Elbow's Guy Garvey has said he is starting a new record label solely for vinyl EPs to revive the format.

BBC: Elbow singer Guy Garvey to launch vinyl record label

To promote the format, the company has teamed up with music label Ultra to release material from Kaskade, an American DJ.

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But the Arizona desert-pop group The Format chose to celebrate both times they got dumped from its label: Its members threw big parties and got to work releasing their own music.

NPR: The Format: Refreshingly Shimmering Pop

But the distraction of label mergers caused the album to get lost in the shuffle, and The Format was soon left to promote its music through touring, online promotion and word of mouth.

NPR: The Format: Refreshingly Shimmering Pop

After The Format's first disc, EP, generated significant music-industry buzz, a major label released Interventions and Lullabies in 2003.

NPR: The Format: Refreshingly Shimmering Pop