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▓█▓▓█ Artist.....[ Animal Names ▀████▄█▓
██▓▀ Album......[ Ballet Bones ▀▓██
▄ █▓█ █ Label......[ Citystarfleet Recordings █ █▓█ ▄
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▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ English ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2008-08-06 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2007-00-00 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
█▀▀ ▄▓█▀ Rip Tool...[ EAC ▀█▓▄ ▀▀█
▓█▄████▀ Encoder....[ LAME 3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ▀████▄█▓
▀█▓▀ Quality....[ 189 kbps AVG VBR 44.1/Joint Stereo ▀▓█▀
▄ █▓█▄▓█▓ Url........[ http://www.partyanimalnames.com ▓█▓▄█▓█ ▄
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█▓ 01 Something And The Infinite Gladness 3:00 ▓█
█▓ 02 Skyline Teeth 3:46 ▓█
█▓ 03 Kurt Cobain Road 3:06 ▓█
█▓ 04 Made In The Sticks 3:25 ▓█
█▓ 05 Other Fingers / Fish Hooks 3:50 ▓█
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█▓ 07 Grinder Deluxxx 2:38 ▓█
█▓ 08 Rect Baskets 4:01 ▓█
█▓ 09 Very "1994" 3:09 ▓█
█▓ 10 We Mean Big (Cu Ft) 3:32 ▓█
█▓ 11 Ript Men 4:21 ▓█
█▓ 12 Ok I'm Red 3:18 ▓█
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█░█▒ number of local bands (The Buzzing Bees, Slow Kids ▒█░█
█░█▒ Playing Fast, The Day After Tomorrow Band), Chris ▒█░█
█░█▒ vanderLaan packed his amps and moved to Vancouver. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Now that heÆs gathered a musical caravan sizable ▒█░█
█░█▒ enough to unleash a sonic storm upon the country, ▒█░█
█░█▒ vanderLaan is bringing Animal Names and Baby ▒█░█
█░█▒ Control to Calgary for a pair of shows this ▒█░█
█░█▒ weekend. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Fast Forward: How does it feel to return to your ▒█░█
█░█▒ hometown after moving west? ▒█░█
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█░█▒ vanderLaan: IÆve spent the last three years ▒█░█
█░█▒ working, eating pizza, drinking Slurpees and ▒█░█
█░█▒ playing music. Is that what the Prodigal Son spent ▒█░█
█░█▒ his time doing? I canÆt recall the story that well. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Both of your bands have new albums, and the ▒█░█
█░█▒ differences between the two seem enormous. Baby ▒█░█
█░█▒ ControlÆs Best War sounds like lo-fi early Æ90s ▒█░█
█░█▒ grunge rock, whereas Animal NamesÆ Ballet Bones has ▒█░█
█░█▒ more of a modern pop sound. Do the bands share any ▒█░█
█░█▒ similarities? ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Both bands write pop songs; we just come at the ▒█░█
█░█▒ music in different ways. I think obnoxiously loud ▒█░█
█░█▒ sounds can be just as appealing as quiet ones. I ▒█░█
█░█▒ donÆt differentiate between playing a xylophone and ▒█░█
█░█▒ banging a guitar against an amp, as long as the ▒█░█
█░█▒ result sounds good. Both bands use similar ▒█░█
█░█▒ dynamics, too ù to different degrees. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Can you describe how you crafted Best War? Were you ▒█░█
█░█▒ listening to old grunge rock at the time? ▒█░█
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█░█▒ I donÆt know what everyone else was using for ▒█░█
█░█▒ reference, but, for me, it was (NirvanaÆs) In Utero ▒█░█
█░█▒ and Fairy God Fighters by Party of Helicopters, ▒█░█
█░█▒ arguably two of the best records ever. Some of the ▒█░█
█░█▒ songs on our album are actually quite old ù Dann ▒█░█
█░█▒ Tompkins, Zoδ Verkuylen and I started playing ▒█░█
█░█▒ together almost three years ago. It was a really ▒█░█
█░█▒ slow process because Zoδ was always away with work, ▒█░█
█░█▒ and our neighbours kept calling the police every ▒█░█
█░█▒ time we tried to practise. Things started to click ▒█░█
█░█▒ when Mark Colavecchia joined the band and we found ▒█░█
█░█▒ a space where the cops stopped interrupting us. ▒█░█
█░█▒ ItÆs by far the most co-operative songwriting ▒█░█
█░█▒ process IÆve ever been a part of. Our songs are ▒█░█
█░█▒ quite calculated. They sound exactly the way we ▒█░█
█░█▒ want them to. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Is this different from your songwriting process in ▒█░█
█░█▒ Animal Names? ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Animal Names now makes up songs in much the same ▒█░█
█░█▒ way that Baby Control does. At first, though, I had ▒█░█
█░█▒ a number of songs that IÆd been working on by ▒█░█
█░█▒ myself after moving to Vancouver. I spent about a ▒█░█
█░█▒ year recruiting new people to perfect them and ▒█░█
█░█▒ record enough other songs to make an album. IÆm ▒█░█
█░█▒ very glad to see that what started as a vanity ▒█░█
█░█▒ project for me has turned into a functioning band. ▒█░█
█░█▒ I recommend it for anyone that wants to be in a ▒█░█
█░█▒ band with their most talented friends but is too ▒█░█
█░█▒ shy to ask. Just ask them to help with an album ▒█░█
█░█▒ youÆre working on and then cast spells on them so ▒█░█
█░█▒ that they show up once or twice a week to start ▒█░█
█░█▒ working on new songs. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ returning home? ▒█░█
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█░█▒ It is exciting to be coming to Calgary to play. ▒█░█
█░█▒ IÆve never actually been to the Hifi Club or ▒█░█
█░█▒ EMMEDIA. I would feel more nostalgic if the shows ▒█░█
█░█▒ were at the Night Gallery or Carpenters Union Hall, ▒█░█
█░█▒ but it will be fun to drive down the same streets ▒█░█
█░█▒ in a different junky van. IÆm looking forward to ▒█░█
█░█▒ going to BuddhaÆs Veggie and Veggie House before ▒█░█
█░█▒ the shows. Afterwards, I predict IÆll sit in my ▒█░█
█░█▒ parentsÆ basement with my bandmates and make them ▒█░█
█░█▒ watch the video of the time my sister and I were on ▒█░█
█░█▒ that old game show Kidstreet. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ http://www.partyanimalnames.com ▒█░█
█░█▒ http://www.myspace.com/citystarfleet ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Note: Label and band sites suck this was available ▒█░█
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