This is us in our casual wear.

As we’re sure you know by now, Deities is an album about love, heartbreak, and dragons.

Maybe you’ve played Dungeons & Dragons before. Or maybe you think it’s too nerdy for you. (It isn’t.) Regardless of what camp you fall in, the good news is our debut album doesn’t require you knowing a lick about Dungeons & Dragons to enjoy it. Not a lick!

In fact, most of the time our fans have no idea that we’re subtly indoctrinating them into a rapidly re-emerging subculture of tabletop gaming. They just think we’re playing bouncy music they can dance to -- and sometimes they shout “SHOTS” instead of “JAS” because shouting “SHOTS” at a bar makes a lot more sense than invoking the name of the Suel Goddess of Magic.

We thought it’d be fun to give our fans a quick primer on the gods that are specifically name-checked in our songs, with the hope that one day -- one magical day -- the JAS’s will drown out the SHOTS.

Let’s start with Yeenoghu. Also known as the Beast of Butchery. (Or the beast of having his name butchered amirite?) You’d only follow this dude if you were totally down with razing towns and killing everyone in it and making weapons out of their bones. Or maybe you just love dogs.

Yeenoghu, the Demon Lord of Gnolls and Devoted Father of Two

The Raven Queen is one of those quiet deities who lets things be and doesn’t intervene much in the lives of mortals, so we don’t know a whole lot about her, other than she’s a real downer. She’s all about death and fate and winter, which is totally relatable if you’ve ever lived through January in the Northeast. Shout out to our fans and friends in Maine! Raven Queen, Emo Bird

Olidamarra is the chosen god of bards, and our favorite deity for obvious reasons. Dude’s the life of the party, but also relentlessly aloof. You never know what mask he’s wearing. Or if he’s wearing a mask at all. Or maybe YOU’RE THE ONE WEARING A MASK? His kantele can play songs that evoke in the minds eye of the listener any image he likes. He can also use it to lull you into a deep sleep. Sound like anyone you know? (It’s us.) This guy will definitely try to date your sister.

You can probably tell by the picture below that Asmodeus is kind of a dick. He’s all about using people as puppets to get what he wants. And what he wants is power over the mortal realm, where he can turn light into darkness, night into day, skim into whole. Or maybe he just wants a hug. Are you going to be the one to do it? Tell us if it hurts. Oh hai I just got this at Banana Republic you like?

Vergadain loves money above all else, which is what makes him the patron saint of this campaign. Not just because we’re praying that he guide this here Ship o’ Pledges towards the 100% mark, but because we hope he grants us the power to stay humble when we eventually hit 1000%. Vergadain is a selfish lil’ guy, and probably wouldn’t approve of us giving 5% of our pledges to charity, but dwarves are notoriously hard to please so whatever. Vergadain, the Merchant King, probably drunk

This red-haired beauty, Wee Jas, is all about reanimating the dead, which is normally a big no-no. We’ve learned that things that are dead usually should stay dead. The exception, of course, is Arrested Development. Wee Jas, making a great case for using conditioner every day

The accompanying watercolors were painted by Jasmine Wigandt, a fantastic artist we met at one of our original rehearsal spaces, the Greenpoint Gallery. She didn’t know a thing about Dungeons & Dragons when we met her, but boy you better believe she’s an expert now. Just like you!

And if you live in New York, and you’d like to play Dungeons & Dragons (or Magic, or pretty much anything) in the city and don’t know where to go, we highly suggest Twenty Sided Store in Williamsburg. www.twentysidedstore.com. That’s where we recorded our live show, which is available at our bandcamp. http://chamberband.bandcamp.com/

Oh snap. Did we forget Tiamat, the God of Greed? You can’t go through a Chamber Band show not knowing who she is. She’s as evil as they come, a heart as dark as the night, able to appear as both a dragon and as lady. She punishes those who get too greedy, so please please please don’t try to pledge on 50 shirts. (We’re kidding, of course. Please have all the shirts.)

Two of Tiamat’s heads are wearing contacts. Can you tell which?

We hope you found this informative, and please don’t hesitate to root for your favorite magical deity at one of our shows. Just, no proselytizing please.