Draft:Fire Talk

Fire Talk is an American independent record label based in Brooklyn.

History
Fire Talk began in the spring of 2009 in Denver, Colorado, when Trevor Peterson, former member of the indie rock band Woodsman, wanted a vessel to release his own music. Woodsman booked their first tour in spring 2009 and created CD-Rs to sell at merchandise tables. Peterson created the Fire Talk logo in an effort to "make the band's merch look a little more legit". The band added the new logo to their merchandise, which included hand painted CD covers. Shortly thereafter, friends of Peterson started asking if they could use the logo for their own releases. By the time a third friend asked, Peterson decided to make Fire Talk into a "real thing".

In June 2010, Fire Talk released Tennis' debut 7-inch, "South Carolina". On September 28, 2010, Fire Talk released their first vinyl LP for Colorado psychedelic rock group Tjutjuna. In 2011, Peterson relocated the label to Brooklyn, New York.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fire Talk announced they would waive their own share of revenue along with Bandcamp on the platform's commission-free days in a bid to help artists on their roster raise much-needed funds.

In July 2021, Fire Talk launched a new digital singles label called Open Tab. The label focuses on new music discovery and aims on bringing community and human curation back into world that is becoming increasingly reliant on algorithms.

On September 22, 2023, the label opened Fire Talk Shop, a brick and mortar store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

In September 2023, Fire Talk announced the launch of their new Chicago-based imprint, Angel Tapes, along with its inaugural release, Common Rituals, the debut EP by the Chicago quartet Cruel. Angel Tapes offers a platform for developing artists to release music in "good faith".

Artists
Current roster of artists signed to the label


 * Bnny
 * Cola
 * deathcrash
 * Dehd
 * Dreamcrusher
 * Fran
 * Mamalarky
 * Mandy, Indiana
 * Media Jeweler
 * Mia Joy
 * PACKS
 * Patio
 * Pure X
 * Weeping Icon
 * Wild Pink
 * Wombo
 * Young Prisms

Artists previously signed to the label
 * Deeper
 * Earring
 * Strange Ranger
 * Woodsman

Artists with one or more releases on the label


 * Aa
 * Accessory
 * Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk
 * Cal Fish
 * Campfires
 * cindygod
 * Corey Flood
 * Dark Tea
 * Dave Vettraino
 * Dead Gaze
 * Erasers
 * Future Museums
 * Flower Orgy
 * Gem Trails
 * Gold Dime
 * Halfsour
 * Heaven's Gate
 * Katrina Stonehart
 * Lunch Money Life
 * Monteagle
 * Nassau
 * Mezzanine Swimmers
 * Murals
 * Paw Paw
 * Scully
 * Tennis
 * Tjutjuna
 * The Spookfish
 * Turnip King
 * W00DY

Artists with reissued releases on the label
 * Tonstartssbandht

Artists with one or more releases on Open Tab


 * Advertisement
 * Blood
 * Blunt Chunks
 * Chanel Beads
 * Cusp
 * Dwell
 * ENOLA
 * Fake Fruit
 * Frances Chang
 * Friko
 * Goo
 * heka
 * headboy
 * hydrodate
 * Maria BC
 * No Home
 * omat
 * Pedazo De Carne Con Ojo
 * Puppy Angst
 * Rosa Pajaro
 * Slic
 * SLAP RASH
 * Shallowhalo
 * Sub*T
 * The Dare

Artists with one or more releases on Angel Tapes
 * Cruel
 * Feller
 * Sleeper's Bell