Matador Records is psyched to have signed Ted Leo, an artist that they proclaim on their site as, "one of the best songwriters breathing, regardless of genre". Matador also had this to say, "Leo's marriage of modern punk with classic pop is always subject to revision and reinvention — if we weren't confident that you'd be blown away, there'd be no need for this conversation. The Pharmacists' fantastic recordings have been supported with kinetic performances on big & small stages around the globe, and next year should be no exception."

Ted made this statement, "There are so many options and so many opportunities to do so many things with the music that one makes, but I feel GREAT that as I head off to start mixing some songs this weekend, I can say that I now do so in preparation for an album to be released on Matador Records, most likely sometime in the coming spring.
It's a weird position to be in - being able to look back from my middle age on an adulthood that has largely been spent working with some of the great labels that I so admired since I was but a young pup, and who's output and associations shepherded me along and helped me develop into the person and -ulp- "artist," for lack of a better term, that I am. "In the midst of all of the action," we sometimes can't afford to take in the broader perspective on our life's trajectory but I'm pleased to be able to sit here this morning, look back proudly on all I and we have done with Gern Blandsten, Lookout!, Touch & Go, and others, and then look ahead with drive and excitement to "the Matador years."