<p>Holy crap we are getting so close to our goal on our <a href="http://kck.st/SxZEg2" target="_blank">Kickstarter page</a>! We are freaking out. We might make it! If we raise more than our $28,000 goal, we can put that money toward pressing more vinyl, publicizing the albums, mastering them, and a bunch of other things to help our band, like…. fixing our broken tour van.</p>
<p>We bought this van right before we released The Clearing. We bought a diesel van so we could run it on biodiesel. It ran like a champ right up until the second day of our first tour, when it broke down with a minor repair. We took it to a dealership, and the guy fixing it dropped a bolt into the engine. When he took the engine apart to find the bolt, he apparently put it back together wrong, which we found out when it broke down again in Vermont. By the time we got to Mississippi, it was on its last legs, and the engine basically exploded on the highway. Whooooooooops!</p>
<p>It will cost $5,000 to repair, and it would be really rad to raise enough money to also fix our van. So if you are considering any <a href="http://kck.st/SxZEg2" target="_blank">last minute holiday gifts</a> for friends and family, we have a ton of options on our <a href="http://kck.st/SxZEg2" target="_blank">Kickstarter page</a>, and we have gift cards you can email or print to the recipients of your gifts!</p>
<p>You can also increase your pledge, if you’d like to order more than one of something, or a combination of prizes not listed as an option. Just shoot us an email at <a href="mailto:info@bowerbirds.org" target="_blank">info - at - bowerbirds - dot - org</a>, and we’ll get back to you right away with how to do it.</p>
<p>Thanks and happy holidays to all of you!</p>
<p>xo,</p>
<p>Beth, Phil, Olive and Spice</p>