Animalia by Necessary Animals
Our third album, and our second featuring non-experimental music. Nine new songs for a pandemic world, recorded between December 2019 and August 2021. Music is a healer...
The songs were chosen from a total of 17, mostly written in a rush of fever-dream activity during the lockdown of 2020, and involving remote collaborations recorded in the musicians' home studios. All the songs were mixed by Fritz Catlin at Shore Tone studios, Hastings.
The songs tackle fractured or unconventional relationships, alienation, stalking, and murder. In the murky world of Necessary Animals, these things - if not necessary - are certainly animalistic.
Tracklist
| 1. | Driving Out of Town | 3:54 |
| 2. | In the Twilight | 3:58 |
| 3. | Acceptance | 5:07 |
| 4. | Tower of Dreams | 5:52 |
| 5. | Above the Waterline | 5:03 |
| 6. | The Bridge | 4:25 |
| 7. | (She Never Took That) Train Across America | 4:15 |
| 8. | Trick of the Night | 3:33 |
| 9. | Oxygen | 5:08 |
Credits
Kath Allsopp - violin
Alan Bruzon - guitar (2,4,5), bass (9)
Fritz Catlin - drums, percussion, melodica (6)
Lee Igglesden - guitar, drums, flute (3)
Sebastian Greshuk - trumpet, flugelhorn
Keith Rodway - bass, keyboards, instruments
Ingvild Syntropia - vocals
Amanda Thompson - vocals, guitar, piano
Nick Weekes - electric piano (1,2,9)
Kathryn Bond - guitar (7)
Brian Schmidt - strings (4)
Helena Zomer - vocal (5)
Recorded between 2019-2021
Mixed by Fritz Catlin at Shore Tone studios, Hastings
Artwork by Peter Quinnell
Produced by Keith Rodway
All rights Yellow Fish Records, 2021
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License
All rights reserved.
Necessary Animals is an alt psych/classic rock/experimental band based in Hastings. Our debut album features members of the Good Missionaries, 23 Skidoo, Near Jazz Experience, The Big Believe, Cuban Boys and Alabama 3. Our featured vocalists are Amanda Thompson (The Big Believe) and Norwegian actor and singer Ingvild Syntropia (Avengers Age of Ultron, Relationshit and Star Wars Rogue One).