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This project successfully raised its funding goal on October 30, 2009.

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Digital download of "Live in Paris"

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Get a handmade book containing, lyrics (hand written), chord charts, "Arrow" studio photos with drawings, stickers, and painting added by Clare, each individually designed and signed for you.

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~A signed copy of "The Movie" (1st album) ~ Digital download of "All The Wine" 1st single off "Arrow" ~ A signed "Arrow" tour poster ~Live in Paris digital album

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~A signed copy of "The Movie" (1st album) ~ Handmade book with lyrics, music charts, photos from the making of the album and studio photos with individualized artwork made by Clare and Olivier. ~ Live In Paris digital album

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++++Signed album "Arrow" week before the release.++++ ~With a kiss on it made out of Clare's lipstick and lips! ~Handmade lyric, photo and music book. ~ Live In Paris digital album ~ 1 pair of Olivier's old socks! (washed or not... up to you)

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~Signed album "Arrow" week before the release. ~With a kiss on it made out of Clare's lipstick and lips! ~ Live In Paris digital album ~Handmade lyric, photo and music book. ~We'll sing a song on your outgoing answering machine for you.

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~Signed album "Arrow" week before the release. ~With a kiss on it made out of Clare's lipstick ~Handmade lyric, photo and music book. ~ Live In Paris digital album ~ We'll sing a song on your outgoing answering machine for you. ~ 2 Clare and the Reasons Kazoos ~ 2 Clare and the Reasons tee shirts

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~Signed album "Arrow" week before the release. ~With a kiss on it made out of Clare's lipstick ~We'll sing a song on your outgoing answering machine for you. ~ Play tennis with Olivier (if you're good) Clare (if you're not) ~ 2 Clare and the Reasons Kazoos ~ 2 Clare and the Reasons tee shirts

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~Signed album "Arrow" ~With a kiss on it made out of Clare's lipstick ~ We'll sing a song on your outgoing answering machine for you. ~ Handmade hair decoration by Clare ~ Come to a sound check at a live show and hang out with us ~ 2 tickets to a show ~ 1 old Clare tee shirt worn by her for years. (clean or not... up to you) ~Bob will teach you how to do the Rubik's Cube.

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~Signed album "Arrow" ~With a kiss on it made out of Clare's lipstick We'll sing a song from "Arrow" or "The Movie" and dedicate it to you or someone of your choice then post it on youtube. ~ We'll sing you 3 acoustic songs from the record on video Skype! (like your own house concert!)

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ALL OF THE ABOVE Plus... a song about your pet. We'll do a home recording of it after talking to you and learning about him/her. OR!! Bob will design a website for you. OR!! We will re enact the Darth Vader "I am your father" scene from Star Wars and post it on youtube with a dedication to you.

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ALL OF THE ABOVE Plus... a song about your girlfriend or boyfriend, it can be funny or sad. We'll do a home recording of it after talking to you and learning about him/her. Then we'll perform it and post it on youtube.

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A private concert for you and your friends. This option is only available in the New England area... sorry:(

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Clare's soul.

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We fly you and a friend to New York from anywhere in the world. (limit $1,000 per plane ticket) Put you up in a Hotel for 1 night Make you dinner at our place, then play a concert for you in our home.

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A photo of Clare, Olivier or Bob in a bathing suit.

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~a weekend on Martha's Vineyard with the band. (house included, but not transportation) ~A private concert on the Vineyard.

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Brooklyn-based Clare and the Reasons, fronted by collaborators Clare and Olivier Manchon, is pleased to announce the release of their sophomore album, Arrow, out October 20th on Frog Stand Records. Arrow features a special guest appearance from Shara Worden of My Brightest Diamond, and is the followup to their acclaimed debut LP, The Movie, which included contributions from Van Dyke Parks and Sufjan Stevens. Clare and the gang have spent the past two years touring around the world in support of The Movie. Live, they have a steady list of contributors (the ‘Reasons, including members of The National and Beirut), with a lot of instruments– cellos, violas, things to hit, kazoos, baby kotos, saws, recorders. It took a bit of wood, nails and many blankets to make Arrow in a recording tent built in the Ditmas Park apartment of Clare and the Reasons’ neighbor, friend and engineer, Alex Venguer. Clare and the Reasons deliver an assortment of meticulously constructed and arranged songs, most written by Clare in her very own kitchen, arranged by Olivier in the living room with two cats by his side, and recorded with surgical precision with the help of “Reason” Bob Hart. Walking the line between musical maturity and sophistication and primal, childlike musical instincts, Arrow floats in both worlds, comfortably. Clare and the Reasons will be touring North America in support of Arrow starting in late October with The Vic Chesnutt Band (featuring Guy Picciotto of Fugazi and members of Thee Silver Mt. Zion). Van Dyke Parks says, “Clare is the Reasons’ raison d’être. Melodious et mysterieux–(the group) defines esprit de corps. (wrapped in) elegant arrangements for your dream escape— Chamber music with edge. Get this Visa to real musical adventure. Totally transportive!”

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