Friends,

My first album under the name Glass Animal, called Fiction Came First, is out on iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, Napster, Sony Connect and more, TODAY, FEBRUARY 20!

Holy Crap, it's me!

Tracklisting:
Fingertips (Waiting for Heat)
Eat, Grow, Destroy#
Syllables of Smoke
For Sons of Dying Fathers
The Last Song Ever (A Remix of "Robot Love," by The Pink Cammies)*
The Lifting*
Red Lines#
Sing Out!
For Mothers of Aging Children*
Diamond Stars*

*Listen on MySpace!
#Listen on PureVolume!

Beginning last night, I started posting background info on each of the album tracks on my official website. Every day, I'll be posting updates to give you an idea about how the music and words came together for each song. You can check out all the info at glassanimalindex.com

Finally, I am honored to have been chosen to appear on an mp3 compilation on the Italian website, milliondollarbands.it You can check out "The Lifting," alongside twelve other incredible electronic tracks. Be sure to check out Goddamn Electric Bill - that guy is insanely talented.

Thanks for reading, and enjoy the album!!
Mike

Oh my god.

Ok, so new record, right? I have been completely freaking out getting this thing done. I'm basically putting all my other projects on the backburner until the first week of October, when I need to hand this thing over to whoever is going to master it. I'll need to have the final master in my hands by Thanksgiving if I want to have it up on iTunes and eMusic by the end of January, which has been the objective since more than a year ago.

So what is this thing going to sound like? Well, it's shaping up to be between ten and twelve tracks, half-with-vocals, half instrumental. It's a record made up almost entirely of samples I have collected with my little handheld recorder, but I do use synths and drum machines wherever it's necessary to support the found sounds. It is definitely a melody-driven record, but I have a habit of cranking the beats to the point where the audio geeks write me to complain.

The aim is that the album will be a great big mess of bells and static and melody. Use of guitars will be bare-minimum. I needed to avoid falling back on the instrument I have always fallen back on with my solo recording stuff. There will probably be two tracks with guitar: one with a loop composed of guitar resonance noises but no plucking, and one with a sampler instrument that plays guitar harmonic sounds. Hopefully, this gives you an idea of the aesthetic I'm going after.

Anyway, I'm excited. I hope you are too.  I'm also nervous as hell, which I hope you are not.

Best,
Mike

Hey everybody,

I haven't written on this since before Christmas, but I wanted to let everyone know that I have completely overhauled my Glass Animal official website.  Gone is the green.  In fact, I completely trashed all the reviews and stuff that used to be on there as well.  I discovered that a lot of people have been finding my site while searching for horrible porn.  It makes sense, I guess - I have a song called "College Girls" and my band is called "Glass Animal" but the kicker is that the old version of the site had a column called "Fucking Bullshit."  Hence, a lot of disgusting google searches turning my site up as a result. 

I'll say it now; I am trying to alienate the "horrible porn" audience.  However, if you want any of the stuff from the old site, you can e-mail me and I'll send a copy.  It was mostly reviews and columns about pop culture.

But FORGET THAT, BECAUSE THE NEW SITE IS UP AND IS SPECTACULAR!  You can find all of my songs to date available for FREE download, the Trailer to SNAKES ON A PLANE, regular updates, events, etc.

Speaking of events, my other band, KALPANA is playing a show in Brooklyn one week from tonight - Friday June 9 at Union Pool.  9pm.  We have been completely slaying lately, so I don't see why this show would be any different.

And for the Glass Animal fans, I have like 4-5 songs in the process right now - some are nearly done, two are just starting points.  It takes awhile, sorry.  However, there will be a digital release in January.

Okay, thanks for reading,
Mike

--glassanimalindex.com