Punk rockers the Buzzcocks are crowdsourcing their next record, which also happens to be the band’s first new studio album in eight years.

Slicing Up Eyeballs reports that Buzzcocks launched the campaign on PledgeMusic late last week. The band already has 462 pledges and 60% of the goal met, with 107 days left to complete the campaign.

What will your pledge get you?
PLEDGE
£8 – the new album download and updates
PLEDGE PLUS (receives the new album download and updates, plus the additional items listed)
£15 – an exclusive enamel Buzzcocks badge
£18 – the new album on a Digipack CD
£22 – the new album as a vinyl LP
£23 – an exclusive enamel Buzzcocks badge and the new album on a Digipack CD or the new album on a signed CD
£27 – the new album on a signed black vinyl LP or the new album on a signed colored vinyl LP
£28 – an exclusive enamel Buzzcocks badge and the new album on a signed CD
£30 – an exclusive Buzzcocks t-shirt or a Meet & Greet with the Buzzcocks
£32 – the new album on a signed colored vinyl LP
£35 – the new album on a vinyl LP test pressing
£37 – the new album on a Digipack CD and an exclusive Buzzcocks t-shirt
£40 – the new album on a signed vinyl LP test pressing
£42 – the new album on a signed CD and an exclusive Buzzcocks t-shirt
£55 – handwritten lyrics to any classic Buzzcocks song
£750 – Peter Shelley’s own Eastwood Starway guitar

The reason they chose to crowdsource their latest album is due to the speed of the process – the band’s last album, 2006’s Flat Pack Philosophy, took two years to reach fans via the traditional record-company release. Now that Buzzcocks is doing it their way, they hope to preview the songs live this spring, then record them. The plan is to have a digital release on May 1 and ship the vinyls and CDs over the summer. The new track “People Are Strange Machines” will be on the upcoming record.