercase People Records (stylized lowercase people records) is the record label founded and run by the members of the band

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. It was founded after the band split with their major label,

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. The label's name was drawn from the lyrics of the song "Company Car" from the album '' New Way to be Human''.

Formation

In October 2007,

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announced on

's official

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account page the formation of lowercase people records. This development came about some time after the band cut ties with their major label, Columbia Records.

First Release: Rebuild

On November 1, 2007, lowercase people records released its first song, " Rebuild", a song written by Switchfoot's Jon Foreman and

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for their 2007

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. It was offered as a free download, with options to donate either time or money to

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Distribution

lowercase people records has deals in place with

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to distribute Switchfoot records and

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to distribute Jon Foreman and Switchfoot releases to CCM. Both labels work simultaneously under the banner company lowercase people records.BREAKING: Switchfoot teams with Atlantic Records for Worldwide release of "Hello Hurricane"
- Published August 8, 2009 (retrieved August 9, 2009)

Artists

Artists currently "signed" to lowercase people records are: *

* Fiction Family

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:lowercase People Records American independent record labels Companies based in San Diego