▁May ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 7 . ▁ ▁During ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁the ▁group ▁did ▁not ▁release ▁any ▁new ▁material . ▁Through ▁P ledge Music , ▁they ▁attempted ▁to ▁raise ▁money ▁for ▁the ▁recording ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁album , ▁but ▁fell ▁short ▁of ▁their ▁goal ; ▁Harrison ▁later ▁stated ▁that ▁he ▁took ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁off ▁to ▁recuper ate ▁from ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁Re iff ▁and ▁other ▁changes ▁in ▁his ▁personal ▁life . ▁Following ▁the ▁failed ▁P ledge Music ▁campaign , ▁Harrison ▁began ▁to ▁look ▁into ▁other ▁fund ing ▁vent ures , ▁starting ▁a ▁Pat re on ▁campaign ▁in ▁February ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 9 . ▁During ▁ 2 0 1 9 , ▁Harrison ▁released ▁ 1 6 ▁new ▁songs ▁from ▁the ▁I ▁Ch ing ▁project ▁to ▁pat rons , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁many ▁un re leased ▁Cot ton ▁M ather ▁record ings ▁and ▁videos ▁detail ing ▁the ▁band ' s ▁history , ▁especially ▁during ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Kont iki ▁and ▁The ▁Big ▁Picture . ▁The ▁Pat re on ▁project ▁continued ▁into ▁ 2 0 2 0 . ▁ ▁Name ▁The ▁band ▁gets ▁its ▁name ▁from ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁Pur itan ▁pre acher ▁and ▁author ▁Cot ton ▁M ather , ▁a ▁minister ▁at ▁Boston ' s ▁North ▁Church . ▁While ▁trying ▁to ▁cheer ▁each ▁other ▁up ▁after ▁their ▁uncle ' s ▁fun eral , ▁Harrison ▁and ▁his ▁brother ▁were ▁making ▁j oking ▁suggestions ▁for ▁his ▁new ▁band ' s ▁name . ▁When ▁his ▁brother ▁suggested