WE'RE MAKING A RECORD!!!!!!

by Fidget and the Twitchers in Bristol, Bristol City, United Kingdom

WE'RE MAKING A RECORD!!!!!!
We did it
On 17th June 2024 we successfully raised £1,520 with 40 supporters in 56 days

Help us finish our new E.P 'Can't Sit Straight'! It's half-way done but we need financial support to get it out to you.

by Fidget and the Twitchers in Bristol, Bristol City, United Kingdom

 New stretch target

Any monies remaining after that will go towards producing merch to go along with the E.P. We need this to stay afloat and do things like book gigs in other parts of the UK / invest in new merch ideas (anyone else not know where to store their 1000th band T-shirt?!). Whatever you can donate will be immensely appreciated, and crucially will help us to pay our collaborating artists as much as they deserve as well as continue band activities.


Some exciting news! 

We're bouncing and twitching with excitement to announce the upcoming release of our new E.P. 'Can't Sit Straight'! This one's Fidget and the Twitchers as you've never heard us before, exploring new grooves, melding balkan and swing influences, and taking the next step in our spicy skapunk exploration. It's our heaviest record yet.

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(Artwork by Anna Skorupa A.K.A Skor85, digital formatting by Simon Neck)


When we released our debut album ‘Full Steam Ahead’ we were stunned by your support, which allowed us to play tons of gigs and shake our stuff on festival stages countrywide! You, who listened to and shared our music, bought our merch, came to our shows and warned your gran about us, have contributed to this. We can't thank you enough!


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Since then we've added 2 new members, 5 new instruments,  and written our best tunes to date, so we're humungously excited to get our full sound down in the musical history books and show the world what Fidget and the Twitchers are really about. Unfortunately, we’ve spent all our pennies saved up from gigging on recording this tasty sound lasagne, and we can’t afford to finish mixing and producing the E.P. This is why we need your help, we're hoping to match our contribution of £1500 which will enable us to get this thing out there.

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We wish money never had to come into music making, but it's currently very difficult for us to keep momentum as a band without assistance as we fund everything we do from our day jobs and we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel. Although we try to do as much ourselves as possible - handmaking all our merch, paying for rehearsal spaces from our wages and promoting our own music, being a skapunk band with 1700000 members in the current climate means gig fees often barely cover feeding and transporting our marauding troupe.

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We're really excited about the music we're bringing you and we think you'll love what we've created, ably wrangled into existence by our talented pal Pete at MacBeth Studios. Please donate if you can, or you can use this crowdfunder as a way to pre-order the E.P which will allow us to cover the costs of producing it. If you'd be buying the E.P anyway, please order it here to help us make it a reality and you’ll receive it a week early. If you're able to contribute then please take a gander at the other rewards we've put together - we'll be eternally grateful.

Here’s how your generosity will make a difference:

Funding the mixing and mastering of the E.P £700
Producing 100 CDs £480
E.P. Artworks - £200
A music video for our upcoming single £250

Any monies remaining after that will go towards producing merch to go along with the E.P. We need this to stay afloat and do things like book gigs in other parts of the UK / invest in new merch ideas (anyone else not know where to store their 1000th band T-shirt?!). Whatever you can donate will be immensely appreciated, and crucially will help us to pay our collaborating artists as much as they deserve as well as continue band activities.
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Here's a peek at our new t-shirt, stay tuned for new designs!

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**Please consider adding a small donation for postage costs if bagging a reward that has to be shipped outside of the UK!**

Rewards

This project offers rewards in return for your donation. Please select a reward below.

£8 or more

Pre-order Can’t Sit Straight - Digital download

A digital copy of the new E.P. - Pre-order and receive it 1 week early!

£10 or more

Our new E.P. on CD

Pre-order Can't Sit Straight in all its' 3D, CD glory and receive it 1 week early - have it signed if you want!

£17 or more

A poster and a CD

For those out there with nostalgia for their Kerrang poster wall decor days, we've got a solution to those blu-tac holes in your wallpaper! Our finest A3 poster of the band along with a copy of our new E.P.

£20 or more

Full Steam Ahead & Can’t Sit Straight - CD

Our debut album Full Steam Ahead and Can’t Sit Straight on CD, have them signed if you want!

£30 or more

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Celebrate with a homemade cake from Ben!

Our fabulous bassist Ben will bake you a delectable cake (choose vegan or vegetarian, Delivery in Bristol/Collection only) You will also receive a digital copy of the new E.P.

£30 or more

CD & Merch Bundle

A copy of 'Can’t Sit Straight' on CD, a t-shirt with our new artwork, a patch and stickers

£60 or more

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Sweet Serenade

Want to woo a lover? Let us be your bards! We’ll come and play beneath their window and win their hearts (daytime hours only, limited to Bristol and the surrounding areas) Includes a digital download of the E.P.

£170 or more

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We’ll play a gig for you

In your bedroom, garden, bath - it’s up to you! Please note this will be a pared down acoustic set, unless you have a drum kit and P.A. Please add a donation to cover our travel costs if outside of the South-West!

£250 or more

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Twitchy Dinner

Some of you may remember our humble chef beginnings, well we now have 2 chefs onboard and ample waitering prowess. £250 and the twitchers will come to your house and cook you a [vegan] meal, serenading and all! UK Only :')

£40 or more

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1hr Drum or Percussion lesson from Oana!

Learn the secrets of our fabulous drummer Oana with a lesson based in Bristol. This includes a digital copy of the E.P.

£100 or more

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Choose a cover for us to play at our EP Launch

Get a copy of Can’t Sit Straight on CD + we'll play a cover of your choosing at our album launch show in Bristol on July 13th! (We never play covers!). This includes a ticket to our E.P. launch.

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