Author: Cygnus Wave

California

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Track 1  On  Animal Society I  By  Animal Society

Written by Ric Albano, Erik Trabert, & Matt Roy Song Length: 5:32
Listen to the Song:
[audio:AS/01-California.mp3]		 2009
Lyrics

You think you’ve got yourself a new friend
But is she really there for you?
A hybrid child-grown-adult friend
Who thinks her mother but a tool
To guard against the water side
Regarding just the daughter’s side
And to carry water too

Rage, such rage
No gauge to tamp down the rage

You think you’ve coined yourself a new trend
But will she really let you do?
Those deep-down chasms that you must mend
Can they be healed before you’re through?
May yet be some time left
May yet be some rhyme left
To tame the bitter shrew

Gauge, engage
That stage may still exist for you

And so I went to California
But could not get inside her door
Unless I’d fake like I adored ya
Unless I’d sell out like a whore

I went to California
The scent of fresh begonia
Lying hazy in the air
Flying lazy through the air
Gliding crazy on the air

Rage, such rage
No gauge to tamp it down

Composition © 2009 Animal Society
Publication © 2010 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander
Composed June 2009
Recorded March 20, 2010
at Saturation Acres, DuPont, PA
Mixed & Mastered in 2010
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Erik Trabert
Electric Guitars, Synths
Matt Roy
Drums

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Animal Society I

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Animal Society (Debut Album)Completed on December 10, 2010

These recordings of original songs were made at Saturation Acres and Cygnus Wave studios in 2010. The original intent was to release an album called Any Atomic Lies in late 2010, but disagreements ensued and the project was halted before publication.

Below are the mixes of the Animal Society songs as they were in December 2010, presented as an eponymous “album”.

Track   Composer(s)  Length
 1.   California     Ric Albano, Erik Trabert, Matt Roy  5:32
 2.   Vieux Carre Ric Albano  2:43
 3.   Gnarled Visions Erik Trabet  1:12*
 4.   Say No More Ric Albano, Animal Society  3:48*
 5.   Emily In Her Day Ric Albano, Animal Society  7:10
 6.   Sol’s Lament Erik Trabert  0:50
 7.   Love, Crime, & Paradigm Ric Albano, Erik Trabert, Matt Roy  5:04
 8.   The Lion Ric Albano  5:21
 9.   Matt’s Hatt Matt Roy, Erik Trabert, Ric Albano  3:09
10.   Change You Can Believe In Matt Roy, Animal Society  4:50

  * The songs “Gnarled Visions” and “Say No More” are combined as one digital track with a length of 5:00 even.

Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander and Ric Albano

 

Stone

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Bonus Track  By  Animal Society

Written by Erik Trabert Song Length: 3:27
Listen to the Song:
[audio:AS/AS-Stone.mp3]		 2010
Instrumental

Composition © 2010 Erik Trabert
Publication © 2012 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Engineered by Bret Alexander
Recorded March 20, 2010
at Saturation Acres

Performers
Ric Albano
Bass
Erik Trabert
Guitars
Matt Roy
Drums

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Matt’s Hat (Live)

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Bonus Track  By  Animal Society

Written by Animal Society Song Length: 4:14
Listen to the Song:
[audio:AS/AS-Matt’sHatLive.mp3]		 2010
Instrumental

Composition © Animal Society
Publication © 2012 Cygnus Wave Music

Album Version of “Matt’s Hat”

Song Info
Produced by Ric Albano
Recorded Live February 11, 2010
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Bass
Erik Trabert
Guitars
Matt Roy
Drums

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We’ve Gotta Get Outta This Place

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Bonus Track  By  Animal Society

Written by Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil Song Length: 3:12
Listen to the Song:
[audio:AS/AS-We’veGottaGetOuttaThisPlace.mp3]		 2010
Lyrics

In this dirty old part of the city
Where the sun refused to shine
People tell me there ain’t no use in tryin’

Now my girl you’re so young and pretty
And one thing I know is true
You’ll be dead before your time is due, I know

Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin’
Watched his hair been turnin’ grey
He’s been workin’ and slavin’ his life away
Yeah, he’s been workin’ so hard, I’ve been workin’ too, baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, ya, ya, ya, ya

We gotta get out of this place
If it’s the last thing we ever do
We gotta get out of this place’cause
Girl, there’s a better life for me and you

Believe me baby, I know it baby
You know it too

Composition © 1965 Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Original Recording © 1965 The Animals
Publication © 2012 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info

Produced by Ric Albano
Recorded Live January 14, 2010
at Cygnus Wave Studios Performers
Ric Albano
Vocals, Bass
Erik Trabert
Guitars
Matt Roy
Drums

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