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, Cara Magazine, Sunday Times, Totally Dublin, Red Bull and more. Niall is a DJ, founder of Lumo Club, club promoter, event curator and producer of gigs, listening parties & events in Dublin.