Deerhoof pull their back catalogue from Spotify

Posting a statement on their socials, the band wrote: "We're taking Deerhoof off Spotify. Daniel Ek uses $700 million of his Spotify fortune to become chairman of AI battle tech company" was not a headline we enjoyed reading this week. We don't want our music killing people. We don't want our success being tied to AI battle tech."

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After going into detail for their reasonings, and pointing out that capitalism has no place in the arts – "We aren't capitalists, and don't wish to take over the world. Especially if the price of "discoverability" is letting oligarchs fill the globe with computerized weaponry, we're going to pass on the supposed benefits" – they thank their team and labels who have put out their music, for supporting them with this.

"We aren't sure exactly how soon the takedowns can happen, but it will be as soon as possible. We want to thank our various labels for their support on this tricky decision. The grunt work of pulling content off of Spotify is something they're now tasked with, and they are sharing the financial hit. We know we are asking them to make a sacrifice, and it means a lot to us."