{"id":32675,"date":"2020-07-20T11:58:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=32675"},"modified":"2020-07-20T11:58:58","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T16:58:58","slug":"carbon-leafs-new-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=32675","title":{"rendered":"Carbon Leaf’s New Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Carbon Leaf<\/a>, the Richmond, Virginia based band I’ve been a fan of since my days at the University of Richmond<\/a> in the 90s, is running a Kickstarter for their next album<\/a>, their first “full-length album in 7 years,” and several other projects, including an EP, a live album, and a Blu-Ray of the live performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a little less than a week to go in the Kickstarter, and over the time since it launched around Memorial Day I’ve modified my pledge twice, starting with an autographed CD, upping the pledge to the Blu-Ray level, and finally springing for membership in the Crow’s Foot & Key Society, which is for “super fans” according to the Kickstarter page. I had to run the sums and see if the higher tiers were something I could swing \u2014 and I could, thanks to a “bonus” at work (ie., a vacation cash out, which is the only sort of “bonus” beyond salary one sees at Diamond) \u2014 but it also required careful thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kickstarter project is called “Carbon Leaf’s 21st Recording<\/a>,” and in late May, when the project launched, I had to think: “Is that actually right<\/em>? How many Carbon Leaf albums do I have<\/em>?” Because it’s a lot<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The list!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meander<\/em>
Shadows in the Banquet Hall<\/em>
Ether Electrified Porch Music<\/em>
Echo Echo<\/em>
From Godwin to Scotland<\/em> (the rare live album)
5 Alive!<\/em>
Indian Summer<\/em>
Love Loss Hope Repeat<\/em>
Nothing Rhymes With Woman<\/em>
How the West Was One<\/em>
Christmas Child<\/em>
Live, Acoustic\u2026 and in Cinemascope!<\/em>
Ghost Dragon Attacks Castle<\/em>
Constellation Prize<\/em>
Indian Summer Revisited<\/em>
Love Loss Hope Repeat Reneaux<\/em>
Nothing Rhymes With Woman 2016<\/em>
Gathering, Volume 1<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s eighteen. If you add the EP, The Cottage Songs<\/em> (the live album and Blu-Ray), that brings me up to 20. The new album, then, is the 21st.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Math, good!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that’s not everything I have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m going to leave aside three compilation albums that have Carbon Leaf songs — Radio Redeye<\/em>, and the two volumes of Celtic Pink Ribbon<\/em> — and The Noisetrade Sampler<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also in my collection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

American Tale<\/em> EP (an mp3.com release that’s degraded since CD-Rs don’t last forever)
Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey<\/em> soundtrack
Easy to Love<\/em> (a promo single with Richmond artist Regan to promote the Richmond area)
iTunes<\/em> EP (an exclusive iTunes release circa Indian Summer<\/em>)
iCovers 1.4<\/em> (another exclusive iTunes release also circa Indian Summer<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus some odds and ends like “Barbecue” and “Carter’s Christmas Beard.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking through my Carbon Leaf directory on my hard drive, I don’t believe I’ve missed anything significant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After typing all of that out, perhaps I should<\/em> be a member of the “super fan” Crow’s Foot & Key Society after all. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Join us for a livestream on our FB Page tomorrow (7\/20) @ 7PM EST!https:\/\/t.co\/2SBTWWDSkx<\/a>
We'll be getting some work done, answer questions & debut a little video that we created remotely for a new song off Gathering 2.
AND we'll be debuting a full song from Carbon Leaf Cottage!<\/p>— Carbon Leaf (@carbonleaf) July 19, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote>