President Snakes

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President Snakes
President Snakes (2015) album cover.jpg
Studio album by
The Doubleclicks
ReleasedAugust 11, 2015
Genre Nerd-folk
Producer Laser Malena-Webber & Aubrey Turner
The Doubleclicks chronology
Dimetrodon
(2014)		President Snakes
(2015)		Love Problems
(2017)

President Snakes is the fourth album from the nerd-folk duo The Doubleclicks, released on August 11, 2015. The album was funded via Kickstarter with a goal of $30,000. The goal was achieved within the first few days of the campaign's launch. [1] [2] It exceeded this and raised $55,535, on June 2, 2015. [3]

Nerd-folk genre of folk music

Nerd-folk is a musical genre that features humorous original songs involving geeky topics performed in a folk style. Angela and Aubrey Webber of The Doubleclicks credit Marian Call and others with creating the genre. The genre is related to other nerd music genres nerdcore and geek rock.

The Doubleclicks nerd-folk musical duo

The Doubleclicks are a nerd-folk musical duo based in Portland, Oregon, consisting of siblings Laser Malena-Webber and Aubrey Turner. They first became known for performing nerd-friendly comedy music, including songs about Dungeons & Dragons, dinosaurs, and other geeky themes. While their later songs retain those elements, there has been a stronger focus on feminist and other social issues, and more personal themes.

Kickstarter crowdfunding platform

Kickstarter is an American public-benefit corporation based in Brooklyn, New York, that maintains a global crowdfunding platform focused on creativity and merchandising. The company's stated mission is to "help bring creative projects to life". As of May 2019, Kickstarter has received more than $4 billion in pledges from 16.3 million backers to fund 445,000 projects, such as films, music, stage shows, comics, journalism, video games, technology, publishing, and food-related projects.

Contents

Production

In May 7, 2015, The Doubleclicks sought funding for the album via the crowd-funding site Kickstarter, asking for $30,000. [1] In June 2, 2015, the Kickstarter campaign ended with $55,535 from 1,282 backers. [4] Kickstarter rewards include a coloring book and a tabletop role-playing game called Fiasco. [1] In an interview with OregonLive.com 's David Greenwald, Laser Malena-Webber says "[i]t's the most honest and personal stuff we've put out, it's not all funny and it's not all nerdy." [3]

Coloring book type of book containing line art to which a reader may add color

A coloring book is a type of book containing line art to which people are intended to add color using crayons, colored pencils, marker pens, paint or other artistic media. Traditional coloring books and coloring pages are printed on paper or card. Some coloring books have perforated edges so their pages can be removed from the books and used as individual sheets. Others may include a story line and so are intended to be left intact. Today many children's coloring books feature popular cartoon characters. They are often used as promotional materials for animated motion pictures. Coloring books may also incorporate other activities such as connect the dots, mazes and other puzzles. Some also incorporate the use of stickers.

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OregonLive.com is a website covering local news in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The website serves as the online home of The Oregonian. Started in 1997, it is owned by Advance Publications, which also owns The Oregonian. Betsy Richter was the original editor of the website, and served through 1998 when Kevin Cosgrove took over as editor-in-chief.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Tiny Paper Elephant"3:12
2."Cats At Parties"2:48
3."Really Big Chickens"2:12
4."President Snakes (Part 1)"1:09
5."The Middle"2:50
6."This Is My Jam"1:55
7."Happy Holidays, Too"2:22
8."Bad Memories"3:46
9."President Snakes (Part 2)"1:07
10."Now I Am The Fastest"2:28
11."Why Can't Every City Be Portland"2:30
12."Coming Home To You"1:40
13."Thank God It's Over"2:00

Tour

In October 17, 2015, The Doubleclicks performed at Zappcon in Fresno, California. [5] In August 16, 2016, it was announced that both The Doubleclicks and Lucia Fasano would begin their tour Snakes On The Radio in the cities Santa Clara, California, Oakland, California, Burbank, California, West Hollywood, California, and Portland, Oregon. [6] The Doubleclicks said they would play both their old songs and newer songs from their latest album President Snakes. Lucia Fasano would play songs from their debut album Radio Silence. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

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{{Infobox musical artist | name =Lucia Fasano | image = | background =group_or_band | alias = | origin =Los Angeles, California, United States | occupation =Singer-songwriter, comedian, musician, writer, actress, YouTuber | genre =Folk, Indie, Singer-Songwriter, Comedy | instrument =mandolin, ukulele | years_active =1999–present | label = | associated_acts =The Doubleclicks, Sammus, The Thermals | website =luciafasano.com }}

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Reception

In anticipation of the new album, many publications wrote favorably of the band. GeekDad 's Jonathan H. Liu stated "[t]he Doubleclicks are a GeekDad favorite." [2] The Mary Sue's Teresa Jusino said "[w]e love the geek girl sounds of The Doubleclicks, and we know you do, too!" [19] Portland Tribune 's Pamplin Media Group has called their music "funny, sweet and insightful songs about dinosaurs, cats, Netflix, space and the Dungeons and Dragons game." [4]

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