Get all 50 Strange Talking Animals releases available on Bandcamp and save 45%.
Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of FAWM 2024, Amsterdam, In the Glow of the Coming Dawn, A Tree is a River, when the wind is barely there, 54 Era, A Return to Center (The Cycle of a Circle), FAWM 2023 + Black Friday Connections EP, and 42 more.
1. |
Salvation
04:28
|
|||
|
If this heat doesn't kill you, I probably will
You don't know the spaces I've lived in between
And you never will
If you think it's hot now, just wait until I've had my fill
If you could see your face now, you'd probably lay still
Don't misunderstand, this isn't for me
I'm doing this for you
I can save you from yourself and save the rest of the world
This avalanche of faith consumes your minds
If I stop the world from turning, I can save you every time
If this heat doesn't kill you, then I probably will
You don't know the places I've been
Because there's nothing to see
|
||||
2. |
Thursdays
03:41
|
|||
|
Again, I know what I achieved
I saw it with my eyes
I touched it with my hands
I know what I believe
They took me to the stars, we sped across the Moon
We had a break on Mars on a summer afternoon
I watched them from afar, from a flashy steel cocoon
And they played their space guitars, In a Martian-made commune
Today, I made my way home
With a pocket full of gold
And I don’t know what to do
With this little purple stone
I think it calls them back from the other side of space
Or is it just a snack inside a pretty case?
But I don’t want to destroy the only evidence
Of my trek across the stars and my Martian conference
My friends are waiting to return
To show me other sides
And give me other gifts
To save me from the Burn
They took me from the stars and planted me on Earth
To share my lucky charms, to teach them the absurd
And learn another song, so I can sing along
To prove that I am strong, to prove that I belong
To prove that I belong
|
||||
3. |
Lights in the Rain
06:25
|
|||
4. |
Orbiting Prometheus
04:52
|
|||
|
Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared
Force equals mass times acceleration
Orbiting Prometheus, a revolutionary scanner of time
Switches slip, electrons flip
Projecting a particle beam to Earth
A wall of shimmering, white energy
Flash: an era of this Earth's past
65 Million years gone
Crash: awry scanner, time tilter
Hello Devonian period through the late Cretaceous
Tyrannosaurus Rex has big and pointy teeth
They are coming to eat us
Enter antagonist, savagely swept through a portal ripped in time
Into the 20th century
The roar of a prehistoric monster sets the world to tremble
Cities set ablaze, their populations consumed
Triceratops, with spiky horns, are coming to save us
Orbiting Prometheus, feverishly fret
An attempt to correct a cataclysmic mistake
Triggers trip, neutrons zip, and there is a sudden yank in space
That shreds reptilian invaders into bloodied pulp and bone
After unprecedented loss and mass destruction
Our civilization rebuilds
Again, and again
|
||||
5. |
Pools
08:22
|
|||
|
This crystal cavern shades me from the Sun
The day is long and here I am with nowhere else to run
The water fills in tiny pools where life has just begun
The chlorophyll is building up
The light begin to pulse
Generations pass and I linger just to see
The kind of life that passes slowly, changing by degrees
When life begins, life begins to change
Tilting like a junkie bathing in the rain
Overtaking everything that's standing in the way
The flood is overwhelming
Exponential decay
This hovel used to be a home
Filled with tears and laughter
I don't know what became of them or the beasts that followed after
There used to be a library and an avenue of trees
But now there's only ashes drifting in the breeze
And so the cycle ends its turn and starts again
The chlorophyll is building up
The lights are turned to ten
Generations pass and I linger just to see
Any kind of life that grows, changing by degrees
|
||||
6. |
The Great Divide
07:16
|
|||
|
My life is hanging in the balance
My tribe is wading through the tides
And though I'm living in the moment
I can't push the past aside
The time may come where we decide
To take the branches into the Great Divide
The path ahead is filled with fear
The changes force us into a new frontier
Where nothing stays in place
And nothing ever moves the gears
Year after year
Until it all just disappears
And then the ghosts appear
The time has come where we decide
To take the branches into the Great Divide
Our lives are hanging in the balance
Our tribe is changing all the time
And though we're living the moment
Please don't push the past aside
|
||||
7. |
When Do I Begin?
06:26
|
|||
|
When do I begin to understand
The elemental forces that guide my hands?
When do I begin to turn the tide?
It doesn’t make sense for me to choose a side
It doesn’t make sense for me to run and hide
So when do I begin to understand?
When do I begin to understand?
It doesn’t make sense for me to choose a side
It doesn’t make sense for me to run and hide
So when do I begin to understand?
When do I begin to understand?
When do I begin to understand?
|
||||
8. |
Sunfall
05:20
|
|||
9. |
When You Leave
04:07
|
|||
|
You are not immune
You'll find another tune
To keep you up at night
And when you turn around
To face the battleground
Remember to hide your face
When you leave, don't forget your keys
The locks are changed when you are asleep
And when you leave, the memories are free
To turn into another distant dream
Don't follow me too soon
I'm lost inside the Moon
And the stars are really bright
And if you run aground
Just listen for the sound
Of fireflies in outer space
When you leave, don't forget your keys
The locks are changed when you are asleep
And when you leave, the memories are free
To turn into another distant dream of me
|
||||
10. |
The Last Two
04:40
|
|||
|
Have you ever seen a Sunrise that didn’t give you hope?
Did you ever take the train to Timbuktu?
There is nothing left to do but stand in wonder
There is nothing left but the final rendezvous
Should we raise a glass to all of those who came before us?
Should we take the time to celebrate the fools?
If we wait a moment longer, will it matter?
Are there moments left for us, the final two?
|
||||
Strange Talking Animals Springfield Township, New Jersey
Born in raised in Madison, WI. Transplanted to Brooklyn, Jamaica, and finally Springfield. Versed in chamber pop and rock, psychedelic and prog, and expanding musical horizons to experience electronic and ambient musics and experiment with modular and chaotic synthesis.Overfed with science fiction and fantasy and actual science. And stay-at-home dadness. ... more
Strange Talking Animals recommends:
Moog Mother 32 Songs
by RemixSample
Albums like this are why I expanded my own musical tastes and experimentations. I can only hope my instrumental synths albums sound half this cool!
go to album
I used to play shows with Running Thoughts in Brooklyn. So much fun. This is throw-back punk. Awesome stuff.
go to album
The Light of the Moon
by The Bronze Horsemen
Country. Bluegrass. Prog. Indie Folk. Norge. So many flavors that make up a wonderful meal.
go to albumIf you like Strange Talking Animals, you may also like:
In intricately sculpted songs that are utterly hypnotizing, the Ramírez brothers explore the border of dreams & reality.
go to album
The Australian darkwave artist explores loss and mental health with vocals, synths, and percussion.
go to album
Castillo Interior Remixed
by Pumuky
Spanish group Pumuky's latest EP gets the remix treatment from friends like Xiu Xiu and Jimmy Tamborello from The Postal Service.
go to album
