Living With Lions and Black Box Records have voluntarily recalled their recently released album Holy Shit following a kerfuffle last week regarding government funding of it’s controversial artwork. Holy Shit was funded by a FACTOR loan, a Canadian a private non-profit organization that stands for Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings. FACTOR receives Government funding. Christian groups were inflamed when they learned the loan had gone to depict Jesus as a literal turd in the record’s interior album art. Black Box Records have released the following statement.
In light of the recent controversy regarding the artwork for Living With Lions’ album, “Holy Shit”, the band and label have voluntarily agreed to return the loan of $13,248.00 in its entirety, which was offered in support of this record. The product will be withdrawn from the domestic market immediately, and we requested our international partners to withdraw product internationally as well. We understand the band’s desire to maintain their creative integrity. Therefore the album will be re-released as a non-FACTOR supported project in the coming weeks.
The material was not intended to be offensive, though we regret it was interpreted that way. Further, we regret the negative attention that this matter has brought to FACTOR. FACTOR is an integral part of supporting and sustaining Canadian music domestically and internationally, and their support of our work and that of other Canadian musicians is invaluable.
Ian Stanger
Black Box
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