Animal Hides, by blood warrior

Animal Hides

by blood warrior

supported by

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$10 USD or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited Edition Vinyl Pressing

Includes unlimited streaming of Animal Hides via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 5 days

edition of 300

Purchasable with gift card

$16 USD or more

1.	Golden Days 04:05	buy track
2.	Life Of Uncertainty 03:57	buy track
3.	Half Crazy 02:19	buy track
4.	Wooden Shade 04:00	buy track
5.	A Place To Hide 04:01	buy track
6.	Animal Hides 04:02	buy track
7.	Summer Breeze 04:50	buy track
8.	Drowning Flutes 03:00	buy track

about

Animal Hides is the third album by Blood Warrior. It's a collection of songs affected by the anxieties and securities of these times, documented by two friends in their late thirties, Joey Weiss and Greg Jamie (O’Death). Recorded onto tape at Joey Weiss’ studio in the Hudson Valley, Animal Hides was mixed and mastered by Kevin McMahon (Swans, The Walkman, Real Estate) and is being released by Ernest Jenning Record Co. (who also released the band’s 2010 debut) on November 15th, 2019.

The band always describes Blood Warrior as a project that “exists so two old friends can continue to make music and check in on each other”. Weiss and Jamie first met at summer camp in 1994 and have remained friends and music collaborators ever since. They have been continuously recording and releasing as Blood Warrior for over a decade, their albums existing as snapshots of different points in their lives. If Letter Ghost—the band's second album, released in 2015— was an introspective affair, dealing with the dissolution of Greg’s marriage, Animal Hides instead chooses to focus on the cultivation of community and family. The importance of finding a home, no matter how small, inside this strange, evolving world.

The songs on Animal Hides were written and recorded over a period of two years, a stretch that witnessed the birth of Joey’s first child. Accordingly, the band recorded in Joey’s studio in the Hudson Valley town of Rosendale, NY, while Greg, living in Portland, Maine, would make the drive every few months so they could continue working. The sessions interweaved with family dinners, milestones, and first birthdays. Earlier this year, Joey was preparing to mix the album when his studio console caught fire. Seeking help from local audio wizard Kevin McMahon, the two became quick friends and it became increasingly obvious that McMahon should mix the album at his studio—Marcata Recording—in New Paltz, NY. This combination created the most spacious and developed sound the band has yet produced.

credits

released November 15, 2019

license

about

blood warrior Portland, Maine

blood warrior is greg jamie and joey weiss. we are based in Kingston, NY and Portland, Maine. our new album, "Animal Hides", will be released this November!

contact / help

Contact blood warrior

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like blood warrior, you may also like:

Crazy Time
by Greg Jamie

supported by 15 fans who also own “Animal Hides”
go to album
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
by Big Thief

supported by 7 fans who also own “Animal Hides”

Choosing a favorite track for this one is honestly impossible. 9.5/10 angrypizza98
go to album
God's Country
by Chat Pile

supported by 6 fans who also own “Animal Hides”

One of the most unsettling albums i have heard in a while. Chat Pile creates a grotesque blend of noise and groove that brings me back everytime. scarface6204
go to album
Sanguinaria
by Avi C. Engel

Sanguine but uplifting, the Toronto singer-songwriter's "transfigured" folk songs ponder existential themes with grace and wonder. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 21, 2023
go to album
Too Many Souls
by Avi C. Engel

The haunting new record from Canadian folk artist Avi C. Engel bridges old and new traditions with a minimalist approach. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 24, 2024
go to album
Their Invisible Hands
by Avi C. Engel

A dreamy improv-folk collage from Toronto multi-instrumentalist Clara Engel, who plays cigar box guitar, talharpa, melodica, and many more. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 20, 2022
go to album
What's New, Tomboy?
by Damien Jurado

supported by 6 fans who also own “Animal Hides”

Damien Jurado doesn't miss. Pick a song and it will invite you in. Charlie Moonbeam
go to album