About this project
In 2010 we started making our first album of new material in over ten years, and now, after over a year of recording, guitar, bass, drums, tamborine, Hammond B3, Fender Rhodes, violin and cello playing, singing, overdubbing, and singing bowl rubbing, it's almost ready to drop, but we need your help.
We'd like to release this album on our own label. Our $8500 goal is to go towards compensating our amazing, generous, and patient producer Billy Burke, pay for mastering, photography and art direction, the manufacturing of 1,000 CDs, and to pay for a great publicist to get the word out and spread the gospel.
On this album founding member Josh Haden reprises his role as bassist/vocalist, Daniel Brummel (formerly of the band Ozma) plays electric and acoustic guitars, Randy Kirk plays guitar and a variety of keyboards, and Matt Mayhall plays drums and percussion. Violin great Petra Haden and cello great Tanya Haden (Josh's sisters) appear for the first time since playing on our debut 1995 album "Blue Moods of Spain". Also for the first time, a song on the album is sung by someone other than Josh (Daniel for his epic "All I Can Give").
We've been working on this album for almost a year-and-a-half now, and we're really excited about it. There are songs that conjure memories of Spain's first three albums (the slowcore romanticism of "I Love You", the country balladry of "Without A Sound", the midtempo rush of "I'm Still Free", and the mystic mantra drone of "All I Can Give"), and there are other songs that might suprise longtime listeners and lure new fans into the preternatural fold. After funding is secured, we can start planning to bring the songs live to a town near you, our first world tour since 1999.
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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on July 7, 2011.
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Band Member For Life Level. You are an official honorary member of the band Spain. You'll get a special designation on the album. You'll receive free copies of the album and free copies of everything Spain releases in the future, two free tickets to any Spain shows you want, take photos with the band when we're in your town, receive exclusive information that only the band is privy to, and more. In addition to receiving everything in the Art Lover Level. You are our main man or woman.
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Bassist/vocalist of a band called Spain.
Spain are a Los Angeles-based alternative rock band founded in 1993 by Josh Haden (son of jazz bass legend Charlie Haden). Beginning with 1995‘s Blue Moods Of Spain and through two subsequent albums and a best of collection, the influential band has garnered a devoted cult following, toured all over the world, had songs appear in several important films and television shows, and have had their songs performed by Johnny Cash amongst many others. After a long hiatus, Haden reformed the band in 2007 with all-new members and began playing gigs again. A CD/digital single entitled “I’m Still Free” was released in January 2010. The band - bassist/vocalist Haden, lead guitarist Daniel Brummel, guitarist/keyboardist Randy Kirk, and drummer Matt Mayhall - are currently in the studio working on their forthcoming full length album.
