Hello fellow Newgrounds ska-punks, rockers and headbangers!
The time has come again, and I hope you're as excited today as I am for some more Better Than The Book! The 2nd single from the upcoming Hopes and Dreams album, "Artificial Ignorance", has just been released accompanied again by an animated visualizer courtesy of my great friend and musical collaborator, Vladimir Kuznetsov of World Beyond! Cheers Vlad! Check out the song via the video link below, and I hope you enjoy the return of horns, walking basslines, organ and skankin' guitars in "Artificial Ignorance"!
Pre-orders for the Hopes and Dreams album are also now open on the Better Than The Book bandcamp page, so head over to Bandcamp to pick up a download of "Artificial Ignorance", the lead single "Meteor Shower", and pre-order the Hopes and Dreams album now:
https://betterthanthebook.bandcamp.com/album/hopes-and-dreams
Or get even more value when you become a monthly subscriber on Patreon! This month (today), the $1+ patrons will receive an mp3 download of the new single Artificial Ignorance, $2+ patrons will additionally receive the lossless CD quality WAV file for the track, $5+ patrons will receive the ENTIRE Hopes and Dreams album (artwork, mp3s and WAVs) right now, over a month before the public release on July 19th, as well as press photos for the album launch campaign and lyric sheets, and $10+ patrons will receive all that + an in depth look into the making of the new single "Artificial Ignorance", as well as a special thanks in the album credits for Hopes and Dreams!
Not only that, but when you sign up, you'll gain access to the entire history of rewards for your tier including the complete Better Than The Book discography (Including the One Small Step EP and Two Years On albums), last month's new single "Meteor Shower" + many Patreon exclusive bonus tracks and more!
https://www.patreon.com/NickStanding
That's it for this post and the next one will be coming in 4 weeks time on July 5th coinciding with the final single of the Hopes and Dreams album, before the album launch on July 19th! More ska punk coming soon and thanks as always for supporting Better Than The Book! Take care until the next one and enjoy the new music :)
All the best and keep those horns blaring,
Nick
Better Than The Book / Jabun