It's with great pleasure that we launch this little ship out onto the open sea. We worked hard on her, and we think she turned out real nice.
There are several different ways you can experience the new record. These are spelled out below, but we want you to know that each of the elements included-from the seeds Lori had drying out on the counter, to the prints I carved late at night in the dining room, to the essays and poems we poured over in the Limited Edition book- are dear to us.
As usual, we are incredibly grateful for the chance to share our art with you. We could ask for no better people than you to: hear our music, read our thoughts, gaze at our pictures, wear our t-shirts, and plant our vegetables.
We hope you enjoy.
No Doubt of Sunshine
1. Time And Time Again
2. It's Alright
3. We Already Got It
4. Back Together Again
5. Everybody Knows it
6. So Good To Have A Friend
7. Call It A Dance
8. Get It Together
9. Open The Door
10. Overcome It
11. I'll Go
12. Stay By Your Side
13. No Doubt Of Sunshine
The Digital Edition: $9.00(1) Digital version of the new 13-song album, available immediately
The Physical Edition: $11.00(1) Physical version of the new 13-song album
(1) Digital version of the new 13-song album, available immediately
The Deluxe Edition: $29.00(1) Physical version of the new 13-song album
(1) Digital version of the new 13-song album, available immediately
(4) Bonus songs - previously unreleased, newly written songs.
(12) Lyric postcards designed around Don's handwritten excerpts from the album's lyrics
(1) Tshirt- an incredibly soft American Apparel Tri-Blend t-shirt (color: "tri-cranberry") with a black ink print of Don's "Sunshine Rocker" lino-print, featured on the album cover.
The Limited Edition: $59.00(1) Physical version of the new 13-song album
(1) Digital version of the new 13-song album, available immediately
(4) Bonus songs - previously unreleased, newly written songs.
(12) Lyric postcards designed around Don's handwritten excerpts from the album's lyrics
(1) Tshirt- an incredibly soft American Apparel Tri-Blend t-shirt (color: "tri-cranberry") with a black ink print of Don's "Sunshine Rocker" lino-print, featured on the album cover.
(1) No Doubt of Sunshine Book- a signed 75-PAGE book that includes: album lyrics, bonus song lyrics, poems, essays, and lino-prints.
(2) House show tickets- (2) tickets to a special acoustic house show for you and the other purchasers of this package put on by Don & Lori in Nashville, TN on 02/18/2012 (specific location: TBD).
(1) packet of seeds from the Chaffer garden
But wait! There's more... I've always wanted to say that, and in this case, there really is more. There's ANOTHER ALBUM. What? Did they just say ANOTHER ALBUM?
Yes.
Actually, it's TWO MORE ALBUMS, an AUDIO INTERVIEW, and ALL THE CHARTS TO ALL OUR SONGS.
Huh?
Let me explain: about a year ago, we released a retrospective album (that usually means "greatest hits," but we never really had any "hits" per sei) called Waterdeep- The Collection exclusively through Family Bookstores. It's a 14-song CD, loaded with digital download bonus material, and now, we are offering it exclusively to purchasers of No Doubt of Sunshine. This is a serious deal: a $50 VALUE available to you for $19.
Waterdeep: The Collection includes:
-The (14)-song CD retrospective including (2) new recordings.
-Live at the Late Great New Earth (digital download)- a previously unreleased (10) song live album featuring members from each era of the band at Waterdeep's last show at the New Earth Coffeehouse in Kansas City right before their 2004 touring hiatus.
-The Waterdeep Chartbox (digital download)- The complete collection of chord charts used in the studio for EVERY previously recorded Waterdeep song (through the album In The Middle of It). Now you can find out how to play all the songs for yourself.
-Audio interview (digital download)- A (20) minute conversation with Don and Lori Chaffer about the making of all the Waterdeep albums.
The Physical Edition + WD: The Collection - $30
The Deluxe Edition + WD: The Collection - $48
The Limited Edition + WD: The Collection - $78
What you see here is the equalization (EQ) rack from my recording studio. At the time of this picture, I was having transformers put into the EQ modules (unnecessary tech-speak that means I was having them worked on). And that rack stared at me empty for a while. Its edge connectors were longing to re-connect with its modules, but, lo, it was vacant.
This is a metaphor for our old website. Long had it sat there, untended and barely updated. Then, right before our tour, the tour section went down, and many bad things seemed to begin to happen. We commissioned a new website, and in the intervening time, things were grim. Our website was a metaphorical rack with edge connectors but no modules. But now...
Welcome to the new waterdeep.com. Click around. Discover. It's simple, but it's the best way to plug yourselves into our world.
-Don