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Feed the Animals
Electronic · 2008 · 14 tracks · 53m

Feed the Animals

June 19, 2008 · Illegal Art

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The sound of a digital era reaching its boiling point.

Feed the Animals is a relentless, high-definition collage that treats the history of pop, rock, and hip-hop as a single, infinite playground. It is the ultimate party record, designed to trigger constant dopamine hits through the joy of recognition and the thrill of unexpected juxtapositions.

Every track is a dense thicket of hooks that shouldn't work together but somehow do, creating a sense of manic, unbridled joy. What makes it distinctive is the technical precision. Gregg Gillis doesn't just play two songs at once; he weaves hundreds of fragments into a cohesive, driving narrative.

It feels like a fever dream of a radio dial spinning uncontrollably, yet every transition is perfectly beat-matched and harmonically aligned.

The album moves with a breakneck speed that mirrors the information overload of the early internet age. You should own this because it is a historical document of the 2008 internet-mashup culture at its absolute zenith.

It captures a specific moment of copyright-defying creativity and pure, unadulterated fun. It is an album that demands your full attention while simultaneously forcing you to move, a rare feat of technical wizardry that never loses its heart or its sense of humor.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 53m
01
Play Your Part, Part 1
4:45
02
Shut the Club Down
3:07
03
Still Here
3:57
04
What It’s All About
4:15
05
Set It Off
3:42
06
No Pause
3:12
07
Like This
3:21
08
Give Me a Beat
4:12
09
Hands in the Air
4:20
10
In Step
3:23
11
Let Me See You
4:04
12
Here’s the Thing
4:45
13
Don’t Stop
2:58
14
Play Your Part, Part 2
3:25
Moments Worth Listening For
The moment in 'Play Your Part (Pt. 1)' where the 'In the Air Tonight' drums trigger a massive transition into rap verses
The jarring but perfect collision of Avril Lavigne's 'Girlfriend' with the galloping riffs of Iron Maiden's 'The Number of the Beast'
The closing stretch of 'In One Ear' where the 'Tiny Dancer' piano provides a surprisingly emotional foundation for a flurry of samples
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