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Communist Daughter LP#3 - Unknown Caller

The third full length album from Communist Daughter

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Communist Daughter LP#3 - Unknown Caller

Communist Daughter LP#3 - Unknown Caller

Communist Daughter LP#3 - Unknown Caller

Communist Daughter LP#3 - Unknown Caller

Communist Daughter LP#3 - Unknown Caller

The third full length album from Communist Daughter

The third full length album from Communist Daughter

The third full length album from Communist Daughter

The third full length album from Communist Daughter

Communist Daughter
Communist Daughter
Communist Daughter
Communist Daughter
1 Campaign |
Kotzebue, United States
$7,544 USD 196 backers
75% of $10,000 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

Communist Daughter has spanned a decade.  We’ve lived through 10 years of tours, playing shows with Jason Isbell to Billie Eillish, Temples to Sturgill Simpson.  Now we are reaching out all the way from the Arctic Circle, with our latest album "Unknown Caller."  The only way we can continue to make music from so far north is with your direct support.

Our latest journey to the edge of the world took us off the road just as we garnered our most national acclaim. Johnny and Molly bowed out of the relentless touring schedule and moved first to San Diego to care for aging family, and then to their new home above the Arctic Circle.  Now making their home in a remote village in the Alaskan tundra they’re reaching out with Communist Daughter once more, to fans across the world. Just as the first album was born out of a “goodbye” to a life lived with drugs and deteriorating mental health, their latest album comes full circle as they once again say goodbye.  This time Johnny walks away from touring and the industry model, again for mental health and a shot at a new musical life.

And just like the first time, Communist Daughter chooses to say goodbye in song. They return to the things that made them break out artists in 2010, private songs that speak to letting go and moving on, and a bittersweet longing for the life they couldn’t live anymore.  "Unknown Caller" is the bookend to their 2010 debut "Soundtrack to the End." The new Communist Daughter album takes their songs out of the basement recordings where it all started, to fully orchestrated productions featuring strings from  the Laurel String Quartet (Father John Misty, Dessa,) & Andy Thompson (Belle & Sebastian, Jeremy Messersmith) as well as horn arrangements from Stephen Chen (San Fermin.)  Once again they collaborated with Kevin Bowe (Replacements, Porcupine) while remembering where they started by pulling tracks from the intimate recording sessions in Johnny & Molly's own bedroom.

It's true, the magic of the internet gives us unlimited music and unprecedented access to artists, all it requires is for musicians to appear live on stage night after night to fund their art.  Unfortunately, some musicians have to choose between their mental health and their musical career. So here we are, after turning down labels and tours at the height of our career, we send you a direct love letter, and ask for you to be a part of making Communist Daughter stretch into a new decade.  With your help, we can give you our third album “Unknown Caller,” on our 10th anniversary. - CD 

 

What We Need & What You Get

Let’s get transparent.  Putting out an album takes quite a bit of seed money, even at a very scaled back level.  We’ve put together a basic budget, with two funding tracks, one on the national stage, and one at a much more private level, that show you exactly where the money will go:

Fixed costs:

$8,500 : Remaining recording costs paying studios and producers and engineers

$3,500 : Vinyl Manufacturing cost (Noiseland Industries)

$1000 : Tshirt / merchandise production cost (Fledgling Press design, Afternoon Printing)

$500 : Shipping costs (material/postage) for backers 

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Variable costs:

$500 : FB/Insta promotions for campaign visibility

$5000 : PR costs: 

  • $500 : Press photos, (Photographer cost, production cost) 
  • $3000 PR company for single / video releases, marketing,  
  • $1500 Digital PR (ad’s, website updates, digital marketing)

$4000 : Video production (2-3 videos created at bare minimum costs…)

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20% of total for operating costs (platform fees, management and legal costs, licensing costs) 

 

Total = $28,000


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Track 2 -

Our Initial Goal = $10,000

 

At $10,000 we can pay:

$4,000 - almost ½ the recording cost invoices

$3500 - Vinyl Manufacturing cost

$1000 - Merchandise manufacturing cost

$500 - Shipping costs for all backer orders

$500 - FB/Insta Ad cost for promotion of Indiegogo campaing

$500 - 5% Indiegogo platform fee 

Any music videos, PR, and management/legal fees will be paid after we reach the first 10k funding goal or paid out of our pockets.

 

What You Get

This is a very limited release. This LP will only be physically released on a colored short run Vinyl. People always ask if we will ever have the white vinyl version of "Soundtrack to the End" again, and the answer is always no.  Just like that, this is your only chance to own the first press colored Vinyl.

Besides this exclusive vinyl, we have equally exclusive merchandise only available through this campaign.

Including:

  • The Unknown Caller T Shirts designed from woodblock carving artist Melissa Schlobohm of Fledgling Press
  • Access to the last remaining classic t shirts, because when they sell they are gone.
  • Your chance to pick a song recorded live on video just for you.
  • Merchandise bundles of previous vinyl and CD’s no longer available in stores (or on the internet.)
  • And personal gifts from the band, like handwritten lyrics, original copies of test presses, video messages and more.

With each target, Communist Daughter will release new videos of Johnny & Molly all the way from Alaska, and exclusive B-sides and demos spanning the last 10 years.

 

The most important part of this campaign is the impact you can have on our future:

The reality is that the only way that Communist Daughter can continue to make music now that Johnny and Molly have stopped touring is with your direct support.  

Step outside the new music model and let your values match your spending so that Communist Daughter’s music moves into the next decade.

 

Other Ways You Can Help

Some people just can't contribute, and we totally understand, but that doesn't mean you can't help:

  • Share the campaign on your social media so that others can learn about us
  • Click like, comment, subscribe and interact with us to let us know how important Communist Daughter’s music is in your life.

Thank you, from Johnny, Molly, Adam, Al, Steve, Dillon and all of the rest of the Communist Daughter team.

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"Unknown Caller" Colored Vinyl
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"Unknown Caller" Colored Vinyl

$25 USD
"Unknown Caller" The 3rd full length album by Communist Daughter Limited Edition, 150 gram, Red Splatter Colored Vinyl. (comes with digital download card) 11 tracks. *International Shipping Costs can be a little expensive, nothing we can do about that but thank you for loving us*
Included Items
  • Unknown Caller LP
Estimated Shipping
May 2020
88 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Pre-Release Digital Download

Pre-Release Digital Download

$10 USD
Before the whole album is available on streaming sites, before the Vinyl hit's the mail, before the official release date, you will get the whole album delivered to your inbox. You'll even get any singles before we release them during the campaign. It's truly exclusive. You are the coolest.
Included Items
  • Digital Download
Estimated Shipping
April 2020
46 claimed
Personal Video Message

Personal Video Message

$15 USD
Receive your own personalized short video texted to the number of your choice. Pick the member(s) of your choice, about whatever you want, (ie. Happy Birthday, Just Saying Hi!, Sorry we are breaking up!) Once we send the video, you can do whatever you want with it. Put it on social media, send it to an ex, keep it for yourself forever.
Included Items
  • Personal Video Message
9 claimed
Classic ComDot Shirt

Classic ComDot Shirt

$20 USD
The classic Communist Daughter shirt in heather red with yellow ink. Tri-blend super soft. Unisex.
Included Items
  • ComDot Shirt
7 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Tshirt - Two Headed Fawn

Tshirt - Two Headed Fawn

$20 USD
The two headed fawn, a lesser known tour t-shirt.
Included Items
  • Two Headed Fawn - Tshirt
4 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Soundtrack to the End - Vinyl

Soundtrack to the End - Vinyl

$25 USD
"Soundtrack to the End" 180 gram Vinyl. 11 tracks plus digital download card. *International shipping rates are pretty expensive, there is nothing we can do about that but thank you for loving us.*
Included Items
  • Soundtrack to the End - Vinyl
1 claimed
Ships worldwide.
The Cracks That Built..- Vinyl

The Cracks That Built..- Vinyl

$25 USD
Standard 150 Gram Vinyl 11 tracks with digital download card *International shipping is pretty expensive, there is nothing we can do about that but say thank you for loving us*
Included Items
  • Cracks That Built - Vinyl
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Unknown Caller Shirt - Green

Unknown Caller Shirt - Green

$25 USD
An exclusive shirt, designed by Melissa Schlobohm at Fledgling Press. She created a custom handmade woodblock cutout to commemorate the release of "Unknown Caller" The shirts are printed on super soft Tri-blend XXXX with XXXX ink.
Included Items
  • Unknown Caller - Shirt
4 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Unknown Caller Shirt - Red

Unknown Caller Shirt - Red

$25 USD
The Unknown Caller shirt, based off of a carving from Fledgeling Press done exclusively for this campaign. Get it in Red!
Included Items
  • Unknown Caller Shirt - RED
5 claimed
Ships worldwide.
All the Vinyl

All the Vinyl

$65 USD $75 USD (13% off)
All 3 Communist Daughter LP's Soundtrack to the End The Cracks That Built The Wall Unknown Caller All of them come with digital download cards.
Included Items
  • Unknown Caller LP
  • Soundtrack to the End - Vinyl
  • Cracks That Built - Vinyl
13 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Handwritten lyrics, signed

Handwritten lyrics, signed

$100 USD
Handwritten lyrics, on quality paper, in the best handwriting John can muster. (After ordering we will reach out to you to find out which song you would like.) Signed by John
Included Items
  • Handwritten lyrics
3 claimed
Ships worldwide.
Test Pressing

Test Pressing

$150 USD
Own one of the original test pressings of the new album, signed by Johnny and Molly. Only 4 available! We'll throw in a regular colored vinyl as well.
Included Items
  • Unknown Caller LP
  • Test Pressing
2 out of 4 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
You pick - Song & Video

You pick - Song & Video

$700 USD
Have you ever wanted to hear what Johnny & Molly would sound like covering one of your other favorite artists? You can pick the song, and even give us a personal message to share, and they'll learn it, record a video playing it and send it to you to do with it what you will (put it out, keep it, or propose to your significant other with it)
Included Items
  • Cover Song
1 claimed
Benefactor

Benefactor

$1,000 USD
Welcome to the family. Get all the new merchandise, plus a personal thanks from a band member plus your name in the liner notes. We truly couldn't do this without you specifically.
Included Items
  • Personal Video Message
  • Name in the Liner Notes
  • Unknown Caller LP
  • Unknown Caller - Shirt
0 claimed
Ships worldwide.

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