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Boston, United States (2004 – present)
Animal Hospital is Kevin Micka’s one-man musical recording/performance entity. Formed at the tail-end of Micka’s time with Boston band The Common Cold, Animal Hospital slowly began to take on a life of its own in 2004. A self-titled debut CD by Animal Hospital was released on Boston’s Mister Records that year and displayed Micka’s ability as a composer and engineer in communicating his creative expression. Since then, Kevin has consistently toured the United States, the U.K., and Europe throughout France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Denmark and Iceland. Within the last 5 years Micka has continued writing and releasing several additional tracks on various compilations around the world. Animal Hospital has won followers from all corners of the music world, earning himself spots with bands as diverse as The Jesus Lizard, Beirut, No Age, Neptune, Thrones, Dosh and The Great Redneck Hope (not to mention a recurring role as bumper music on Boston’s NPR station).
During performances, Micka buries himself in a pile of electronics-shelves of effects, mixing consoles, amps and delay units-while patiently constructing a layered nest of loops consisting of live drum beats, guitar chords, scrapes, chucks, chimes, and melodies resulting in anything from more conventional songs to meticulously crafted ambient movements on to full on improvisation.
Long a hidden treasure in Boston recording circles as a freelance recording engineer (for diverse projects such as Neptune, Helms, and Harry and the Potters) and a trusted electronics fix-it man, Micka has approached Animal Hospital over the last four years in the nooks and crannies of his schedule.
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EpochS23
Happy New Year! Amazing show at Boston First Night. Please continue to make music. Rock will reach new heights with your sound.
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totally love.
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fuck skins
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Code-Robot
Thanks Skins for helping me find this awesome band!
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love this music to death. today I stood in swirling snow and listened to the song memory and it truly made me forget all petty troubles for a moment.
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i tried to buy memory at my local record store and they looked at me bewildered and looked in to the online catalog and didn't have any record of its existence. This is the normal routine with record stores unfortunately
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"A Safe Place" is unearthly. I heard it on Skins and had to download it straight away.
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Life Music
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His Belly Burst is magic [2]
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Memory keeps chllin me out man.
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His Belly Burst is magic.
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incredible album i discovered a year late. still awesome.
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"memory" - great! cool sound. Interestingly doesn't feel repetitive, and not like it's constantly building up.
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too good
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TinyGuy
It's kind of ambient post-rock, but I'd still say it's post-rock.
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wtf?!? this isnt post-rock at all!?!??
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Heard it on Skins... like it a lot :)
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