As any recent, or regular, reader of MM will know Wooden Wand is a stonewall favourite round these parts, featuring prominently in the end-of-year best of lists for both tracks and albums.

So we wanted to let you know, and to urge you, to get behind his Kickstarter project to fund a new album to be recorded under the name Wooden Wand & The Briarwood Virgins. The Briarwood Virgins is the name he has given the band that features all four members of the Gum Creek Killers, plus Jody Nelson (Through The Sparks) and Brian Lowery (Wooden Wand, The Only Sons).

The idea is to release the album on limited edition vinyl, and then offer downloads for a limited time. The money raised would be used for studio time, travel accommodations, mixing, mastering, and 500 LPs with professionally printed sleeves. They will also need to feed everybody.

Obviously they’re hoping to exceed their goal, and they are undershooting quite a bit to meet it no matter what. In Mr Wand’s words, “I think this record will be a great one”.

Ideally, they would record in March / April and have the LPs and gifts ready to go by summertime. These gifts range from super limited versions with letter-pressed covers, to zip drives full of demos, to a private US gig in your living room where you choose the setlist.

We have already pledged our amount and think it would be a mighty fine investment if you were to do the same. Download a demo from the planned record below, and then head on over to their Kickstarter page here to peruse all the lovely options on offer for pledges of $10 to $2,500.

And for those of us in the UK, Wooden Wand will be playing next month in York on the 3rd February – join MM stalwarts Christy-Popper and Dr Roddy there by buying tickets here.

Download Wooden Wand – The DNR Waltz mp3 (Demo)