It’s now exactly a year since The Quietus regenerated, and we got to consign our ancient, anxiety-inducing, terminally tottering original site to the knacker’s yard after 16 fraught years of service, and we thought by way of a birthday present we’d give a whopping discount on new subscriptions.
Last May, we ushered in a brandspankingly new site with a beautiful new design aesthetic, equipped with both a cast of little medieval figures and a navigation tool that actually works, and, let us tell you, life has been a lot easier since. The Quietus has finally become stable – no more disappearing off line for several panic-ridden days at a time – meaning we can serve the culture you love much more effectively. The site can now even be read across a variety of different laptops, tablets and mobile phones… the latter without the aid of a magnifying glass.
During the year since, we’ve seen traffic and time spent on the site go up, which means we’ve been able to commission more in the way of features and reviews, without sacrificing quality. One thing of course has not gone up – the amount of money we make from advertising which, if truth be told, continues to decrease as brands put their coin into the pockets of big tech and AI-driven algorithmic advertising. Big BOOO at the back!
The only thing that enables us to realise the full potential of our one-year-old site is the support of our wonderful subscribers. We have nearly 2,000 now, and we would really love to break that barrier this spring. So to mark tQ’s regeneration anniversary and to encourage anyone who isn’t already a subscriber to help us not just survive but to thrive, we’re launching a new sale this week. Running until 9 June, this chops OVER A THIRD OFF the price of our top Subscriber Plus tier (sign up here), and A QUARTER off the Subscriber Tier (sign up here).
The more people who join up, the more solid tQ’s future will be, the more we can commission – and, of course, all our top two tier subscribers get tonnes of exclusive perks. Both the tiers in the sale feature access to the Low Culture Podcast (recent episodes feature John and Luke discussing PJ Harvey, Sonic Youth, La Haine, and M.R. James) and Low Culture Essay (recently featuring outstanding writing on TV show The Good Life, Elastica’s The Menace, the unexpected joy of post-Greatful Dead jam bands, and the sonic landscape of The Sims). We’ve now got 45 Organic Intelligence newsletters, our antidote to the algorithm that guides you through niche musical movements, genres and scenes, and, most popular of all, a playlist delivered directly to your inbox that catches you up with all the artists we’ve been writing about each month. There are now hundreds of hours of music to listen to in that ever-expanding archive. And of course, our Subscriber Plus tier – the one with the biggest discount – offers an exclusive release every month; you can see the incredible range of artists we’ve released music by, here. While tQ is on a far more stable footing than we ever have been, times are still tough and for us to not only avoid a slip back into the void, but continue to improve what we do, we would be beyond chuffed if you could consider signing up. You can do so here via our friends at Steady. Thanks for your reading eyes, and your financial support, from Luke, John and all at tQ.
