The long awaited Fur Traders EP is finally here! Order your copy today!
The Fur Traders have been hard at work this last year finishing our 6 song EP, harnessing elements of ghost stories, southern gospel, murder ballads, old western glory, epic rock, and charged with the powerful, sultry vocals of a woman to be reckoned with.
Recorded, mixed, and mastered, we have done all of the work and now ask you to contribute to our effort to unleash the record out into the world. All self realized (self-recorded, produced, engineered, and mastered) this has been a huge undertaking, and truly a labor of love. We have covered all of the recording and mixing costs and are now raising funds to cover manufacture and distribution of the CD, and a portion of mastering costs.
The Fur Traders developed a sound for this record which suggests influences by the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Big Brother and the Holding Company, Nick Cave, Deep Purple, Southern rock, gospel and soul, Otis Redding, Townes Van Zandt, and many, many others. The powerful, female fronted vocals move you emotionally to listen to the lyric driven storytelling on the record. This EP is rooted in Americana, with a few hints of dreamy, sultry guitar, moments of galloping rock and screaming licks, melodic groovy wurlitzer, bass born from the love child of Barry White and Steve Harris, and drums which lead the ride with the pulse of a wild animal. Each song tells a different tale, all common to the root of what it is to be human: a watery tale about fear evolving into paranoia and self destruction, an epic western account of non-traditional love, a murder ballad written in the middle ages of young man who spurns a lady's affections and is murdered by her in revenge, and a soulful plea urging that our frantic existence slow down to where stillness can renew us to new forms of perception... at least for a moment.
You can listen to tidbits from the EP on our video ... and then fall into the whole record with your own copy!
Any money that we raise over our goal will go towards recording our full length record! Thank you for supporting The Fur Traders in our continuing efforts to bring you great music!
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) **Any international orders will have an added shipping cost calculated outside of your Kickstarter Donation payable through paypal**
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print + Fur Traders shot glass
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print + Fur Traders shot glass + a digital compilation of our favorite great tunes made by Nathan, Will, and Michelle (3 CDs total)
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print + Fur Traders shot glass + a digital compilation of our favorite great tunes made by Nathan, Will, and Michelle (3 CDs total) + limited edition Fur Traders playing cards available only to our Kickstarter supporters
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print + Fur Traders shot glass + a digital compilation of our favorite great tunes made by Nathan, Will, and Michelle (3 CDs total) + Fur Traders playing cards available only to our Kickstarter supporters + an original illustrated poster made by Michelle
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print + Fur Traders shot glass + a digital compilation of our favorite great tunes made by Nathan, Will, and Michelle (3 CDs total) + Fur Traders playing cards available only to our Kickstarter supporters + an original illustrated poster made by Michelle + a piece of hand selected silver jewelry direct from Peru
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print + Fur Traders shot glass + a digital compilation of our favorite great tunes made by Nathan, Will, and Michelle (3 CDs total) + Fur Traders playing cards available only to our Kickstarter supporters + an original illustrated poster made by Michelle + a piece of hand selected silver jewelry direct from Peru + a piece of hand selected silver jewlery direct from Peru + piano, drum, or voice lesson by Nathan, Will, or Michelle (limit to Southern California for in-person lesson, otherwise it will be via Skype)
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print + Fur Traders shot glass + a digital compilation of our favorite great tunes made by Nathan, Will, and Michelle (3 CDs total) + Fur Traders playing cards available only to our Kickstarter supporters + an original illustrated poster made by Michelle + a piece of hand selected silver jewelry direct from Peru + piano, drum, or voice lesson by Nathan, Will, or Michelle (limit to Southern California for in-person lesson, otherwise it will be via Skype) + a day trip to Disneyland with the Fur Trader of your choice (you must be able to get to Orange or LA County in order for us to come and get you)
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a CD copy of the Fur Traders EP (includes US shipping) + limited edition color poster print + Fur Traders shot glass + a digital compilation of our favorite great tunes made by Nathan, Will, and Michelle (3 CDs total) + limited edition Fur Traders playing cards available only to our Kickstarter supporters + an epic poem written for you on the subject of your choosing + a piece of hand selected silver jewlery direct from Peru + piano, drum, or voice lesson by Nathan, Will, or Michelle (limit to Southern California for in-person lesson, otherwise it will be via Skype) + day trip to Disneyland with The Fur Traders (you must be able to get to Orange or LA County in order for us to come and get you) + you will be featured in our music video and you will receive special thanks on our record
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Everything above and a Fur Traders concert anywhere of your choosing (you must provide travel expenses if outside of Southern California, and we will coordinate the date with you!)
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