Mantis: Week 1
THANK YOU
That is really the message of the day. Mantis has officially been out for its first full week and the initial response has been great. We more than doubled our first week sales of "Safety in Numbers" and did it while a confused record industry tries to find which way is up. Album sales are down across the board but your support and enthusiasm helped us to have our best week of sales ever. We debuted at #62 on the Billboard Top 200 and #6 on the Independent Albums chart which is pretty great for a local band doing OK. There has been some great press surrounding the record including a number of good nods from those publications that have been known to casually write off records from "jambands" (without bothering to listen). In addition to all of your nice words, the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Associated Press, & Rolling Stone have all said pretty positive things.
We truly just want to thank you for all your support. In the words of Brendan "Thanks for letting us do what we do". It does mean the world to us. Help us keep Mantis rolling by spreading the word. There has never been an easier time to turn on new ears with sites like myspace, facebook, Ilike, and beyond. Here is the link to our ecard which you can pass around at will. If everyone of you got just one friend to buy Mantis, it would help us to no end by maintaining some momentum in this tough ass business.
Looking forward to the weekend in warm, sunny Minneapolis.
The Mantis proof layout for the CD packaging
