Our next album is coming, and we need your help!
Some of you know that in January 2024, we launched a double-album crowdfund on Kickstarter. We had high hopes for this crowdfund, and an ambitious goal of $16,500. We hoped that through this crowdfund, we could raise enough to make two albums, and cover absolutely every single expense involved in the process.
So many of our friends and supporters pitched in and helped us with this crowdfund, and we were able to raise $6,141 (of the $16,500 goal) in pledges. Since Kickstarter uses an all-or-nothing model, we did not receive any of these pledges (and nobody’s bank accounts were charged) because we didn’t meet our goal.
After our Kickstarter campaign concluded, we started to brainstorm what to do with our new music. Hannah wrote music in Fall 2023 after we returned from our Summer 2023 Tour, and then wrote several new songs while artist-in-residence at St. Gertrude’s in January 2024, and wrote more songs after returning home. In singing and playing this music throughout Spring 2024, we narrowed it down to seven beautiful songs. This is a complete, polished album; a better representation of this year’s work than the double album we were originally hoping to make. It’s distilled and carefully-crafted.
So many of you have heard these new songs - those who caught us on tour over the last few months, and those who are Patrons on our Patreon page. Everywhere we have shared this new music, we have heard the same thing: “these songs are special - when will they be streaming?”
Because of you and your support, we came up with a new budget and a new plan to get these songs to you. We worked closely with multiple friends and collaborators to cut costs and find a way to make this album. We are now running a step-by-step crowdfund through our own website and PayPal. This reduces the fees involved, protects us from a tight deadline, and means we can take the steps towards distributing this new album as the funding comes in.
Everything donated to us via PayPal at the link below will go straight to us making the new album. Also, as of June 2024, your Patreon membership donations will now go straight to this same crowdfunding PayPal account.
Already know how much you can give? Want to join our Patreon? The links are right here:
See our progress.
We want to keep you updated on our progress towards this next album. Below, you can see the three steps of funding that we need to reach in order to get this album distributed on streaming services.
Thanks to Aaron Sandage for this photograph, as well as the others featured here, all from December 2023.
Three Steps to Our Next Album:
Want to see even more details about the process of making an album? We’ll be sharing those with our Patrons on Patreon throughout this process! Join our Patreon here.
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Step 1: $1,244
Our first step towards releasing our next album is to complete our photography plan (we have already paid for and gotten some of the photos done) and to have the songs professionally recorded!
Goal: Finish raising funds for Step 1 by the end of Summer 2024.
Progress: As of 7/12/24, we are 100% of the way to our $1,244 goal. STEP 1 IS NOW COMPLETE! Thank you for your support!
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Step 2: $315
Our second step towards releasing our next album is to send in our professionally-recorded songs for mixing and mastering!
Goal: Finish raising funds for Step 2 by the end of September 2024.
Progress: As of 8/6/24, we are 100% of the way to our $315 goal. STEP 2 IS NOW COMPLETE! Your generosity brought us here! Thank you!
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Step 3: $1,680
Our third step towards releasing our next album is to distribute the songs on streaming services* and to obtain branding and design services for marketing our music.
Goal: Finish raising funds for Step 3 by October 2024.
Progress: As of 9/9/24, we are 1% of the way to our $1,680 goal.
*All Patrons on Patreon will receive a FREE digital download of the album.
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Final Steps
Once our album is streaming, some of you will want to purchase physical merchandise items. Each item (CD, vinyl, t-shirt, and tote bag) will be available for pre-order after the album is released on streaming platforms. Depending on the overall cost involved in creating the physical merchandise item, we will have a minimum number of pre-orders that we will need to reach for each item before producing it.
After steps 1-3 are completed and the album is streaming, we will release pre-order options for all physical merchandise items!
Make a donation.
There are so many ways you can help us reach our goals and produce this next album! Financially, you can help us by donating to our PayPal or joining our Patreon as a contributing Patron. If you aren’t able to donate right now, please consider spreading the word about our new album.