THE GIRAFFES

The Giraffes albums were all recorded between 1996 and 2001 on 8-track cassette. During the height of the success of THE PRESIDENTS OF THE USA I had an urge to keep playing around with writing songs in a different style than the band so I did and instead of calling it by my name I decided to invent a pretend band called THE GIRAFFES. I made the band up of a gang of puppets and toys and even invented a fake history and bio for the group. The albums became an outlet for a style and feel of songs that did not fit in THE PRESIDENTS. I got to explore a bit more of a dark theme and make albums without a democratic creative environment which I came to learn was really important for me. The third Giraffes album came out way later than the other two when in 2014 I noticed that I had a ton of material that had never been released that fit the feel of THE GIRAFFES.

WE HEAR MUSIC - disc 1

The Giraffes

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  1. 1
    0:00/2:21
  2. 2
    Bill 2:46
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  3. 3
    Stung 2:57
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  4. 4
    0:00/1:50
  5. 5
    Grief 3:10
    0:00/3:10
  6. 6
    0:00/2:51
  7. 7
    0:00/3:27
  8. 8
    0:00/3:00
  9. 9
    0:00/2:59
  10. 10
    0:00/2:40
  11. 11
    0:00/1:54
  12. 12
    0:00/2:56
  13. 13
    0:00/2:54
  14. 14
    0:00/2:35
  15. 15
    0:00/4:15
  16. 16
    0:00/3:12
  17. 17
    0:00/3:26

WE HEAR MUSIC - disc 2

The Giraffes

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  1. 1
    0:00/3:35
  2. 2
    0:00/2:28
  3. 3
    0:00/3:47
  4. 4
    0:00/2:45
  5. 5
    0:00/2:30
  6. 6
    0:00/3:30
  7. 7
    0:00/2:45
  8. 8
    0:00/2:40
  9. 9
    0:00/3:20
  10. 10
    0:00/2:28
  11. 11
    0:00/2:12
  12. 12
    0:00/3:23
  13. 13
    0:00/2:51
  14. 14
    0:00/2:44
  15. 15
    0:00/3:15
  16. 16
    0:00/3:35

ZERO FRICTION

The Giraffes

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  1. 1
    0:00/3:25
  2. 2
    0:00/3:22
  3. 3
    0:00/2:46
  4. 4
    0:00/3:27
  5. 5
    0:00/2:59
  6. 6
    0:00/3:42
  7. 7
    0:00/3:16
  8. 8
    0:00/3:36
  9. 9
    0:00/2:37
  10. 10
    0:00/2:02
  11. 11
    0:00/3:04
  12. 12
    0:00/3:02
  13. 13
    Great 3:18
    0:00/3:18
  14. 14
    0:00/2:54

THE DAYS ARE FILLED WITH YEARS

the giraffes

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  1. 1
    0:00/3:39
  2. 2
    0:00/3:07
  3. 3
    0:00/2:54
  4. 4
    0:00/3:23
  5. 5
    0:00/2:28
  6. 6
    0:00/3:21
  7. 7
    0:00/2:40
  8. 8
    0:00/3:03
  9. 9
    0:00/3:16
  10. 10
    0:00/3:15
  11. 11
    0:00/3:18
  12. 12
    0:00/2:37
  13. 13
    0:00/7:21

13 OTHER DIMENSIONS

the giraffes

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  1. 1
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  2. 2
    0:00/3:14
  3. 3
    0:00/3:49
  4. 4
    0:00/3:45
  5. 5
    0:00/1:40
  6. 6
    0:00/2:35
  7. 7
    0:00/3:01
  8. 8
    0:00/3:15
  9. 9
    0:00/3:01
  10. 10
    0:00/4:05
  11. 11
    0:00/2:47
  12. 12
    0:00/2:55
  13. 13
    0:00/2:17