Ireland’s finest ebullient experimentalists Meltybrains? have been quiet on the live gig front because they are working on their debut full-length album.
As times are trying financially for any band looking to pay for the costs of recording, mixing and mastering, Melty have set up a Patreon account to help fund it and have announced it with this very excellent video.
Rewards range from unreleased video footage to Skype Music lessons, Melty jingles, Monkey See//Monkey Do videos, cover versions and Melt The Jewels? – “Upon finishing our debut album, we will re-record the whole album using only Run The Jewels samples.”
Cost? $40,000. Bargain.
See Patreon for all the tiers and rewards.
Niall Byrne is the founder of the most-influential Irish music site Nialler9, where he has been writing about music since 2005. He is the co-host of the Nialler9 Podcast and has written for the Irish Times, Irish Independent, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Cara Magazine, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, co-founder of Lumo Club, event curator, Indie Sleaze club promoter, and producer of gigs and monthly listening parties & events in Dublin.
