“Everybody in the band has made some pretty drastic professional and career decisions to be able to do this more,” said Joey Anderson, member of local band Night Idea.
“Everybody in the band has made some pretty drastic professional and career decisions to be able to do this more,” said Joey Anderson, member of local band Night Idea. Anderson and his bandmates are still riding high off the success of their last album, but they’re read to head back into the studio and they need your help.
While they are in the process of recording their third album, they’ve started an Indiegogo campaign to help raise the money along the way. After two tours in the past year, Night Idea hoped to produce their next album with a label, but decided to cut out the middleman and go straight to their fans.
Anderson hopes this album will be even better than their last.
“We are certainly the most prepared because in between our last one and this one, we’ve toured the most and we’ve really found our pocket of our sounds,” said Anderson. “And that’s why we’re calling it our self-titled, because after five years of playing together we figured it’s the best representation of really who we are.”
The Indiegogo campaign, which will end Feb. 18, is asking for $6,000 to help cover the costs of recording and producing vinyl copies. They just released a physical copy of their album from two years ago, Paths, which is currently their only album in tangible form. You can order the Paths cassette, on Hand To Mouth Tapes, at Night Idea’s Bandcamp page.
The band plans to follow the release of their third album with a U.S. tour in the summer.
Unike Kickstarter, Indiegogo offers flex funding, which allows the band to keep the funds that have been donated, even if they don’t reach their goal. As of Feb. 9, they are just shy of $800.
Night Idea is teaming up with Dave Watkins to record at Gallery 5, where Dumb Waiter, another local Richmond band, has recorded with Watkins in the past. Anderson said the band is comfortable with Watkins after playing with him so many times, and listening to his work with other RVA locals in the same location.
“As we’ve been growing as a band, we’ve kind of been getting more dynamic – heavier heavies and quieter quiets, if that makes sense,” Anderson said. “Dave really captured that with Dumb Waiter and that’s just been a struggle for us in the past year, is just trying to recreate that on a record.”
While Anderson said it is unlikely the band will reach their financial goal, the recording process is what matters, and it is already going well.
“If we can at least get the cost of the recording, then great,” Anderson said. “That’s a win in our book.”
Night Idea’s next show is Feb. 21 at Hardywood. For more info, click here. They’ll also be playing with New Madrid at The Camel on Feb. 22.
