Well hot damn. We made it, folks! Words can’t even begin to express our gratitude…

As a lot of you probably know, today is the first day of the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese Zodiac. The Year of the Dragon is regarded as a year of luck, good fortune, and power. Today couldn’t have been a more appropriate day to reach our goal for the funding of our first full length record, ‘Here Be Dragons, Vol. III.’ With fans, friends, and family like you, we count ourselves the luckiest band. With fans, friends, and family like you, we are fortunate enough to follow our passion. With fans, friends, and family like you, we have the power to reach our true potential and share it with the world.

So thank you, thank you, forever and always thank you.

If you Pledged, click the widget below to head on over to our Pledge page for a special little treat. If you haven’t Pledged, click the widget below and join the fun…

Peace, Love, & Gratitude,
AR

 …to The Real.

The Real G Fisk sat down with our friends at Pledge Music for a little chat. Check it out here.

Free download of a new track for those who have pledged! Get your copy here.

Mad Love,

AR

Photo Credit: Bryan Coppede

Mercury Lounge, 7:30pm.

For more AR Holiday tunes, check out our X Mas page.

And don’t forget to support AR in our Pledge Campaign.

Time to head into the studio…See you at the Mercury Lounge on Dec. 13th!

Love,
AR

‘Runners from around the world – We are excited as hell to announce that we have joined up with Pledge Music to help raise money for our debut LP, ‘Here Be Dragons, Vol. III!’

Two years ago, we created our first EP, ‘Here Be Dragons, Vol I,’ with the help of Pledge Music and our many wonderful fans. In Fall 2011, we released our second EP, ‘Here Be Dragons, Vol II.’ Now, we’re inviting Pledgers all over the world to help us record and release our debut full-length album, ‘Here Be Dragons, Vol III.’

Here’s how it works – click the widget above to find a list of “exclusives” that you can pledge for (on the right hand side of the Pledge page). In return for your monetary pledge, we will fulfill whatever that exclusive is. It’s so simple even a musician can do it! The pledged money will then go towards the recording of the new album, mastering and also promoting the album with a PR agency.

Many of these pledges will take time for us to fulfill. However, once you pledge, you’ll get IMMEDIATE access to Pledger-only content. This includes an unreleased song of ours (Annie Mae), plus updates from the studio and road, pics, videos and so much more. You’ll be a part of the Apollo Run inner circle and we have SO MUCH to share! Mwah hah!

Best of all, 25% of the pledge money raised (after we reach our goal) will go to Musicians On Call, a terrific organization that brings musical performances to patients in hospitals, many of whom are unable to leave their bed. Please help us support this wonderful charity.

We hope you decide to be a part of the making of our debut album!

And lookie here – we went to the DC Zoo!

Peace + Love + Sweat + Exclusives = Apollo Run

We were recently chosen to spend a day recording in the new Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. We had a damn good time and met some solid folks along the way (like the incredible producer/mixer/masterer/engineer Matt Shane, and the equally incredible engineer/mixer Aaron Bastinelli).

Be sure to download your FREE copy of the newest AR single, “These Kinds of Girls,” above and check out the behind-the-scenes video below.

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Don’t forget – DRAGON PARTY on Dec. 13th at Mercury Lounge in NYC. Get your tickets here. We’re giving away copies of our 2nd EP, ‘Here Be Dragons, Vol II,’ to everyone who purchases advanced tix!

Annnnd, be sure check out an interview we did for Converse after the jump.

Peace, Love, Sneakers, and Sweat,
AR

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