Caedmon's Call and Derek Webb

Derek Webb, as you perhaps heard of in passing, made headlines when he decided to give away his album Mockingbird for free last year. To have a guy who gives away his music for free, and even when he doesn't says in the notes on his latest album The Ringing Bell that he supports the sharing of music is a brave thing to do. Such a brave thing that I don't want his music for free, I want to support him which is why I bought another copy to give to a friend, even though he said himself he wouldn't mind if I burned a copy and saved myself twelve bucks.

That's why I'm very happy that Webb has re-joined the band that got him Caedmon's Call, for their new album Overdressed. You can check out a track from it on the band's myspace page, but to put it simply it's sounding pretty good. All the songs are co-written between several members of Caedmon's Call, including Webb and his wife Sandra McCracken (who made Paste's Magazine Reader's List of Top Ten Albums of 2006.) The band is describing the album as an organic experience, with special attention and reliance on rhythm which sounds good based on the fact I've been noticing how crucial and cool the drums sound on all of Webb's albums.

But, it gets better, besides the fact that I have great trust in Webb and therefore in a Caedmon's Call with him, and the interesting theme of the album which is said to be how we overdress ourselves, hide ourselves, and are not open to letting other people in, and therefore will remain unchanged, and spiritually deadened, but Webb and his bandmates being the great people they are, are pre-selling two copies of the album through their store (which can be accessed through their official site) for 12 bucks. So you get two for the price of one, letting you legally share great music with a friend. Never in my life have I been so excited in my life to save fifteen bucks!

Order them now before it disappears, the site gurantees they arrive in late August (they list a specefic date but I'm too lazy to go look it up again) so you'll get it by the time it arrives in stores, and, if I may hazard a guess, seeing as they gurantee it by that time it means they'll probably be shipping it a couple weeks early which may easily result in you gettting it a week earlier or more.

Oh, yeah, I forgot, your two copies also happen to be exlusive limited edition copies which include an extra two tracks. So you get two albums with fourteen songs each, for 15 bucks with their best shipping option.