Collected Animals

the album is phenomenal, been a go to car listen for me for the last week. the arrangements are so propulsive. i think others before have talked about how each little addition and subtraction feels so well placed to keep each song's momentum at perfect cruising speed. the stretch of it's in my body, whirlpool, and danger in particular makes me fall in love with music all over again. one of my favorite composer's, Meredith Monk, often talks about how a big part of her work is reminding herself to return to play. for me, listening to Reset is a total reminder to return to play, and from what i can hear (and from all the details you've provided Sonic) it sounds like the making of Reset was totally imbued with the spirit of play.

Sonic, i also want to say thank you for hanging on the board with us. i'm an extremely infrequent poster, but nonetheless having the opportunity to see other folks and you interacting, and to read your impressions and feelings about making this record (and others throughout the years), lends the record an intimacy, i think it lets all of us feel like we're a part of it in some small way. being someone who is a megafan (evolutionary progression from megafauna?) of many things, i like to think about the relationships between fans and creators a lot, and how the art object of fandom (in this case music) often, if not always, blends with the creator of the art object. i find the way that you've leaned into that blending by involving all of us on this board, by making it a social, to be such a special experience, and an extremely positive and holistic approach to that blend that seems to happen naturally in any fandom. especially for folks who currently live in or grew up in podunk parts of the world, having a point of connection with a creator you really admire is such a salve to those creeping senses of isolation and unimportance that the middle-of-nowhere vibe can foster.

at any rate, i know others have said as much before, but i really want to thank you and make sure you know how much your conversation is appreciated when you come around here. we're all big fans <3.

also happy to admit that you posting around here got me to listen to your work as spectrum and with spacemen 3, which has been a major source of inspo for me recently.

Love the album. Thank you SB. Thank you PB.

I’ve really enjoyed watching interviews crop up in this thread, plus Sonic’s constant trickle of tidbits and inspo. The Aquarium Drunkard interview in particular was spectacular and I really locked onto the message that there is progress to be had if you can replace your cynicism with optimism and get to work. One day at a time.

As always I project a lot onto the lyrics and the Reset stuff is no exception. I think in the early 2010s I remember Panda saying he was shifting focus lyrically from the personal to the universal, trying to find more common ground. So I think it’s okay to project & connect. Anyway the line in Danger that stands above the rest of the album, to me, is this : “and to the end of this cold landscape, I’ll keep coming back for more.”

To me that perfectly encapsulates my outlook right now, that I’ll never quit and keep on driving toward the goal no matter the hazards or obstructions. Reset makes it easier. What a treat. Thank you

Whirlpool is i wish it was like xmas everyday

ITS OK CITRUS wrote:

Whirlpool is i wish it was like xmas everyday

Yeah - I wish it was like xmas everyday is a version of "Things like this (A little bit deeper)" from ATB= . Whirlpool uses a few elements from slowed down version of that song . I've (As has Noah) used that chord pair a bunch before too.
When I was doing that Xmas single I was messing around with some different percussion parts & I found a groovy rhythm that I really liked but did'nt use & made a little micro mix of it that became the basis for Whirlpool once we added bass , new keys , percussion , bongo etc . Happy to post that here if yr interested , just not really au fait with how to do that ....

what are songs but the fruits of our hearts and minds.

yea innarested . thanks for the rekkid noah x pk. can u believe this sort of energy is real? two people trying to make something positive for the sake of life? what are songs but the fruits of our hearts and minds. not flowers but fruit, for these songs sustain me.im like a fucking coca cola in the system

Go On
Somethin’s coming round the bend
Somethin’ buried in the text
One dude’s dead And another’s next
Somethin’s coming round the bend

Lifelong Sittin’ in a bank
Lifelong Sharpenin’ the axe
One dudes bread Is another’s tax
Lifelong Sittin’ in the bank

Spark one Steppin’ on the gas
Spark one With a tip to all
One dudes sweat is another’s balm
Spark one Steppin’ on the gas

Go on Go on Go on Go on - Give it to me

Somethin’s tippin’ on the edge
Daydream slippin’ off the bridge
One dude’s dream is another’s day
Somethin’s tippin’ on the edge

Somethin’ stirrin’ in the still
Reject here I’m asking why
One dudes scream Is another’s way
Somethin’ wavin’ you goodbye

Go on Go on Go on go on - Give it to me

Somethin’s comin’ round the bend
Somethin’ that I wanna know
Cold as snow Like a whip Let’s go
Somethin’s comin’ round the bend

Go on Go on Go on Go on Give it to me

You're gonna get , You got it comin’ now - Over and over and over

there's no sample used in any of the 3 w my Lead or In my body . We tried to take the samples out of some others too , but what Noah had written around them fitted their shapes too perfectly to lose . Whirlpool does use some of the backing parts from "Things Like this (A little bit deeper)" from my All things being Equal solo LP.

Sonic boom wrote:

there's no sample used in any of the 3 w my Lead or In my body . We tried to take the samples out of some others too , but what Noah had written around them fitted their shapes too perfectly to lose . Whirlpool does use some of the backing parts from "Things Like this (A little bit deeper)" from my All things being Equal solo LP.

Can I clarify if there were songs that inspired the main instrumental melodies for the songs without actual samples? You mentioned/posted, I believe, It's Growing by the Temptations for Everyday; and That Boy's Messin' Up My Mind by the Raindrops as a similar chord progression to Whirlpool (and Danger); also, the use of backing parts from your song Things Like This (A Little Bit Deeper). A user on Reddit pointed out similarities to Let Her Dance by The Bobby fuller Four and Everything's Been Leading to This (and I can hear that, there's even a similar breakdown), and maybe someone's noted that here, too. Were there any specific touchstones or considered samples for Whirlpool (other than the two above, if at all), and for In My Body?

Here's the undersea backing for "whirlpool" . I think it's fairly low in the mix , but it gave a vibe to go in on.
Pretty sure the strings float up thru the mix . It gave a soret of reverby aura to what we added . Smelt like the 50s . Had that old fashioned dusty smell somehow .

https://wetransfer.com/downloads/e5de1b ... 319/060785

Yeah - there we're loops in all those originally . I wish we'd use "that boy" as a loop .... but not sadly... but it does use the same chords . Yeah , we had a couple of diff loops from " Let her dance " in "Everything's" , but didn't use them . It';s growing too we had the intro & then a loop of trhat rolling intro . For some reason my tracks we're more easy to take the samples out ....especially after Noah did some extra parts & I found those freaky little keyboard arpeggio riffs .


Loving this . Uke sounds killer

love your words and perspectives shared, Pete.

curious if there were (many) tracks that were made for the project and didn't make it, or if the intention was always 9 (6 + 3 with the Panda Panda Sonic pattern) and you chipped away at perfecting those

with my favorite track constantly shifting, i had to sit down and mark how many songs have been considered my "favorite" at some point so far:

pre-release: Whirpool snip
first listen: Edge of the Edge and Gettin' to the Point
next listens: In My Body
one week in: Livin' in the After
this week: Everyday and Danger

i absolutely CANNOT get enough of the bassline on "Whirpool" - instant good mood when i lock into that, plus all that sparkle floating all over the place...wow, like sunbeams dancing across the ocean

Are you talking about This Boy by the Beatles? That intro always stands out, got a real doo-wop feel. Or maybe there's another song named That Boy I'm not familiar with.

Hey tulis . No , but i do like that Shirelles/Luther Dixon jam called Boys that the Beatles did . "that boy is messing up my mind" by the Raindrops . Would LOVE to hear the Beatles do it too....

Man getting to the point is so powerful. Reading all these words about the album is making me appreciate it tenfold, and I've been busy as hell cuz I finally finished moving but man if this hasn't already been a massive soundtrack for my life right now...
The only other album in personal importance that felt this massive to me was when I discovered MPP and listened to that every time I rode my bike down to Jones Beach...
Seriously, this might be my favorite album ever made. Everything speaks to me on such a spiritual level, it feels like I was with you guys in the room coming up with these ideas they're so... personal? So introspective in such a cognitive, subconscious and fulfilling way...
The combination of the two greatest minds in music right now? I finally got my second win and now I "get" SP3 (specifically your stuff Pete, and I've gotten around to listening to ATB= and wow!!! really does feel like the prequel to Reset in a way, and it really blew me away too), like wow "I love you" is amazing...
Anyway sorry to get sidetracked, just feels like there's so much to appreciate. One of these days I totally feel inclined to do like a reader response deconstruction of this thing, just wanna write my heart out about it... thank you guys so much for all the magic and love

I've been trying not to overplay this and so have only listened every couple of days but man it is always such a treat and it keeps getting better and better even though I loved it the first time I heard it. it's been blossoming beautifully, the sequencing is so perfect and the songs and sounds are so euphoric, it's been really taking me to my happy place

found this awesome jam yesterday . Made me think of Tropic of Cancer a tiny bit

Pete, in a effort to not overplay reset i started revisiting some old spacemen records i haven’t listened to in years and your old spectrum records, really nice vibes to revisit, I was curious about how you feel about all that material in retrospect. I’ve really been enjoying highs,
Lows and soul kiss these past 3 or 4 days