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'''''Boomtown''''' is the fifth studio album by American rock band [[Ozma]], released on [[February 11]], [[2014]]. It was funded entirely by a PledgeMusic campaign, which raised over $20,000.

 

''Boomtown'' is Ozma's first released album in seven years following 2007's ''[[Pasadena]]'', thus being the longest gap between studio albums for the band. It is also unique in several ways. It opens with the unrelenting melodious rocker "[[Around the World in 80 Seconds]]", Ozma's first instrumental song since ''[[The Doubble Donkey Disc]]''’s "[[Korobeiniki]]". "[[Nervous]]" is notable as the first Ozma song written by drummer [[Kenn Shane]], and the first lead vocal by keyboardist [[Star Wick]]. "[[Out the Window]]" is the second Ozma song (the other being ''The Doubble Donkey Disc'''s "[[Immigration Song]]") to feature rhythm guitarist [[Jose Galvez]] on lead vocals. Also curious is the fact that bassist and frequent frontman [[Daniel Brummel]] only sings lead on two of the songs.

 

==Fundraiser==

The album's creation was made possible through a successful fundraising campaign on the website [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PledgeMusic PledgeMusic], which raised a total of over $20,000.<ref>"Ozma: Upcoming 5th Studio Album on PledgeMusic" archived 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150722043106/http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/ozma</ref> The band wrote and recorded a rap track for their fundraising video, and [[Jose Galvez]] uploaded it to his own youtube channel. The beginning of the video uses a demo of the song "[[You'd Think I'd Know]]" that was later included in Ryen Slegr's [[Boomtown Demos]].