Dec. 7th, 2022

"Familienrezepte"

1) Familienrezepte (5:00)

2) Sky Trunk (5:23)

Night Zoo was scheduled to play a show on Dec 7th, 2022 in Brooklyn, NY.  We unfortunately had to cancel the appearance, so as a token of good will this release was edited, mixed, and mastered in 4 hours to distribute at the Night Zoo-less event.  This package contains stickers, artwork and a code to download or stream the music via Bandcamp.  

These recordings will not be available anywhere else.  Limited to 50 copies.

"Familienrezepte" is an early version of a song from our upcoming full length album.  "Sky Trunk" is an improvisation from 2020.

Aug 15, 2022:

"Cold War Classics"

"Cool New York that has just a little twist of weirdness to their surf sound.  A nice record with some good originals and covers that accentuate the best parts of the originals in fun ways."

-Hunter King, Storm Surge Of Reverb

We don't fancy ourselves a "cover band," though we have traditionally rotated a handful of vintage surf tunes throughout our live sets ever since we first crawled out of the Gowanus Canal and onto the stage back in 2018.  This collection is our way of preserving & expanding, in recorded form, our interpretations of these "cold war classics," while also taking a stab at re-recording a few of our early original songs, previously only available in dubious fidelity.  These tracks, by comparison, were recorded in much better (and mostly analog) conditions.

There are two notable guest spots on "The Savage."  The bass part was contributed by Lucas Griffin, a longtime friend of the band and current bassist of The Ventures, and the absolutely dizzying guitar solo was provided by Aaron Bobis, our dear homie and ex-Night Zoo bassist circa 2018-2019.  To be fortunate enough to include them on this project is a treat to say the least.

Oct. 1st, 2020:

"Night Zoo vs. The Cast Iron Mummy"

Reviews:

“There are several things going on here, with jazzy drumming, punk-styled growling bass and guitar-playing that's kinda horror surf, kinda post-punk. I definitely connect with it on a surf level, but it's constantly wandering off the beaten path and into the unknown. And I like it!”

-Hunter King, Storm Surge Of Reverb

"In perhaps-best-song-title-ever news, we’ve got 'Autopsy Turvy'—one of six tracks on Night Zoo's new power punch of an EP, 'Night Zoo vs. The Cast Iron Mummy,' which the band described to us via email as an “instrumental bulldozer of surf, punk, samba and metal influences that faithfully present what we deliver to live audiences, augmented with tasteful studio indulgences' that 'will cater to guitar nerds with its wide range of layered Strat tones.'

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From 'Creature from the Gowanus Canal to 'Lunar Graveyard' —plus the four tight tracks in between—the EP is a 16-minute sonic journey we highly recommend your ears, mind and body embark on ASAP."

-Bands Do BK