Geologist: Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?

"Then again, if you've encountered this odd, pear-shaped instrument once associated with peasants and blind beggars before being embraced in the royal court during the reign of Louis XIV, then you'd hear the sound it actually emits-a high, wailing drone not unlike a bagpipe-and you'll understand why pop-minded artists haven't exactly embraced it. Fortunately, Geologist, née Brian Weitz, is not a pop-minded artist."

"Until now, Geologist was also the only Animal Collective member without a proper solo album to his name. That changes with Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?, an odd, pleasingly unclassifiable instrumental record that was inspired, bizarrely enough, by a hurdy-gurdy performance he saw Keiji Haino play 28 years ago. Geologist reimagines the instrument as a vehicle for psychedelic expan"

Geologist, born Brian Weitz, moves from a behind-the-scenes role in Animal Collective to release his first solo album, Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?. The record is instrumental, odd, and unclassifiable, drawing on a hurdy-gurdy performance seen 28 years earlier by Keiji Haino. The hurdy-gurdy is described as a pear-shaped, ancient instrument that produces a high, wailing drone similar to a bagpipe, which has limited appeal in mainstream pop. Geologist, credited with samplers and electronics on Animal Collective records, reimagines that droning timbre as a source for psychedelic electronic expansion.

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