idk that it's possible to read that much into it, i didn't get the impression from either of them that the finances were quite that bad at that point
i searched to see what holy ghost had to say about leaving dfa and they just said they knew they didn't want to stay with dfa and reached out to a friend at bmg about reviving west end records bc that was their "dream label" and got a deal very easily. they said "we wanted to get a jump", idk if that just means they wanted a boost in profile or resources that dfa couldn't give them, or what
― ufo, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 05:42 (two years ago) link