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To the waking, the shaking and the volatile

by A N I M A L I A

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Unity 04:06
UNITY I tie my hands to the openness then I go The sky is grey slate the grass is pure gold And if I get to the ocean if I survive I’ll dedicate myself I’ll throw my body to the sharks And float away It’s getting cold now the wind comes howling in Birds of prey come to wrap me I feel their warmth on my shoulders Crickets singing it’s a choir of insects Past the branches there’s darkness I feel my humanness just – Fade Away And when there’s nothing left Just a bone dry field of skeletons It’s just this organism waking up I heard the Earth is crying now To wake me up
2.
Open Up 04:24
Open up – let the sky in Just admit you’re addicted To believing there’s something else Something to believe in If I open my hands out Will you fill them with sweetness? I’ve been wearing this grey cloud I’ve been falling, falling in and out Of something to believe in I dreamt of static The sky was made of electric And then we’re falling in – And then we’re falling out again Thoughts made of muscles, my feet to the ground Shedding off layers, my skin falling down Give me something, give me something I need to stand – Give me something Give me something – I can stand for
3.
All I’ve ever known – take what you’ve got and run All this to face alone – cracked broke and peeling And this is what’s needed and – oh what a way to go The price to understand – oh in the darkness and – oh this damp mattress And oh the light is breaking – outside it’s raining I find myself fading And oh – what a way to make an escape Alive in this spider web – I’m wrapped up in cord and thread And in my new skin – I wait at the door – for me When all is said and done – when the shock waves failing – the patterns breaking I need to become undone – when the sky turns pink – the stitches break And oh – what a way to make an escape
4.
Birds 04:01
Buildings growing high where there once were trees But the birds still fly higher in the breeze They say that something’s gotta break but I think it will be – Will be me Peppermint tea and the smell of wet cat fur And the sky goes grey and pink and therefore The rain comes tumbling down and it cleans the streets so easily And it’s hard to believe its real cause the world seems so damn – Cruel to me I stumble in the light to find my way And when the night comes I’m impatient for the day And there’s nothing else I can do but spread the word so hopelessly And if I could break those cages, I’d smash those chains – They’d all be free It’s hard to believe that the answers are all there And it’s hard to believe that we think life’s unfair And it’s hard to believe that you’re too busy – And you’re just too damn cool to care And you’re wrapped up in the image of your golden self – With your faceless dreams like there’s no one else And you’re walking down street like you own it all Like the sounds of machines were your chosen call To not give a fuck about anything at all
5.
Let me fall off the Earth ‘Cause I can’t relate to anything It’s all at once – Everything and Nothing I breathe in crystal air And the words that float there The waves comes crashing in Are both bleak and bright It’s all at once – Everything and Nothing It’s all painted white with soundless shuffling And an empty sky Can I touch the line where honest words Fracture and become – Just talking, talking, talking, talking Like there’s nothing else It’s just talking, talking, talking, talking Like it’s in the centre of everything And it’s all at once – Everything and nothing

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When consumption is the climate, what becomes the antidote? In her debut EP, To The Waking, The Shaking, and The Volatile, Animalia (Jill Krasnicki) confronts the whole of human stature– its ego; its disconnect; its blind oppression of Earth’s oldest and wisest elements.

Raw acoustics and melodic vocals roil this 5-track record into a soundscape to haunt and revel. Lyrically driven, the songs range from personal meditations to a broader critique of human myopia. But rather than pointing fingers, the album breathes a willful reflection on our inability to think beyond ourselves.

Based in Toronto, Animalia began her venture as an artist in her hometown in Tasmania, Australia after picking up her first bass guitar at the age of 15. Following a few years of performing and collaborating locally, the Aussie songstress brought her sounds abroad, situating herself in Ireland for a year and touring throughout cities in Europe and the UK.

In January 2012, Animalia spent 2 months locked inside her Toronto West End apartment where she recorded the sessions of To The Waking, The Shaking, and The Volatile. This self-engineered debut reveals a lo-fi and raw construct while incorporating guitar, bass, drums, keys and vocals– all produced by Jill Krasnicki and her relentless backdrop of cats and rats. (Benny, Luther, Polly, Mike, Killer.) The first track on the album, Unity, will appear in the upcoming Brandon Cronenberg film, Antiviral.

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released April 7, 2012

Vocals, guitar, bass, drums + keys by Jill Krasnicki. Self-recorded, produced, mixed + mastered

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