The Entertainment Retailers Association has hit back at claims that Record Store Day has been “co-opted by major labels” and that rules around minimum pressing amounts leave small independents unable to participate.

Ahead of this year’s RSD on April 18, indie labels Sonic Cathedral and Howling Owl have said it’s “just another event in the annual music industry circus” and are refusing to take part. The labels will instead release one copy of a split 7” single featuring Spectres and ...