Edgewater by Animal Soup
Recorded on a mountain top outside Boulder, Colorado, EDGEWATER is the fourth full length studio album by Animal Soup and the first to feature a full band. The album is a sprawling epic that touches on themes of growing up, failure, nostalgia, distant romance, and reckoning with modern injustices and social upheaval. All this is set behind an exciting progressive rock backdrop, a wall-of-sound style of production, and the setting of the band's home state: Colorado. The album is musically diverse, from the synth-pop inspired electronics in Persistence, Resistance & Compliance, to the energetic rock of Breakfast of Champions, to the odd time signature frenzy of Snowfall In Loveland. It features fantastic musicianship, creativity, and a concept that makes for a rewarding full album experience.
The original concept for Edgewater was conceived by guitarist Josh Mundt in 2013 and the album was written, demoed, shelved, revisited, and reworked regularly throughout the following 7 years. In 2020, with a new lineup of Animal Soup formed, the project was revisited with new songs added including lyrical contributions from vocalist Faye Baulch. Recording commenced in July of 2020 and continued steadily through the second half of the year until completion in December 2020.
Tracklist
| 1. | Spring 2013 | 3:08 |
| 2. | Tower Road | 3:29 |
| 3. | Breakfast of Champions | 9:19 |
| 4. | Settle With Persephone | 5:38 |
| 5. | Persistence, Resistance, & Compliance | 10:35 |
| 6. | Prayer For the In-Between | 5:55 |
| 7. | Snowfall in Loveland | 9:43 |
| 8. | City in the Sky | 22:13 |
Credits
Faye Baulch - Vocals
Josh Mundt - Guitars
Eli Baumgarten - Keys
Elliott Elder - Bass
Brennen Schedler - Drums
Album artwork and photography - Sammi Mundt
Produced by Josh Mundt
License
All rights reserved.
From Denver Colorado, Animal Soup plays a special blend of progressive rock and pop. They draw from many different influences to create a diverse style of music.