{"id":61,"date":"2020-10-20T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T12:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/?p=61"},"modified":"2025-09-03T12:23:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T12:23:46","slug":"icon-for-hire-smashes-kickstarter-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/icon-for-hire-smashes-kickstarter-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Icon for Hire smashes Kickstarter goal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Icon for Hire has shared huge news about their Kickstarter for <em>Amorphous<\/em>: fans helped raise <strong>$263,082<\/strong> total.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/icon-for-hire-launch-kickstarter-for-new-album\/\" title=\"Icon for Hire launch Kickstarter for new album\">The campaign<\/a> had only a <strong>$2,942<\/strong> goal, but fans surpassed it within less than 24 hours, showing incredible support for the independent alt-rock duo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Launched just over a month ago, the Kickstarter quickly gained momentum. Fans shared links everywhere, spreading excitement across social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Supporters pledged money for exclusive rewards, including signed CDs, behind-the-scenes content, and limited-edition merchandise made for campaign backers only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iconforhire-stretchgoals.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-63\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iconforhire-stretchgoals.png 497w, https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/iconforhire-stretchgoals-195x300.png 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stretch goals for the campaign<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The final total beat the band\u2019s previous Kickstarter by <strong>106.8%<\/strong>. That makes <em>Amorphous<\/em> their most successful project ever funded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Their 2016 campaign for <em>You Can\u2019t Kill Us<\/em> raised big numbers too. But this new album\u2019s campaign has easily surpassed it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Kickstarter update, the band <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/youcantkillus\/icon-for-hire-amorphous\/posts\/2996903\" title=\"\">thanked fans for their commitment<\/a>. They also confirmed a <strong>February 2021<\/strong> album release date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They promised frequent updates for backers before the album drops. Expect behind-the-scenes videos, sneak peeks, and special reward deliveries soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign proves the power of their fanbase and independent funding. Icon for Hire continues to thrive without a major label.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Icon for Hire has shared huge news about their Kickstarter for Amorphous: fans helped raise $263,082 total. The campaign had only a $2,942 goal, but fans surpassed it within less than 24 hours, showing incredible support for the independent alt-rock duo. Launched just over a month ago, the Kickstarter quickly gained momentum. Fans shared links [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11,14],"class_list":["post-61","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-icon-for-hire","tag-kickstarter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seanberg.eu\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}