Five Times August

Nearly 4 years ago I was sitting in my sorority "house" (more like an apt) watching Laguna Beach when a song came on... I couldn't get it out of my head. And after some extensive googling -- I finally found it. "Better With You" by Five Times August. Since then, I've been a fan. I even saw him play in a little coffee shop in Evansville. 

Cut to now. He's still on a lot of my random playlists. And he's currently still an unsigned artist (this is by choice... he prefers to be an independent artist without the help of record labels). But this also means that he has to fund new albums out of his own pocket. So in order to release his new album Life As A Song, he started a project on Kickstarter. Technically the money you donate is a "pledge" but you actually get something in return. And it's completely worth it. $5 will get you the digitial download of the album (that's a steal), $15 gets you an actual signed copy of the CD 2 months before the release date, and $25 gets your name in the CD booklet (plus the signed CD). How cool would it be to have your name on an album that you helped back? There's also other prizes/rewards for higher "pledges". 

It's just a really cool project. And if you're fan, you should definitely consider helping support the music rather than jacking it for free from the internet (we're all guilty, I know). And if you've never heard of him, check out the project! He has a recording of one of the songs from the album up. It sounds like it's going to be a kick-ass album. Check it out... There's only THREE days left to make it!