{"id":1947,"date":"2012-04-30T09:51:34","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=1947"},"modified":"2016-05-02T16:07:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T23:07:07","slug":"two-major-announcements-bone-walker-and-cracksman-betty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/30\/two-major-announcements-bone-walker-and-cracksman-betty\/","title":{"rendered":"two major announcements: bone walker and cracksman betty"},"content":{"rendered":"

So many awesome things are going on right now that I have to combine announcements! It’s crazytalk. But before I get to that, even, a quick reminder: I’m guesting tonight on The House of Julie with Julie Cascioppo<\/i>, 7:30pm<\/a>, in Seattle, with several other musicians including Roo Forrest, Elaine Bono, Jean Mann, and Bill White. I’m Julie’s first guest of the night; come see the show!<\/p>\n

TO THE ANNOUNCEMENTS!<\/p>\n

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FIRST: The new album – the remixed\/remastered\/rerecorded Cracksman Betty<\/i> – will drop Monday, May 7, 2012. It’ll lead off with a completely new track, “Song for a Blockade Runner\/High Barbaree,” the pirate’s version of that tale, recast in the fight for Cascadian independence, musically and lyrically original.<\/p>\n

My beta listeners have described the album as “impressive,” “SO MUCH BETTER” [than the work prints], “awesome,” and, in one notable case:<\/p>\n

everything I hear in these tracks is totally Next Level from what came before.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Caps of Awesome as in the originals. Fuck. Yeah.<\/p>\n

This is our long-promised traditional-music album. But of course, we can’t leave it at that; this “traditional” music is re-cast in the Republic of Cascadia, songs of piracy, riot, and revolution, with new interpretation, new history, and far more often than you’d expect on a “traditional” album, new music.<\/p>\n

You’ll hear more about that – and some of our guest performers – this week.<\/p>\n

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SECOND: We’re doing a soundtrack album. For reals, assuming the Kickstarter makes it. It’s a book companion for the novels Faerie Blood<\/i> and Bone Walker<\/i><\/a>. We’ve already committed Sunnie Larsen<\/a> (who has played with several bands including Bone Poets Orchestra<\/a> and Vixy & Tony<\/a>) and Leannan Sidhe, with whom we’ve worked before. And we’re in talks with more.<\/p>\n

Bone Walker<\/i> will be a mix of readings, original music, and the traditional music referenced in the books. It’ll be something new for all of us, which is always awesome. And again – more announcements will be forthcoming!<\/p>\n

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FINALLY, talking of Leannan Sidhe, they have their own Kickstarter running for their second studio album, More to Love<\/i><\/a>. I’ve heard some of the material; these are some pretty subversive fairy tales. So of course, we’re onboard – I’ve backed the project personally, with, you know, money. My<\/em> money. Not even stolen! So you know I mean it.<\/p>\n

Currently there’s an extra incentive package: a signed print of a sketch from the album cover artist (Rob Carlos), a print of the aurora photograph that’s going to be used in that album cover, and a handwritten card from the band. That’s all in addition to the regular backer bonuses for whoever gets them to $2000.<\/p>\n

God damn can you believe all this? And we have more things cooking I’m not even talking about here<\/em>. More than can fit into this post. But one more super-sneak preview, a whisper, a ghost, a rumour of rage, an echo of elfmetal, a part two of a bigger story, a title:<\/p>\n

Din of Thieves<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Muah ha ha ha ha ha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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