These are dire times, and certainly not times to beat around the bush, so let's just come right out with it: WE NEED MONEY.
Okay, well... that's a little too direct. Let me offer up some context. I want to be completely upfront and honest about things here, so bear with me as I present you with a lot of text all at once!
Backstory
In September of last year, we were approached by the chairpersons of a convention and offered an invite to perform at their event during Memorial Day weekend 2012. We love cons, so of course we said we would absolutely do this thing. Deals were negotiated, contracts were signed, e-handshakes were exchanged, and all was well.
From there we thought, "Hey, this is some good money we're making with this convention, why don't we throw that money into our gas tank and put together a summer tour?" And so it was done: this convention would be the kickoff of the tour and the funds thereby acquired would keep us afloat on our merry journey across the US. And the villagers rejoiced!
Fast forward to last Friday... *foreboding ellipses*
Long story incredibly short: The convention is canceled. The money we were promised no longer exists. The UriMen are sad pandas...
Logistics
Fact: The Flight of the Boxmen tour will require over 4,000 miles of driving across these United American States.
Fact: The Macho Van, in all of his fuel-inefficient glory, will require over $1,600 in sweet, sweet unleaded gasoline to make that trip.
Fact: The now-evaporated money from the convention was to account for EXACTLY HALF of the overall money we will need to make this trip without losing our asses.
The Solution
Look... we're doing this tour. No matter what. Don't even act like we're not gonna, cuz we so totally are. But we definitely need your help to make sure that we can afford to have homes and food and things when we get back from the road. So here's what we decided to do:
Step One: Release A Single
As you know, we're releasing a new single, "Boxmakers," on Tuesday May 22nd. It's a rad fuckin' song, you're totally gonna like it.
Step Two: Beg For Money
"Boxmakers" will be available at http://urizen.bandcamp.com/ as a free stream. Listen to it as many times as you like, we hope you enjoy it! But if you really enjoy it and want us to be able to continue making music-y type thingies into the future, we encourage you to purchase a download. The download will be priced at a $.99 minimum. However...
Step Three: Count on the Generosity of Awesome People!
The minimum purchase is $.99, but if you want to throw a little extra love our way, you are free to name your own price and really make us feel like champions of the universe! Every little bit you can spare brings us a little closer to being able to fill the gap left by the canceled convention, and for that we will be forever humbled and grateful and appreciative beyond anything I can adequately express in words!
Long Story Short
- We had a big chunk of money reserved to fund the Flight of the Boxmen tour
- That money went bye-bye only one week before the tour is set to begin
- We need you to go to http://urizen.bandcamp.com/ to buy our new single, "Boxmakers," so we can put gas in our Macho Van and tacos in our Mexican
It doesn't make us feel particularly good to have to beg for mercy like this, but we love what we do, and we want to keep doing it for you for as long as is humanly (and economically) possible. We hope you give what you can, but more importantly, we hope you enjoy the new single and come see us on the Flight of the Boxmakers tour (click here for dates) this summer!
2.3 Billion Thanks To You All,
URIZEN
