Always on
This project successfully funded on 30th April 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
This project successfully funded on 30th April 2026, you can still support them with a donation.
Help me get my debut EP, The End of the World or Whatever, pressed on vinyl
TIME’S UP (EXCEPT IT ISN’T REALLY)
Hurrah! The ‘deadline’ passed, and the project is funded, but I’m still taking preorders until the vinyl actually arrives because the fees are WAY cheaper here than on Bandcamp.
Crowdfunder deleted the details of the ‘rewards’ when the project hit the deadline, but you can still donate the appropriate amount, and then when the vinyl is here I will email and double-check exactly what reward you wanted. So, they are:
£4 Gig invitation
Donate any amount over £4 and you get an invitation to a live-streamed acoustic gig (date tbc), during which I will play all the songs on the EP, and then maybe we’ll have a bit of a chat. (Attendance is not compulsory. You can just donate if you like.) If you choose any of the other awards, you’ll get an invitation to this as well.
£8 Download + invitation
I’ll send you a code to download the EP, and you can also come to my party. No vinyl for you though.
£15 Handwritten lyric sheet + invitation
I will hand-write the lyrics for one of the songs in my terrible handwriting. I’ll message you once the Crowdfunder ends and you can tell me which one you’d like. If enough people sign up I might even invest in a better pen, rather than using this biro I just found on the floor. UK postage included – please add £10 as an additional donation if you’re in Europe, or £20 in the rest of the world. Can’t ship to the USA because of the orange fella. Oh, and you get to come to the online gig too, if you like.
£25 Vinyl + download + invitation
A hot-off-the press vinyl copy of The End of The World or Whatever (plus a download code, plus an invitation to the online gig). UK postage included – please add £10 as an additional donation if you’re in Europe, or £20 in the rest of the world. No USA shipping.
£35 Vinyl + download + invitation + handwritten lyric sheet
Vinyl EP, plus download, plus invitation to the online gig, plus I will hand-write a lyric sheet for the song of your choice. You won’t be able to read my handwriting, but that’s part of the charm. UK postage included – please add £10 as an additional donation if you’re in Europe, or £20 in the rest of the world. Can’t ship to the USA.
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I released my debut EP, The End of the World or Whatever, as a CD and download last May; six songs of love, hate and everything in between, including excellent life advice.
Lots of people have said very lovely things about it, and here are some of them:
‘Beneath the cheery and sickly-sweet pop melodies lies a wry smile and a dry sense of humour’
– Listen With Monger
‘Sparkles with jangly indie-pop hooks, but beneath the sugar is a gut-punch of loss… It’s sad. It’s brave. It’s brilliant’
– Loud Women
‘Look no further when in need of a song telling people to f*** off’
– Here Comes the Flood
‘She’s going to the toppermost of the poppermost’
– Wendy James (yes, THE Wendy James)
But you know what a lot more people said? 'Is it available on vinyl?' Turns out people REALLY like vinyl, and posh people don't even have CD players in their cars anymore. I would really like to get it pressed onto vinyl, but I am genuinely completely independent and DIY, and it does cost a scary amount of money upfront.
This is where the Crowdfunding comes in. You can essentially preorder a copy of the EP. If enough people sign up that I at least break even, then it will become a reality. If nobody puts their money where their mouth is, I will quietly delete this and slope off back to the pigsty and write another EP about how everyone hates me and I hate them. It's a win-win.
What I Need the Money For
Here you go, due-diligence fans:
Remastering for vinyl 300
Manufacturing vinyl 1600
Postage and packaging 550
Crowdfunder fees 100
Total £2450
BEWARE - tips!
Please note that the additional 'tip' Crowdfunder wants to add at the end goes to them, not to me! Obviously Crowdfunder is a Good Thing and you might want to support it, but if you don't then choose 'custom amount' and type in zero, and give all your money to me instead mwah-ha-ha.
'Donation' = me
'Tip' = Crowdfunder
Funding method
Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made