Band releases album on iPod shuffle

So this is sorta similar to the phenomenon of libraries lending out audiobooks on iPod shuffles… 'cept different: LA-based band Sexohol is putting out their first album, Enjoy!, initially on iPod shuffles (CD release to follow in April). The 12 tracks come pre-loaded on your choice of 512MB or 1GB players, for $109 and $159, respectively. We imagined it wouldn't be too long until other music sales would be happening on digital devices, and we expected other bands traditionally on the forefront of music and technology to make innovations in the market but honestly, we didn't exactly see it coming from… Sexohol. If this isn't evidence of the long tail at work, we don't know what is.

[Via TUAW]

[Chris @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I like their thinking, but can see a slight problem (or at least an inconvenience) - what happens when you sync the shuffle for the first time? How do you (or the novice iPod user) not lose what was already on it?
Maybe the music is their twice - once in the iPod db so you can listen to it out of the box, and again as regular files so you've got something to copy into iTunes?

[Dennis - Help me fight for my son @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Sexohol? Yeah, makes me want to buy one of those things. At least she got a nice rack.

[Scott @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Are they releasing an iPod Photo with pics of the girl? Then maybe...

[Jeff @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

That pic looks like a bad attempt at a cover for a Harlequin romance novel.

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I am all for freaks and wierdness, but they just look stupid.

[n8 @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Total marketing ploy, and engadget fell right into the trap. :)

[Eleon Gonzales @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Hmm... yes, at least she has a nice rack... I hope instructions for that hair cut come with the shuffle...

[Brian @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Chris, I've been wondering the same thing with some radio promotions that have been going on around Dallas lately. Win an iPod mini with these albums already on it. Ummmm, there's no way for the average joe to ever sync his iPod then. Why hasn't anyone else noticed this?

[Matthias @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Well, in Germany we already had such kind of release.

The German punk band "Wizo" offerend an EP, with 5 previously unreleased tracks and a video on an ordinary USB-stick, 64 MB (yes, no MP3-stick). They sold that one for about 16€.


At least you didn't have any problems when you wanted to get these files into your iTunes-Libaray ;-)

[Sebhelyesfarku @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I guess their music is crap like the iPoo shuffle.

[Dalton @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Worst...haircut...ever!

[Whiplash @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Read this bio... looks like the screenplay for Spinal Tap II - ...Beverly Hills-based vocalist and guitarist Roger Quickly decided to use his songwriting skills to lure girls into "recording a CD with him" in his bohemian-boudoir-themed "studio" (which looks suspiciously like a bedroom).
Then, one day, the incredibly talented and impossibly sexy bassist / vocalist Golden Delicious showed up at one of Roger's auditions. The chemistry was instantaneous and explosive -- and the playful, provocative, alternapop duo known as Sexohol was formed. -

Impossibly Lame. Whiplash

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

"impossibly sexy bassist /vocalist Golden Delicious" She named herself after a type of apple? This makes me glad I moved away from Los Angeles.

[Ian Cognito @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Sexohol with lead singer Darth Maul ;)

[Mathias Pettersson @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Sexohol?

Holy bandname, Batman!

[MrBlank @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

OMFG. Bad. Music. Barf.

[All Music Site @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Nice marketing stunt, but nothing more. The same as an album on a memory card for your mobile phone. Nobody wants to buy that either.

[MrBlank @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Oh, and that "haircut" is painted on. Ugh.

[MrBlank @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Oh, and that "haircut" is painted on. Ugh.

[Travis @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

From their FAQ:

I didn't read all the above before erasing my Enjoy! iPod shuffle, and now all the Sexohol songs are gone. How do I get them back?
Send an email to [e-mail]. Once we verify your purchase, we will email you back the songs in mp3 format. They have no DRM, so we rely on your honor not to burn a million CDs from them.

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

It kills me to think that the Darth Maul wannabe is probably getting laid alot more than us geeks here!

Cheers!

BTW, REALLY nice rack!

[Dana Jordan @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Nice rack.

[b @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

I betcha they recorded their 'album' in the same studio which houses the long lost Dirk Diggler tapes...

[b @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

"Quiet as a kitten
Soft as the sheep
Silent and hidden
The secret I keep"

Ah... poetry.

[elmerG @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

going thru all their lyrics -- some are friggin' hilarious

"deeper than hegel and nietzsche
naked and wet when i meet ya' "

the spinal tap vibe might be intentional -- in a donny & marie do vegas soft-porn kind of way ?

eG

[Roger Quickly @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Re: 26--

Actually we were thinking more along the lines of Sonny & Cher, but yeah.

Thanks for noticing!

--Roger Q

P.S. Enough with the Darth Maul comments. Darth was only ever our BACKUP SINGER. He was NEVER lead. Never!

[gasman @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

To quote the great poet (in a terrible French accent of course), "pbbpbpbpb... I fart in your general direction."

[Maniac @ Dec 19th 2005 1:22AM]

Hey Folks, do you know if are there any fan club in Brazil? I tryed to search in Sao pauolo but nothing...