Exclusive: The Hoosiers: 'Label had no interest in album'

The Hoosiers have admitted that they parted company with their record label when they realised that there was no support for their second album.

The trio, Irwin Sparkes, Martin Skarendahl and Alphonso Sharland, released their sophomore LP The Illusion of Safety last August. It charted at number 10 while lead single 'Choices' debuted at number 11 in the UK chart.

The group left RCA late last year and later admitted that the label had not been happy with the chart positions achieved by the single and album.

"It's one of those things that happens quite often," Skarendahl told Digital Spy. "You need some people with power in the label to be behind your project, to make it a priority, which we were really lucky to be during the first album when Craig Logan was the head of RCA who signed us.

"He really backed us and supported the project. The opposite happened when he left. It's one of those things. It happens to loads of bands. You need people at the label to be into the project. So we decided to ask for the record back - which we were very lucky to get."

He continued: "It became clear that after the album was released that they just stopped spending money and there was no interest in our energy put into it."

The group will release a repackaged and retitled edition of the album with four new tracks this month.

Skarendahl added: "We are really, really proud of it. It took us a long time to get right and it's definitely something we are proud of and really want people to hear."

The Hoosiers' 'Bumpy Ride' is out now, while the album of the same name follows on April 11.

Watch The Hoosiers' video for 'Bumpy Ride' below: