dear friends -

the animators played our last show together in 2007, but we still have one final holiday present for you: our music.

http://theanimators.com

we've posted our entire catalog on our website for free download: all three studio albums, a complete recording of our final show, and a handful of unreleased tracks.  it's one last thanks to you and to all of our fans, collaborators, supporters and fellow-travelers.  we hope you'll enjoy and share our music for a long time to come.

and in case you're curious about what each of us has been up to, here's the quick update:

alex is currently working on a new project with good friend and collaborator, Amber Rubarth, called The Paper Raincoat.  They plan to release an EP on March 5th with a show at the Canal Room, NYC, immediately followed by a tour to Sweden, France, and the UK...(http://myspace.com/thepaperraincoat).  He also continues to perform and tour with New York artists Vienna Teng (http://viennateng.com) and Deadbeat Darling (http://myspace.com/deadbeatdarling), and write and produce various artists out of Angelhouse Studios in Brooklyn. keep up with him here: http://myspace.com/donwongdemarco

devon has been living in beijing since july, eating too much duck and working with a harvard start-up, noank media (http://noankmedia.com) on a new model for legalizing file sharing.  he expects to return to new york in early 2008 and hopes to see many of you soon after!

kevin has been touring with ben jelen (custard records) supporting acts such as pete yorn and common.  ben and kevin will be out on the road again in '08 -- find tour dates at http://myspace.com/benjelen.  kevin also continues to rock out (with phil!) with newly-anointed SNL guitarist jared scharff (http://myspace.com/jaredscharffmusic) and with NYC rockers atomictom (www.weareatomictom.com). drop by http://myspace.com/kevinrice for a complete list of projects, shows, and updated news.

phil has spent the last six months working as a freelance audio engineer, with his work appearing on ESPN and HBO.  on the playing side, he's been keeping busy (with kevin!) with both Jared Scharff and the Royals and Atomictom, as well as various hired gigs. He continues to work on his own material; check it out (soon,  he promises!) at http://myspace.com/philipgalitzine .

from all of us, thank you again for your support through the years, and
thank you, one more time, for listening.


the animators