Collected Animals

oh cool that makes much more sense now thx colin dude

chz clams power ranking

amanita > gotham > today's supernatural > mercury man > monkey riches > new town burnout > honeycomb > father time > applesauce > moonjock > crimson > pulleys > rosie oh

i'll play..
crimson | monkey riches | father time | amanita | applesauce | today's supernatural | pulleys | new town burnout | moonjock | rosie oh | gotham | wide eyed | mercury man | honeycomb
i think. today. not always. i love all of these songs.

father time, rosie oh and today's supernatural [or their names at the time] were my favorite songs from 2011 tour..

I guess ill play too

New Town Burnout > Mercury Man > Amanita > Monkey Riches > Rosie Oh > Crimson > Moonjock > Gotham > Pulleys > Honeycomb > Wide Eyed > Applesauce > Father Time > Todays Supernatural

I don't know why but I've never liked Todays Supernatural at all.

Rosie Oh > Mercury Man > Today's Supernatural > Monkey Riches > Applesauce > New Town Burnout > Moonjock > Wide Eyed > Pulleys > Amanita > Father Time

(Honeycomb > Crimson > Gotham)

Applesauce>Monkey Riches>Moonjock>Today's Supernatural>New Town Burnout>Amanita>Rosie Oh>Father Time>Wide Eyed>Mercury Man>Pulleys

Also Gotham>Crimson>Honeycomb or something idk

Amanita>Applesauce>Moonjock>New Town Burnout>Today's Supernatural>Rosie Oh>Mercury Man>Pulleys>Monkey Riches>Father Time>Wide Eyed (sorry Deak, I like your solo stuff a whole lot though.)

Moonjock is my favorite AC jam right now, and has been since I first heard it. I've been a lurker since 2007, following the boards around like a sex addict looking for vag. My point is that I know this topic has been discussed to death, but I didn't really relate to anyone who was saying that CHz was 'confusing' or 'too much noise'. When I heard it, everything seemed so well thought out and perfectly placed. Granted there are a few tracks that I don't love (rosie oh, wide eyed, studio version of monkey) but it's up there with the best of AC releases. It fits perfectly in to the AC discography.

yea avey def recorded the vocals wrong for monkey riches but he got it right on the tours after the release of the album
before the album the bridge went:
WHY am i still lookin for a golden aggee
the studio one is like:
why am i still lookin for a golden AGEE
n the tours after is like
two of the studio version
then he bangs out two of the angsty pre studio melody versions
hell yea

damn archie that is some in depth analysis, well put my friend

damn archie sick!

yeah I remember being super bummed out about that vocal melody in particular when the album came out, loved the way he sings it live. Just seemed more emotional and intense.

Applesauce > New Town Burnout > Amanita > Today's Supernatural > Honeycomb > Moonjock > Crimson > Monkey Riches > Rosie Oh > Father Time > Gotham > Wide Eyed > Mercury Man > Pulleys

k i'm going to try

Moonjock > Applesauce > Rosie Oh > Honeycomb > Today's Supernatural > Amanita > Father Time > New Town Burnout > Monkey Riches > Crimson > Gotham > Wide Eyed > Mercury Man > Pulleys

When you take the lyrics to this album literally as a conversation between each band member...it's kind of weird.

Also the Deak is like a cyber punk Zordon god-like wizard sage and is all "bros...cool it!"

couldn't agree with this post more

crimson>father time>rosie oh>applesauce>amanita>moonjock>mercury man>gotham>new town burnout>monkey riches>todays supernatural>pulleys>honeycomb>wide eyed


i think.....

this albums lyrics are the strongest since feels imo

crimson has incredible lyrics

Moonjock is my favorite AC jam right now, and has been since I first heard it. I've been a lurker since 2007, following the boards around like a sex addict looking for vag. My point is that I know this topic has been discussed to death, but I didn't really relate to anyone who was saying that CHz was 'confusing' or 'too much noise'. When I heard it, everything seemed so well thought out and perfectly placed. Granted there are a few tracks that I don't love (rosie oh, wide eyed, studio version of monkey) but it's up there with the best of AC releases. It fits perfectly in to the AC discography.

LMAO. the rest is well put

k i'm going to try

Moonjock > Applesauce > Rosie Oh > Honeycomb > Today's Supernatural > Amanita > Father Time > New Town Burnout > Monkey Riches > Crimson > Gotham > Wide Eyed > Mercury Man > Pulleys

This is exactly what I would have wrote

moonjock > gotham > applesauce > new town burnout > today's supernatural > wide eyed > crimson > honeycomb > pulleys > mercury man > monkey riches > rosie oh > father time > amanita

moonjock seems to be pretty high up in everyone's lists??!?1 i def dont think its the best
altho the "by georgia i am hypnotised!" line gets me every time

The best part about moonjock is when Avey goes "and in the night tiiiiimme we'll sleep- WHAT" followed directly by that amazing buildup. That buildup is seriously always just completely stunning to me. It's a flawless aural representation of watching your surroundings zoom past you while accelerating on a highway or something.

i feel you on that archie and hellomark, moonjock was the first track to get me super "WOW" on the record..still love it jus as much but other parts of the album have creeped up on me that i didnt understand first listen. so much goodness on this cycle

The best part about moonjock is when Avey goes "and in the night tiiiiimme we'll sleep- WHAT" followed directly by that amazing buildup. That buildup is seriously always just completely stunning to me. It's a flawless aural representation of watching your surroundings zoom past you while accelerating on a highway or something.

seriously such a part - there's a riff in the live from T5 version that's more audible than on the album, and it makes that build so sweet

also, the super noisy busy outro is so so so good

The live version of Amanita with the laid back guitar is so sick. I think you can hear it in the T5 video on youtube

Moonjock is one of the BEST AC songs for reeaaall

woah moonjock at t5 is so good! much better than the album version
so is applesauce. you can hear aveys keyboard at the forefront in the intro and aveys uncompressed vocal effects!!!! best parts of applesauce

n i think in the performances they encapsulate the raw momentum that both of those songs have. like the "rush" part in applesauce, when it goes into "so why should i rush?" the whole band just pushes forward. definitely something that wasnt captured on the record very well

Moonjock is the new Slippi. I've said this before.

LOL I MADE STAN MAD SO EASY LOL

Yeah, I have been signed off work with a mental breakdown due to your posts

chz is a concept album about the number 4. There is a countdown to 4 in Moonjock, with each member coming in in a sequence (drums, bass noise, guitar, crazy vox), making clear that it is aware of itself as the return album of Deakin, completing the sacred 4. Of course there are 4 sides like with every double lp but the song Applesauce reiterates the number 4, (and a mayor, kid, farmer, chef....the countdown at the end, lizard, eagle, sole(soul?) and noble). Some of the structures seem to reference the number 4, sometimes having 4 distinct parts (i'd argue for ts, ntb, mercury, monkey, amanita), which fits into the whole concept of centipede like structures, having more than 3 parts to a song is a very distinct effect (most trad. pop songs have verse/chorus/bridge structures obvs, 3). The 4ness of the album, and the reuniting of the band is the reason the album sounds the way it does, intentionally. 4 is a weird number because its like a tipping point. 4...

lol

also you can't forget 4 to the floor

true

4 is my spirit number bros

I like to imagine it's a concept album about the band being sent to space (success) and Avey's like "bros, imagination won't get moldy..." and P-Bear is all "when I make it...back home...". Deaks is still wide eyed and Geo is hacking into the ship's mainframe. "No more at the wrooooong times!" says Noah. "Lift this weight!" The bros in unison shout "we're here to help you if you're feeling low." In the final scene, Geo has cracked the code and steering the ship deeper through space and time. Avey interrupts the Deak vs Panda game of Centipede the two have been playing after rebooting a junked computer with Windows 95 and asks "are you coming hiking?"

The saga continues in 2015

The saga continues in 2015

Heck yeah man !

Finally discovered the perfect alternate tracklist...

Moonjock
Today's Supernatural
Rosie Oh
Applesauce
Wide Eyed
Honeycomb
New Town Burnout
Monkey Riches
Crimson (Amanita)*


dark ass ep that would eventually follow...

Father Time
Gotham
Mercury Man
Pulleys
Amanita (Crimson)*

*switch depending on your mood/preference