Alex G – God Save the Animals LP

“God” figures in the new album from Philadelphia, PA based Alex Giannascoli's LP’s title, its first song, and multiple of its thirteen tracks thereafter, not as a concrete religious entity but as a sign for a generalized sense of faith (in something, anything) that fortifies Giannascoli, or the characters he voices, amid the songs’ often fraught situations.

Beyond the ambient inspiration of pop, Giannascoli has been drawn in recent years to artists who balance the public and hermetic, the oblique and the intimate, and who present faith more as a shared social language than religious doctrine.

As with his previous records, Giannascoli wrote and demoed these songs by himself, at home; but, for the sake of both new tones and “a routine that was outside of my apartment,” he asked some half-dozen engineers to help him produce the “best” recording quality, whatever that meant. The result is an album more dynamic than ever in its sonic palette.

Label: Domino – WIGLP507X
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: USA & Canada
Released: Sep 23, 2022
Genre: Rock, Pop
Style: Indie Pop, Indie Rock, Folk Rock, Experimental

Tracklist

A1 After All
A2 Runner
A3 Mission
A4 S.D.O.S
A5 No Bitterness
A6 Ain't It Easy
A7 Cross the Sea
B1 Blessing
B2 Early Morning Waiting
B3 Immunity
B4 Headroom Piano
B5 Miracles
B6 Forgive