I wonder if the different release dates are because of a “we’ve always done it that way” attitude about releasing new albums on Tuesday in the US? Not sure why the UK would be following our lead (though they seem to a lot, I guess) on that silly practice, so perhaps there is a different reason, but that’s the first thing I thought of when the article mentioned the album came out on Friday in Germany and Australia.
Based on this list of upcoming US release dates, there are some albums being released on days which aren’t Tuesday, so maybe some of the indie labels are a bit more sensible about it? But the great majority still are being released on a Tuesday for some dumb reason.
