Mother’s Cake Announce Off the Beaten Track 2LP Preorders
Posted in Whathaveyou on December 28th, 2022 by JJ Koczan
There’s a lot of info here, so to sum it up: Austrian funk-infused heavy rockers Mother’s Cake are looking to release a special 2LP edition of their live-recorded 2014 outing, Off the Beaten track. That six-tracker, recorded live in the studio, has seen new life through YouTube streams, and the three-piece are obviously looking to honor that and provide collectors with something righteous to chase down. The band, whose latest LP, Cyberfunk, came out in 2020, accordingly have lined up expanded artwork, an etched side D, and 20 limited artwork, maybe-data-containing floppy discs that will be included randomly with the first 100 preorders.
Sounds neat? I agree, hence the post. The kicker is they need to get to 100 preorders to have the requisite cash on hand to make the thing, so the project at this point is a kind of self-contained crowdfunding. I’m not telling you how to spend your money, especially during the holidays when everybody’s strapped, but Off the Beaten Track is a cool outing — maybe the algorithm has bumped you into it, or maybe you’ve found it on Bandcamp (that stream is below) — and as the band say in their semi-pitch video, if it works out, they might do more of this kind of thing. So there you go. It’s not my job to sway you either way, but this is a thing that is in progress and a good example of how listener support directly steers the work a band might or might not do, since it wouldn’t be happening if the original release didn’t get the play it has, and it seemingly won’t happen without the preorders. There you go.
Info follows, as snagged from socials. Note that Mother’s Cake have also been confirmed for 2023’s Bear Stone Festival (info here) in Croatia. No doubt there’s more to come:
MOTHER’S CAKE – ‘Off the Beaten Track’ Special Edition
Preorder link: https://www.motherscake.com/shop/off-the-beaten-track-2023-vinyl-ltd-special-edition/
„Off the Beaten Track“ was always very special for us! When we decided to record a live version of our first album, quite a few doubted that decision.
But it became somewhat of a signature move for all other recordings to come. „ No Rhyme No Reason” got its „Live at Bergisel“ and „Cyberfunk!“ the analogue tape session „Live at Little Big Beat“
We saw that you share our love for „Off the Beaten Track“, which has now a total of more than 600.000 clicks on Youtube with all its spin offs. The Vinyl Release already got a face lift once before, when we updated the original cover, done by Jan, to a more artistic approach done by Austin Settle. Time to take it a little bit further and make this a truly special Release: „Off the Beaten Track“ Special Edition
– Double LP
– marbled color Vinyl (140g)
– Gatefold
– Numbered & Limited to 500 pcs
– Etched Side D
– Finally all songs including „Runaway”
Also the cover artist Austin Settle will throw in 20 specially designed floppy discs, which will be distributed randomly within the first 100 preorders. Think of it as a golden ticket, that only a few lucky ones will own as a unique art piece for them.
There is a catch though: As we are producing this on our own, we first need to generate 100 preorders before we can start manufacturing . We hope you are as excited as we are, to make this happen. Feel free to share and spread the word.That would help immensely.
Place your order in our store. Bear in mind, when you add other items than „Off the Beaten Track“ in the same order, that we can only ship them together and that might take a while.
After paying you will receive an email confirmation for your order. Make sure to keep that.
When we exceed 99 orders, we’ll give the go ahead for the manufacturing plant to press the Vinyl. Waiting times for vinyl can be up to 6 months. We will of course try our best to keep that to a minimum but you will have to be patient.
In case that we don’t reach 100 preorders, we will of course refund you with all processing fees taken care of by us. We will send regular updates via our newsletter and social media postings.
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