{"updates":[{"id":15,"title":"Catching Up After Tour, And Nearing The Finish Line","body":"Dear Thorns, after spending a full month on the road we are finally home again, still glowing from the incredible memories we made with you throughout Europe. This headline tour was everything we dreamed it would be, night after night we were welcomed by the most loving and powerful crowds, and we are endlessly proud to have such devoted fans standing by our side. Meeting you, talking to you, recognizing familiar faces and discovering new ones, it gave us the kind of strength and joy that stays with you for a lifetime.\n\nAnd just when we thought we would be able to settle in and return to our daily work, two weeks later we found ourselves stepping back into an airplane for a very important show. T\u00fcrkiye was waiting for us, and it was our first time ever performing there, which already made it special, but nothing could have prepared us for what happened in Istanbul. It became our biggest headline show to date and one of the most emotional nights we have ever experienced. The energy, the warmth, the kindness of the Turkish Thorns completely overwhelmed us in the most beautiful way. We stepped onto the stage and heard an entire venue sing our songs louder than we have ever heard before. This was exactly how we imagined our music would come to life in a room when we first started writing for Blackbriar. You gave us everything we ever hoped for, and we will carry that night with us forever. After the show we tried to give back everything we could, taking pictures with as many of you as possible, talking, hugging, sharing moments. Unforgettable.\n\nComing home after this was wonderful, but also a return to reality and back to work for us.\n\nBecause we do everything ourselves, from processing orders to shipping them directly from home, our webstore work has been slightly delayed throughout October and November. We are truly sorry for that, but it is simply the reality of how we choose to run things. We are not a giant company, we are just us, doing our very best to make sure every euro you spend goes exactly where it belongs, right back into the music, the art, and the world we are building together. Handling everything personally means we can guarantee that every item is packed with care and love, and it allows us to keep moving forward creatively without wasting your support on unnecessary costs.\n\nReturning from such a blissful period of shows made it a little difficult to step back into the chaos at home, but we are fully recharged now and hard at work again. In fact, almost every pre order that was left unfulfilled has in the meantime been shipped, and only the final 5 percent remains. These are mostly the Ultimate Fan Packages heading to the United States, while practically all other orders are either already in your hands or on the way to you. Every single parcel in this campaign has been packed and shipped personally by Zora, box after box after box, turning her entire home into a maze of cardboard towers for months on end. We hope you feel that personal touch when your order arrives, because she has poured so much dedication and heart into every one of them.\n\nWe are now very close to fulfilling every last pre order, and we want to acknowledge once more how long some of you have had to wait, especially our dear United States Thorns. The shipping issues caused by the new US regulations and PostNL\u2019s temporary restrictions were completely outside our control, but even so, we felt the frustration with you. Now that everything is moving again, we are giving it everything we have to ensure that nearly all remaining orders reach you before Christmas. If there are any rare cases where a single item is missing from our stock, we will ship the rest of the order immediately and send the final item later at our own expense.\n\nThank you, dear Thorns, for staying with us, for trusting us, for being patient during every campaign we run, and for allowing us to create the things we love most. We could not do any of this without you, and we do not take a single moment of your support for granted. Our hearts are full, our hands are busy, and together we are bringing this pre order journey to its final and beautiful close. \u2764\ufe0f","created_at":"2025-12-10 03:24:49","images":[{"id":36,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/JZ9-0823-6938dc185cc4f1.92339066.jpg","sort_order":0},{"id":37,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/DSC-9876-6938dc588a31c8.87079462.jpg","sort_order":0},{"id":40,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/DSC-9592-6938dcc7112026.08653840.jpg","sort_order":0},{"id":41,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/JZ9-1050-6938dd22915a42.70986469.jpg","sort_order":0}]},{"id":14,"title":"The Final Pieces Are Here!","body":"The remaining merchandise has arrived, and we could not be more excited! Sixty nine boxes filled with beautifully looking T-shirts, hoodies, long sleeves, and tote bags have taken over our space, leaving hardly enough room to turn around. Everything is being processed as we speak, and from this point forward you will see the number of shipped orders climb much faster. We are going full throttle to get everything on its way to you as quickly as possible.\r\n\r\nFor our dear fans in the United States the wait is unfortunately not over yet, as the shipping issues remain unresolved. PostNL has not provided any updates, and although we are searching for alternatives, every option so far would make shipping extremely expensive for both us and you, which we truly want to avoid. We share your frustration, and it saddens us deeply not to be able to ship to you just yet. Please know that if things do not improve soon we will give every US Thorn the choice to ship via another route, though it may come with extra costs, but for now we continue to hope for a fair resolution.\r\n\r\nStill, today is a joyful milestone, and for so many of you around the world your packages are now moving much faster toward your door. We are incredibly grateful for your patience and support, and we cannot wait for you to hold this long awaited release in your hands. Together we are making it happen, and the finish line is finally in sight. \u2764\ufe0f","created_at":"2025-09-09 21:45:27","images":[{"id":33,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/update-photo1-68c083d73be669.15432512.jpg","sort_order":0},{"id":35,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/update-photo3-68c083d73c9d15.47585324.jpg","sort_order":1},{"id":34,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/update-photo2-68c083d73c4879.54253860.jpg","sort_order":2}]},{"id":13,"title":"Another big step forward!","body":"THORNS! Today we shipped a rather small batch of pre-orders but we did reach a big milestone in our preparations! Tomorrow we will be able to ship another huge wave of pre orders. With this step almost three quarters of all orders will be on their way, and we cannot wait for you to receive them. A small part of the merchandise is still being remade after we rejected a batch that did not meet our standards, but the new items are already on their way to us and looking wonderful. In the meantime we are going full throttle, processing, picking, and packing every single day, and you will see a big change in the total shipped percentage tomorrow.\r\n\r\nOn an important note, there is still no news regarding the US shipments. The postal issues between the EU and US are taking longer than expected to resolve, and while we are searching for alternatives, the options so far would nearly double the shipping costs which we do not want for you or for us. We ask for your patience and understanding as we wait for a fair solution. We are just as frustrated, but we are hopeful this will be resolved soon.\r\n\r\nTogether we will make this work, and we are so grateful to have you by our side. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. \u2764\ufe0f","created_at":"2025-09-02 23:54:08","images":[{"id":32,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/20250825-181758-2-68b76fd8a1bdc1.56919555.jpg","sort_order":0}]},{"id":10,"title":"Vinyl shipping day has started!","body":"The awaited vinyl sleeves have finally arrived, which means we can now carefully tuck each LP into its protective coat of armor before sending it off to you. We want your records to reach your doorstep in pristine condition, as if they had just stepped out of a gothic fairytale woohoo!.\r\n\r\nToday we\u2019re diving headfirst into a mountain of vinyls and doing our very best to send out as many as humanly possible. It\u2019s going to be another busy, music filled day of packing, taping, labeling, and dancing around boxes but honestly, we love every moment of it.\r\n\r\nIf your order hasn\u2019t been shipped yet, we kindly ask for just a little more patience. We\u2019re working our butts off, but since we\u2019re handling all of this ourselves (and not with Amazon\u2019s fleet of robots and drones \ud83d\ude09), it takes a little extra time. Every package is a labor of love, straight from us to you.\r\n\r\nThank you so much for following along with these updates and for supporting us in this wild and beautiful release journey. Your kindness and patience mean the world to us, and soon those shiny vinyls will be spinning on your turntables. \ud83d\udda4 #vinylshippingday","created_at":"2025-08-28 13:02:17","images":[{"id":28,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/zora-packing-v1-3-2-68b067457f1fc2.71499595.jpg","sort_order":0},{"id":25,"url":"https:\/\/api.blackbriarmusic.com\/preorder-status\/uploads\/updates\/vinyl-pic1-2-68b038007c9188.39444349.jpg","sort_order":1}]},{"id":7,"title":"Now we are processing vinyls!","body":"We\u2019ve already shipped out a massive chunk of the easier orders, which mostly included single CDs. \u2705 \r\n\r\nNow we\u2019re moving on to the next batch: orders containing one or more LP records\/vinyls. Happy times, jeej!\r\n\r\nBecause we unpacked all vinyls to sign them, we want to make sure your copy (with beautiful autographs!) arrives in pristine condition. To protect them properly, we decided to purchase extra sleeves for the signed records. This unfortunately means we\u2019ll have at least one day of waiting before we can start shipping these out.\r\n\r\nIn the meantime, we\u2019ll be preparing as much as possible behind the scenes, so that once the sleeves arrive tomorrow, we can process and ship a big wave of vinyl orders all at once.","created_at":"2025-08-26 20:36:09","images":[]}]}