Dinosaur's Pen

Hey, I meant to ask you about this!

I keep seeing it likened to Campfire Headphase x Geogaddi and I agree with that read. I was surprised how much it reminded me of Campfire Headphase on first listen, I was not expecting the strings and psychedelia and more organic feel overall given the singles that were released.

I feel like it continues the eschatological themes of Tomorrow's Harvest. I doubt it's intentional but I can't shake the mental image of it as something post-post apocalyptic, far, far in the future in a world marked by but uninhabited by human beings. It feels very cosmic, a bit nihilistic, seeped in memory and yet not really nostalgic.

Production-wise it feels special, interesting things going on with the manipulation of the vocal samples (especially on Father & Son), and the audio engineering overall feels really polished. Maybe too polished, I like the layer of grit on older BoC. (This was also a "complaint" I had for Tomorrow's Harvest and it went on to be my favorite of their LPs, so take it with a grain of salt.) I would also like to take a moment to mourn the lack of numbers stations or other radio transmission-y sounds, another favorite auditory flourish of BoC's music, but it does make sense thematically if there really is no one left ...

When you run out of space or money, whatever happens first.