You read that right folks, IFD is going to be going on hiatus. It's a tough decision, but it's the right one for the band members for now. And to be clear, we're not breaking up, just taking a break. Don't think of it as goodbye, think of it as "Smell Ya Later".
On that note, we're going to take the stage one more time - a "Smell Ya Later" show Dec. 30th in Chicago at Bottom Lounge, and it's going to be one for the ages (all ages, actually 😉).
Presale starts today with code S...
2023-10-09 15:00:05 +0000 UTC
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I know it's been quiet round these parts, but trust me we've been writing up a storm and we're likely going to start a THIRD album adventure some time later this year to make a new original album of madness and glory but in the meanwhile...
Can you believe it's been over 10 years since we released KABOOM!? Well, this fall we're celebrating the 11th anniversary of its release with a small KABOOM! themed live tour and....
A VINYL REISSUE OF KABOOM! THAT WILL BE RED AND GOLD SWIRLY ...
2022-07-26 14:01:02 +0000 UTC
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O Hai!
It's us again, back sooner than we thought, just to share one more awesome thing related to SIDE QUEST.
Tim Labonte (who created a excellent lyric videos for Chain Wallet Rock and for Artifact) is back at it again, with a very cool creation for The Taste For Glory, and we just had to share.
Resuming hibernation / songwriting / creation protocol.
2022-03-01 02:01:07 +0000 UTC
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Now that both the digital and physical versions are fully released, and the rewards are all on their way (or already arrived!), I am both elated and saddened that Adventure #2 has come to its conclusion.
It was so much fun to dig into our archives and vault to relive and revive lots of tracks we hadn't thought about in years and years, and to release our first-ever double LP!
We'll be pausing these regular updates on the Patreon for now as we take some time to regroup,...
2022-02-01 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I'm elated to see all of the posts on the socialz about people receiving their rewards!! I know some international folks are still waiting patiently, but I'm thrilled that they're starting to arrive and that people are liking what they see.
We'll likely start to ramp down these posts as this Patreon goes into semi-hibernation while we plot our next adventure, but first I wanted to share these lovely photos from our SIDE QUEST release show at Lincoln Hall last month, taken by the e...
2022-01-25 02:00:03 +0000 UTC
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I'm thrilled to report that our warehouse got all of the Patreon physical goods shipped out last week! Domestic shipments went out via media mail, so they will likely arrive sometime this week or next week, and international shipments went via first class international, so they'll arrive in the coming weeks as well. Because this was a bulk shipment done by a third party, there aren't any shipping notifications, but rest assured if anything gets lost in the mail we'll get it replaced and made ...
2022-01-18 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I am absolutely thrilled to announce that our records have arrived at the fulfillment warehouse. We swung by to get everything arranged late last week, and they should begin shipping out this week.
The fulfillment house has been wonderful to work with, especially with the record plant delays we encountered, but they've also been hit by covid-related work shortages, so please be patient as they work to get all of these shipments out the door.
That said, we've now got these ba...
2022-01-11 02:00:03 +0000 UTC
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It's official! The plant has let us know that our records finished pressing last week, and they've been picked up today and are en route to our fulfillment warehouse.
So what does this mean? A few things:
- We've just officially pulled all shipping addresses from people's Patreon profiles to prepare for shipping. If you need to update yours last minute, shoot us a message and we may be able to change it in the next few days.
- Once these arrive at the wareho...
2022-01-04 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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This Saturday SIDE QUEST was unleashed on the world! (digitally speaking). Feel free to share with the world via the social webworks (especially since 100+ of you are singing on Taste for Glory) and use the hashtag #sidequest
Our physical LPs are going on press this week, so we should hopefully still be on track to ship them out to backers in early January as long as things go smoothly from here 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
And in the meanwhile, we had an absolute blast at Lincoln Hal...
2021-12-21 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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We are in the home stretch, and potentially as should be expected, we've got some exciting news and some bumps along the way 😂
First off, as we have discussed many times, the vinyl pressing industry is in a bit of chaos this year. It turns out that our record pressing plant is running a couple of weeks behind schedule, so while we were supposed to be on press this week, it's looking like we're going to be on press in late December instead.
Because we have the release show plann...
2021-12-07 02:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I'm elated to report that our press date for Side Quest is approaching!
With just a couple of weeks until we start shipping out physical rewards, if you backed at a level with physical rewards ($15 and above), now is the time to make sure your shipping address is correct in your Patreon account.
We won't pull addresses until we're ready to ship in about 2 weeks, but take 30 seconds now to double check yours is correct:
-Hover over your profile image in the upper right ...
2021-11-23 02:00:03 +0000 UTC
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It's been a pretty crazy week here at Dragontown HQ as we prepare to hit the road on our first little tour in 3 years (and our first time to many of these cities in almost a decade!).
A potpourri of quick updates:
- Our vinyl press date is exactly one month away! Once the records are pressed we'll get all of your physical rewards shipped out your way, on the happy path many of these might arrive by the holidays...
2021-11-09 02:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I can't quite believe it, but it's only a couple of weeks until we embark on the Brought To You By Science Tour . (FYI to our Kansas City fans, in case you didn't see it we found a new venue after the Riot Room closed down).
So I finally opened up the haul of amazing stickers that Patreon backers sent our way, and added them to my guitar! This is a more select group than last time we did this (when we opened it up t...
2021-10-26 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I'm elated to report that we got our test pressings this weekend, and they sound great!
If you're not familiar, test pressings are a handful of records that are pressed and sent to confirm that everything is correct before they do the full production run. (We also ordered extra for our Vinyl Deluxe tier to get copies of them too since they're pretty unique!).
Also, THANK YOU to everyone for your comments and likes on the set list! We had our setlisting Zoom on Sep. 30th and we re...
2021-10-12 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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While the members of IFD currently live split across 3 cities, we're coming together this week for a setlisting Zoom meeting to finalize the show for the Brought To You By Science tour (and the Side Quest Release Show capping it off).
I figured we should ask in here if there are any songs from Side Quest that you think should 100% be included in the set list? If so, leave a comment and/or like existing suggestions to "upvote" them. No guarantees for inclusion, but we'll definitely be lo...
2021-09-28 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Comrades! We are moving steadily toward release, a mere 2 months from the Brought To You By Science Tour (and 3 months from the Side Quest release show).
In the meanwhile, as an aperatif we bring you a new official lyric video for a song from our last adventure! This take on "A New Brain" was created by 2021-09-14 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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The CDs are here! They're digipaks, very similar in style to what we did with Canon Eyes since that ended up working really well.
Here's your first look at them. Only 4 more months (🤦🏻♂️) until the Vinyl is ready and we can ship everything your way!
2021-08-31 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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It feels like forever, but we've finally started the release cadence for "Side Quest"!
This past week, "The Taste For Glory" went live on all major music platforms (along with our 150+ Patreon-submitted vocal tracks creating the IFD choir of glory).
Thank you to everyone who has posted about it or shared it so far, it's very fun to finally have these tracks being unleashed on the world!
2021-08-17 00:58:44 +0000 UTC
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We're hitting the road on the Brought To You By Science tour this November, and we're understandably psyched.
But of course there are many many of you that live nowhere close to the 8 shows we're playing.
So here's a way for you to join us in spirit! Every time we've done this in the past it's been an absolute blast, so we're giving it another go:
Mail me a sticker and I'll put it on my guitar! You can mail...
2021-08-03 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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I'm thrilled to announce that we'll be doing an official album release show for "Side Quest" at Lincoln Hall in Chicago on December 18th.
Tickets are on sale now here: https://lh-st.com/shows/12-18-2021-i-fight-dragons/
We would love to rock with you if you're anywhere near the area (or have the power of teleportation (or the ability to purchase passage on an airship (or plane))).
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2021-07-20 01:00:01 +0000 UTC
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As we've mentioned before, the vinyl industry is a bit crazy right now, and Side Quest won't actually be on press until early December. This has a few knock-on effects for our schedule, since we want to wait until they're ready to do an official physical release and mail everybody their rewards (shipping costs take a big c...
2021-07-13 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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We got some samples of the Side Quest record packaging, and holy crap they look sweet! Enjoy this preview
2021-07-06 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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It has been 2.5 years since our last little tour, and it has actually been 7 years since we last toured anywhere west of Chicago. We seek to remedy that injustice this year!
We're doing a week of shows south and west of Chicago this November, and we're calling it the Brought To You By Science tour.
Plus, tickets just went onsale this minute for you via our Patreon Presale! The general public onsale is this Friday, but you can purchase tickets right now using the...
2021-06-29 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Today we've got a look at the creation of the epic album art for Side Quest. We were working with Matt Smith who has done a few stunningly cool pixel art pieces for us (including our most recent 'band picture'), and we started with the idea of Sir Dave (the IFD logo guy) facing down a gigantic dragon. We've never actually had a dragon fight on an IFD cover before, so it feels like it's about time.
We knew the color scheme was going to utilize silver and bronze/copper foil to make ...
2021-06-22 01:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Greetings all! Now that we've gotten through posting all of the material from the album itself, I wanted to start sharing some details about release schedule and more peeks behind the curtain of how it all gets put together.
The first one of these is that we have a rough public release date of this December for the album. We may have to update this a bit as we get closer to the event, but right now it looks like our vinyl press date is in early December, so we're working backwards from ...
2021-06-15 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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With any project like this, where we were scouring our vaults, we were bound to miss a couple! Turns out there were a few odds and ends (especially semi-released tracks) that we missed in our roundup. So here's a few extras!
Unreleased Track - "A Good Day"
This was another co-write, and along with "Overcoat" it's probably one of the ones that I like the least from this period of KABOOM! cowrites. The writer I worked with on this one was a good guy, but he and I di...
2021-06-01 01:00:03 +0000 UTC
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And now, to round it all out for those of you who are not only audio nerds, but also enjoy things like remixing and poking into the guts of how we make the songs, we present:
Stems!
These are individual files for each of the 4 new studio tracks ("Taste for Glory", "Move", "Chain Wallet Rock", and "Circles") that separate out Drums, Bass, Guitars, Chiptune, Lead Vocals, and Background Vocals, so you can inspect, dissect, and remix to your heart's content.
We've also thrown ...
2021-05-25 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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And now for the audio nerds, we present Side Quest in lossless wav format!
Interestingly, as these are b-sides and rarities tracks, many of them originated in lossier formats to begin with, but especially our 4 new studio recordings definitely benefit from listening in full wav.
Additionally, even the older tracks all went through a decent amount of remastering, so there may be some differences and nuances that weren't apparent on mp3 listens.
Enjoy!
2021-05-18 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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First of all, we've been thrilled to see all the people enjoying the official Side Quest mp3s this past week! It was such a fun trip down memory lane for us, and so much fun to cut loose in the studio for those re-recordings, and it makes it that much more rewarding that people are enjoying them.
This week we have a new Ultimate .zip file with all of the Adventure Things from the entire Side Quest adventure! Now you don't have to sift through all of the previous posts, you can just clic...
2021-05-11 01:00:02 +0000 UTC
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As promised, now that we've officially finished the audio, we're releasing the official Side Quest album to Patrons, many months before its public release! (right now we're targeting December, but it will depend on vinyl turnaround).
Attached to this post are both a .zip file with the whole album in mp3 form, as well as individual files.
As a reminder, we did new studio versions of 4 tracks based primarily on Patron votes:
"The Taste For Glory"
"Chain Wallet Rock...
2021-05-04 01:00:01 +0000 UTC
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