Collected Animals

Bad news for those attending the upcoming tour: Dave is sick and his voice is almost completely shot. He played for only like 45 minutes tonight in boston and didn't even sing for the last three songs. I talked to him after the show and he said he's going to try to keep the tour going but no guarantees as to whether he's going to improve or not

Dave nooooooooooo!!!!!

geez, poor guy. that must be crazy frustrating after last year's thing. hope hes better soon...

hmm does he have an underlying chronic illness? whats the deal? i guess its common to get sick at least once a year. maybe he'll recover fast. poor guy.

Wow, I really feel for Dave. Must be hard to come to terms with the fact that he's not going to make a proper recovery as long as he continues the tour in the shape that he's in. He should probably postpone the rest of the tour, in chunks, spread out over the rest of the year! Poor guy,

Maybe he needs to start singing from his diaphragm.

geraldine you sly devil

I'm amazed that he's been able to continue for 14 years screaming for an hour every night. Maybe he needs to start writing hushed ballads :/

worried for him and the future islands guy's voices....

I'm amazed that he's been able to continue for 14 years screaming for an hour every night. Maybe he needs to start writing hushed ballads :/

Maybe he needs to start singing from his diaphragm.

These are both great ideas. I'm not going to assume Dave doesn't know how sing/project his voice properly but he's gotta do something to save himself from permanent damage. If this gets worse, I think it could signal another big change for Avey.... in his vocal delivery? will he consider being a studio-only artist (I wouldn't mind that)? Will he take an extended hiatus from music life? I just hope he's ok.

I was wondering if maybe he's headed for something similar to what happened to Joanna Newsom. She used to sing in a strained unnatural way, er naturally, and then she blew it out and got vocal chord damage, and then came back with a different, and kind of prettier voice... hmm

remember guys, he is sick. dont assume that his voice is dying, maybe he just needs to take some damn vitamins and improve his immune system

its our job to freak out thats what we do best

Listening to the actual album for the first time and this is pretty great

RIP Dave's voice.

Who will be the new Animals Collection singer?

the deakin sang 1 track on chz i think, maybe him????

it's time for geologist to step up to the plate

^isn't there some interview where Brian actually admits that he's a classically trained tenor with a range spanning 4 octaves?

Im at moogfest and aveys sposed to play saturday. I dont care if he sings or not, i just hope he feels good when hes playing. And instrumental slasher flix set might be great - would be cool if they made up for the singing and jammed more loosy freaky. Whatever they do, i just hope aveys vibing

Listening to the actual album for the first time and this is pretty great

what took ya?

Im at moogfest and aveys sposed to play saturday. I dont care if he sings or not, i just hope he feels good when hes playing. And instrumental slasher flix set might be great - would be cool if they made up for the singing and jammed more loosy freaky. Whatever they do, i just hope aveys vibing

yeah, in the boot D.A.D posted, they jam for a bit in Duplex Trip and it's pretty cool

Get better soon my Davey babey

^ That last dude was high, please ignore him...

i thought it was pretty qft

wait wtf happened please explain I wont do whatever it is I did again though I am quite confused as to what was worth purging.

wait: i think i understand now. i checked my own post history -- the invention of the internet is powerfully useful

you may all carry on, and while I wasn't high then originally, I totally was now - HA HA HA



on topic:

slasher flicks is a great band by a great band and they're gonna do great

elks wrote:

Listening to the actual album for the first time and this is pretty great

what took ya?

Waited for the madison show to listen to slasher flicks, and then just listened to studio versions the other day

dat madison show was so tyte. Sucks that this tour is potentially over.

Oh no... what if Dave decides to stop screaming on future AC albums? And tours?

I wouldn't even care if they hired a 5th member just to scream for him. A la Beatles/Billy Preston.

If it ain't Avey screams I don't want'em

If it ain't Avey screams I don't want'em

This. There can be only ONE.

There are some choice Noah screams live but they're much more rare and only happen when Noah's really feeling it. I'd be ok with him taking over those duties.

Thinking of putting together a lil' cover of A Sender

do it!!

can we double the vocals with each other pls

2 late. vox kinda suck though so if you want the instrumental i can send it to you
[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/wrswrswrswrs/a-sender-avey-tares-slasher-flicks-cover[/soundcloud]

Really sick clamz. I think the vox sound p good. If anything I would've just mixed them a lil quieter but I always make vox quiet so that's just me. I am amazed at how fast you can turn stuff out dude.

Looks like Slasher Flicks played moogfest yesterday, anyone have a report on Avey's voice/health?

Where u get ur information from?

Where u get ur information from?

there are pictures/videos posted online from the festival

that's so awesome clams, and such an amazing song. yeah, great job dude.