Dig Here Said the Angel

Background and Kickstarter campaign

This album marks the first by Daniel Amos for which the band used the popular Kickstarter website to generate its recording budget. The original goal for the project was a bare-bones budget of $14,000. With help from around 500 contributors, the band made its initial goal within 24 hours and quickly surpassed it, eventually raising more than $32,000 before the initial campaign had ended. An extended campaign, partially began to raise money for a planned vinyl version of the album, quickly raised more than $10,000 to add to the original amount.

By February 2013, the band entered the Brown Owl Studios in Berry Hill, TN and later emerged with 11 new songs. The album became a reunion of sorts - bringing in past band members Jerry Chamberlain, Rob Watson, Marty Dieckmeyer and Alex MacDougall to add their musical touches to the album. It also reunited the band with its 1980s engineer and roadie, Derri Daugherty, who engineered and mixed the project.

The entire production of the project - from the original rehearsals and demos, to the studio sessions in Nashville - were filmed for a planned DVD documentary release.

Artwork

Contributions from the band's fans did not end with the Kickstarter campaign. Through a request on the band's website and Facebook pages, fans were allowed to contribute dozens of pieces of artwork inspired by the album's title. Those contributions were then merged into collages that were used in every aspect of the album's artwork.

Track listing

All lyrics by Terry Scott Taylor, and music by Daniel Amos. Except "Waking Up Under Water" by Jerry Chamberlain and Terry Scott Taylor.

1. "Forward In Reverse"
2. "Jesus Wept"
3. "Dig Here Said the Angel"
4. "Our New Testament Best"
5. "Love, Grace and Mercy"
6. "Now That I've Died"
7. "We'll All Know Soon Enough "
8. "Waking Up Under Water"
9. "The Uses of Adversity"
10. "The Ruthless Hum of Dread"
11. "The Sun Shines On Everyone"

Personnel

Additional Musicians