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Smooth enchantment of a Chopin nocturne, the bracing tonic effervescence of a Charlie Parker solo, and the stark darkness of a Philip Glass mix tape.

“Great Escape” … In a perfect world, this megahit would top the charts.

The Animals at Night describe themselves as melding the R&B of Eddie Floyd, the soul of Gil Scott Heron, the synths of Michael Andrews and the rock guitar of Sonic Youth. That’s a fair assessment, but the truth is more complicated, more subtle and more lovely than that. Suffice to say that Cut to Chase Chorus and Fade is a delicate, beautiful gift of personal and powerful art…

Original review link:

http://www.eastportlandblog.com/?p=12349

Cut to Chase Chorus and Fade (CD (Digipak) Vinyl and Digital Download) 2011

1. The Emperor’s Dirty Clothes
2. Great Escape
3. Once When I Was King
4. Tiger Stripes
5. Dead Session
6. The Bull is Back In
7. Dust to Burn
8. Nobody Moves, Nobody Gets Hurt
9. Dying Slow on Sunday Morning
10. We Are Lights on the Way Out

Rain Falls on Asphalt (CD and Digital Download) 2008

1. Panicgrass and Feverfew
2. California Lightning
3. Petals Up
4. Grease the Wheels
5. Dirty Murals
6. Objects in the Mirror
7. Bruce Lee at Hi Speed
8. Write Out Out
9. Holiday in Hi-Fi
10. Sundowner

The Northwest Remixed
(Free CD) 2008

1. The Animals at Night “Petals Up” (Original Mix)
2. Velella Velella “The Hunter” (the Animals at Night Remix)
3. Transmissionary Six “Deprogram You” (the Animals at Night Remix)
4. Head Like a Kite “Words of a Friend” (the Animals at Night Remix)
5. Daniel G. Harmann “Beer From a Bottle” (the Animals at Night Remix)
6. The Animals at Night “Petals Up” (NRDLNGR Remix)
7. Kristin Hersh “Slippershell” (the Animals at Night Remix)
8. Zera Marvel “Honeymoon” (the Animals at Night Remix)
9. Elba “Interlude” (the Animals at Night Remix)
10. The Animals at Night “Fox in the Henhouse” (Original Mix)

The Animals at Night (CD and Digital Download) 2007

1. Fox in the Henhouse
2. Blue Skies Open Wide
3. Crystal Collidascope
4. Objects in the Mirror
5. Jaguar
6. Panicgrass and Feverfew
7. New Nova
8. Takeover Target
9. Holiday in Hi-Fi
10. Sundowner

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The Animals at Night finished 2 new mixes for their upcoming record in the Recovery Room Monday! “Wash Your Hands” and “To the Pure all Things are Pure”. Pure broken soul, rock and roll goodness.

If you are a salmon at Carkeek Park, this is how the Animals at Night may look to you. Shot with a GoPro Hero Camera:

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Graig Markel, the musician and producer behind The Animals at Night, calls their sound “Broken Soul”—a blend of downtempo, rock and R & B that would fit nicely between Hot Chip and Head Like a Kite (who Markel produced) on a mixtape. It’s pretty great stuff, from a wildly creative and largely unheralded local talent. Members of Modest Mouse and the Long Winters contributed percussive and multi-instrumental prowess on last year’s Cut to Chase Chorus and Fade, with sexy results. Check out their new jams at tonight’s show, a CD release for The Quit’s Stars Invisible By Day. Mal El Mer, with members formerly of the Divorce and Slender Means, open. RACHEL SHIMP
Fri., Aug. 6, 8 p.m., 2010

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