''President Snakes'' is the fourth album from the nerd-folk duo

The Doubleclicks The Doubleclicks are a nerd-folk musical duo based in Portland, Oregon, consisting of siblings Laser Malena-Webber (on guitar, ukulele, or cat keyboard) and Aubrey Turner. They first became known for performing nerd-friendly comedy music, inclu ...

, released on August 11, 2015. The album was funded via

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with a goal of $30,000. The goal was achieved within the first few days of the campaign's launch. It exceeded this and raised $55,535, on June 2, 2015.

Production

On May 7, 2015, The Doubleclicks sought funding for the album via the

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, asking for $30,000. On June 2, 2015, the Kickstarter campaign ended with $55,535 from 1,282 backers. Kickstarter rewards include a coloring book and a tabletop role-playing game called ''Fiasco''. In an interview with ''

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''s David Greenwald, Laser Malena-Webber says " 's the most honest and personal stuff we've put out, it's not all funny and it's not all nerdy."

Track listing

Tour

On October 17, 2015, The Doubleclicks performed at Zappcon in Fresno, California. On August 16, 2016, it was announced that both The Doubleclicks and

Lucia Fasano Lucia Fasano (born February 1, 1993) is an American singer-songwriter, comedian, actress, comic book writer, cartoonist, and writer based in Los Angeles, California. Fasano co-created and co-stars (with ''The Doubleclicks''s Angela Webber) in the ...

would begin their tour Snakes On The Radio in the cities Santa Clara,

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, Oakland, California,

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, California, West Hollywood, California, and

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. 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''.

Reception

In anticipation of the new album, many publications wrote favorably of the band. ''

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''s Jonathan H. Liu stated " e Doubleclicks are a GeekDad favorite." ''The Mary Sue''s Teresa Jusino said " love the geek girl sounds of The Doubleclicks, and we know you do, too!" '' 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." On September 12, 2015, ''President Snakes'' debuted at #4 on '' Billboard''s Comedy Albums chart and moved to #2 the following week.

References

External links

* {{Authority control 2015 albums The Doubleclicks albums Kickstarter-funded albums