Animals
Studio album by This Town Needs Guns
Released	October 13, 2008 (UK) March 10, 2009 (US)
Recorded	The Lodge Studios, Northampton
Genre	Indie, Experimental, Math Rock
Length	43:35
Label	Big Scary Monsters, Sargent House
Producer	Max Read
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Animals is the debut album by Oxford based Math Rock band This Town Needs Guns. It had its UK release on the 13th of October, 2008 under BSM Records, and on the 10th of March, 2009 in the US, via Sargent House Records. It was recorded over the periods of March through until May on a four weekend basis due to financial and personal demands. It was all recorded at the Lodge Studios in Northampton^[1]

Every song on the album continues the same theme of being named after different types of animals. During the writing and recording phase, the band named each song with temporary names in order to avoid calling them formal titles, such as "New Track 1", etc. So, they settled with names of animals as a fleeting substitute for the song names, hoping to change them before release. However, the band eventually couldn't decide on official names to replace them with, so the titles remained as they were.^[2]

There has been a promotional video made for 'Panda', which was aired on the band's website and record label's YouTube page on the 3rd of September, 2008.^[3] However, this isn't an official single.

The album has been listed on the UK iTunes, but the track listing is incorrect; nearly all of the songs have been miss-titled .

[edit] Track listing

1. "Chinchilla" – 4:22
2. "Baboon" – 3:26
3. "Lemur" – 3:09
4. "Badger" – 4:53
5. "Quetzal" – 0:35
6. "Panda" – 3:25
7. "Elk" – 3:46
8. "Pig" – 3:46
9. "Gibbon" – 4:27
10. "Dog" – 2:52
11. "Crocodile" – 2:31
12. "Rabbit" – 4:43
13. "Zebra" – 1:50

[edit] US Track Listing

1. "Pig" - 3:48
2. "Baboon" - 3:26
3. "Panda" - 3:27
4. "Gibbon" - 4:26
5. "Rabbit" - 4:45
6. "Badger" - 4:53
7. "Elk" - 3:51
8. "Crocodile" - 2:31
9. "Quetzel" - 0:37
10. "Chinchilla" - 4:27
11. "Dog" - 2:55
12. "Lemur" - 3:11
13. "Zebra" - 2:08
14. "If I Sit Still, Maybe I'll Get Out Of Here (Bonus Track)" - 6:04
15. "26 Is Dancier Than 4 (Bonus Track)" - 4:48

[edit] References

1. ^ "Album Recording Location". http://www.thistownneedsguns.com/blog/?tag=studio-diary. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
2. ^ "Animal Naming theme". http://www.audioscribbler.co.uk/features/3766. Retrieved 2008-10-07. 
3. ^ "Panda Video". http://www.thistownneedsguns.com/blog/?p=127. Retrieved 2008-10-07.