NEW SONG TODAY // NEW ALBUM 8/14 // FRIENDS & FANS PREORDER
Today I’m thrilled to announce the release of a new song, “Wind’s Gonna Find a Way.” It’s the first track on the record Long Day in the Milky Way, which will come out August 14th.
“Wind’s Gonna Find a Way” is about persistence, about playing the long game, making yourself inexorable. I wrote this song almost exactly a year ago, but I think it resonates with the present moment in any number of interesting ways. It speaks to the slow work of untangling the stubborn knots in a life, or a history; of devoting yourself to a path, whether it’s creative work or some other calling, or just the rocky journey of being alive. You can listen right now anywhere you harvest music, and you can also check out my homemade-in-quarantine video here:
Now people, the internet is a crowded place these days, and to push the signal of independent music through the noise is a challenge to say the least. If you want to help this song and its friends to get heard, there are three main ways to do it:
1. Add it to a playlist on the streaming service of your choice, and share that playlist with your many and various friends.
2. Order yourself an early-release copy of the record on the Friends & Fans Bandcamp Preorder (more on this below)
3. If you don’t already, you can follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, and subscribe to the KD email newsletter. You’ll be in the loop for updates around the new music, but also, in our algorithm-driven world, it really, really, really helps us musicians in several behind-the-scenes ways if you add yourself to our numbers on these platforms.
FRIENDS & FANS PREORDER
As I’ve mentioned before, the unique shitshow of 2020 led me to scrap my plans for the full bells-and-whistles Kickstarter-type push for this record. But I still want to offer you a chance to get the music before the release date, and I’m happy to do that via Bandcamp, a company that’s been artist-friendly and non-icky from the beginning, and has really stepped up to lead by example since the pandemic hit: offering fee-free days to help bolster income for artists while they're unable to tour, as well as committing 100% of their share of sales on Juneteenth (this coming Friday) to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, to support the push for racial justice.
We’ve set up a Friends & Fans Preorder where you can order Long Day in the Milky Way in digital or signed physical (CD/LP) form, as well as a few extras like handwritten lyrics and private live-streamed house concerts. You’ll get your ears on the music a few weeks before the 8/14 release date, and you’ll help support independent music during a very challenging time. This special preorder will only run from today (6/15) through Tuesday, July 7, so check it out and please help spread the word.
This music has been waiting patiently in my home and my heart since we recorded it last November, and I’m so happy to finally be able to share it with you all.
Yours in the spirit of the new, *kd
PS: Also, a reminder that tonight is the last (for now, anyway) of the Throwback shows - this one spotlighting the Strange Conversation album from 2006, so I’ll “see” some of you there.
UPCOMING SHOWS:
JUNE 16 - THROWBACK #3: KD plays STRANGE CONVERSATION, 8:00pm ET
Streamed live on KD’s Facebook page and KD’s YouTube (shows will remain archived if you miss them live)
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