Islander have launched this Kickstarter marketing campaign to fund an unbiased launch of their upcoming new studio album. The choice metallic outfit are additionally hoping to lift sufficient money to assist purchase a working van to permit them to tour on that eventual opus.

The group commented of that:

“Expensive Islander household,

It’s been a bizarre couple of years. We have now a lot to be grateful for and really feel blessed to be the place we are actually, even after coping with some profession setbacks, a worldwide pandemic, after which discovering out after the truth that we’d been dropped by our file label earlier than releasing our newest file.

Regardless of all of this, we’re nonetheless going robust, and that’s largely on account of you. In order we enter a brand new chapter as an unbiased band, we’d prefer to thanks in the easiest way we all know how; by making extra music, and alluring you to be part of it.

For the primary time within the historical past of our band, now we have an opportunity to not solely utterly personal our music, however to make it on our personal phrases, and to deliver our followers in on the method. No file labels. No middle-men. No gatekeepers. Simply you and us.

Deciding to independently crowdfund our new file is each scary and thrilling, however we’re keen to take the leap, particularly as a result of we really feel so supported and empowered by you as the most effective supporters on the earth. Each greenback of your pledges goes straight in direction of the 2 predominant issues we have to proceed as a band:

#1 – Making and ending our new file
#2 – Getting a “new”, working van

We’ve by no means been ready to do that with out you, however as quickly as this crowdfunding undertaking is stay, that assertion might be true in a model new means, as we’re unbiased.

We’ve set our crowdfund objective at $30,000. That is the minimal quantity we anticipate we’ll have to file, combine, and grasp the file, in addition to manufacture and distribute all the pledge rewards, and at the least hit a downpayment on a van. Our van for the time being is actually duct taped collectively (critically), and getting a “new” one is as large of a precedence as having the ability to pay to complete a file.

We’ve seen loads of bands have nice success with gofundme’s after they’ve encountered severe car troubles, however we determined to do that through Kickstarter moderately than take that route as a result of we don’t need charity and DO need to reward as a lot of our followers as a lot as we will for serving to proceed to be the lifeblood that retains us transferring and makes this price it.

With that being stated, something previous the $30k will nonetheless be an immense assist in direction of getting the most effective file potential made and ensuring we will proceed to carry out for you…”

Those that contribute to the marketing campaign might be given first entry to a brand new track titled “Weight Of The World” tomorrow, June twenty first. The marketing campaign’s launch follows the lately unveiled documentary from the band, ‘Devastate The Plenty‘, which you’ll be able to try beneath: