{"product_id":"ganser-animal-hospital-blue","title":"Ganser- Animal Hospital - Blue (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe right songs, strung together, give a revitalized vision of our\r\nsurroundings, as if fresh eyes can be granted by rhythm alone,\r\nfind new shapes for the weathered wireframe of the world and\r\nsee the shadows as they dance with the light of day. Animal\r\nHospital, the new LP from Chicago art punks Ganser, is a\r\nmonument to observation, a tome of stray thoughts gathered\r\nwhile moving through a crowd coalesced into a collective take\r\non the absurd contradictions of lives moving past.\r\nAnimal Hospital is Ganser at their most dynamic, stretching the\r\nconfines of their sonic boundaries into new territory, testing the\r\nelastic limits of sound. The core of the band, Alicia Gaines,\r\nSophie Sputnik, and Brian Cundiff, remain steadfastly\r\ncommitted to propulsive patterns; drums that pound exacting\r\nbeats on the heart, pulse quickened by bass and guitars,\r\nsynths to calm the nerves. Building endless rhythm beneath\r\nfeet moving in time on a dance floor, or a sidewalk\r\nmasquerading as one.\r\nWhat has been gathered here is a collection of observations,\r\nrecollections of the minutes that turned to days spent\r\nwitnessing the humanity within people shift and spin in new\r\ndirections. People changed stripes and spots, or maybe they\r\njust revealed the marks they always held. Lives became held at\r\na distance. Masks pulled tight. There's a profundity to be found\r\nin exploring the the surreal truths lurking in our hearts, that the\r\nsad and the mundane can play so effortlessly with the absurd\r\nand beautiful to make something haunting, something striking,\r\nsongs that sting and soar and beg you to dance all at once.\r\nRecorded at Jamdek Studios by Doug Malone (with additional\r\nrecording by Nick Broste at Electrical Audio) and produced in\r\npartnership with longtime collaborator Angus Andrews (Liars)\r\nbetween January and March of 2025, Animal Hospital is a\r\nmasterwork of Ganser's long-honed craft. Songs that began life\r\nas notes scratched as far back as 2020 (save for \"stripe\", a\r\ndemo reworked from 2001) that have been honed and\r\ncommitted here to tape, pressed into wax. Ganser has built\r\ntheir sound out, constructed walls that tower to new heights,\r\njoined on the record by Charlie Landsman and Dove Hollis to\r\nshore up the foundation.\r\nTime on the road with artists like IDLES, McLusky and Ted Leo,\r\nalongside shows with Amyl \u0026amp; The Sniffers, Bikini Kill, Viagra\r\nBoys and so many more have only sharpened the indelible\r\ntalent that lurks in all corners of Ganser's work, filtering the\r\nabsurd and the profound through a prism and emerging with\r\nmusic that refuses to believe that any one thing is true, that\r\ninstead all things hold strength and secrets in their shadows,\r\nand it's only in beckoning us all to the floor and giving us\r\npurpose that we can understand the inescapable beauty of all\r\ncontradictory things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrack List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlack Sand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Stripe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ten Miles Tall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dig Until I Reach the Moon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Grounding Exercises\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Half Plastic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Speaking of the Future\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Creature Habits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lounger\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Discount Diamonds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Plato\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Left to Chance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e UPC \u0026gt; 792105762906 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Format \u0026gt; New Vinyl \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Label \u0026gt; Felte Records \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Release Date \u0026gt; Release Date: 8.29.25 \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46525180117213,"sku":"792105762906","price":24.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4440142-3413373.jpg?v=1750969423","url":"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/products\/ganser-animal-hospital-blue","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}