The time has arrived to announce some exciting things!
This project is very different than any I’ve released. It’s a benefit EP for an incredible Non Profit Organization that I am so excited about. Krochet Kids International was started by a few guy friends I met in High School. They loved crocheting hats and were extremely good at it. Combined with a beautiful vision to go out and help impoverished people around the world they started Krochet Kids International. Several years later, it is now a functioning project that helps empower people through education and employment with a foundation of supportive love.
I can’t even describe how excited I am about supporting Krochet Kids and I’m so excited to invite you into it. Every penny of the sale of this new EP will go directly to Krochet Kids. In fact, the only place you can purchase the EP is at my shows and on the Krochet Kids website. www.krochetkids.org
The EP is called Followed and it has five songs. Four of those songs I recorded at the same time as The Breaking of Our Days, my last full length album with Kory Kruckenberg. One of the songs is quite fresh. I recorded it and had the fabulous Caleb Ingersoll mix it to perfection. All the songs were then mastered by Mr. T.W. Walsh of the Soft Drugs. The feel of the EP is more melancholy than my last release. Maybe a bit more suited for those of you who thoroughly enjoyed Bitter Blue.
To promote the EP and raise awareness about KKI I have booked my second full band tour down the West Coast. Caleb Ingersoll, Zac Fairbanks and Kory Kruckenberg will be joining me in accompaniment. Here’s a list of our shows, please try to make it out to support Krochet Kids and enjoy some good music.
Here’s the title track from the EP which you can also hear on myspace…add it to your profile! We’ve been playing this one live since april and often hear that it reminds people of pink floyd? haha, weird. Features Chris Gilliam, Zac Fairbanks, Henry Nordstrom and Scott Ellis.
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As always, thank you for your loyal support! I love you all,
Karli Fairbanks
be sure to check out krochet kids too!
11/11 – Spokane, WA – The Service Station – benefit show for KKI ft. Broken Blossoms and Shannon Stephens
11/12 – Seattle, WA – Sunset Tavern w/ Pickwick and Shannon Stephens
11/13 – Salem, OR – IKE Box w/ TBA
11/14 – Portland, OR – Backspace w/ TBA
11/18 – San Diego, CA – Soda Bar w/ Joel P West
11/19 – Phoenix, AZ – Modified Arts w/ POEM, Your Very Own and more
11/20 – Costa Mesa, CA – Krochet Kids Warehouse
11/21 – Santa Ana, CA – Gypsy Den w/ Scott Ryan
11/22 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Abbey
11/23 – San Francisco, CA – El Rio w/ Alana Sveta and Honeycomb
