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My name is Riley, and I play drums and write music for a band called Thrice.

This is where I ramble about music, sports, food, books, interwebbery, and whatever else I feel like sharing. I apologize in advance.

In addition to my ramblings here, I write a piece for OC Weekly called "3hree Things" that runs every Tuesday, and I'm also writing over at Flip Collective on occasion.

I'm the co-founder of a baseball-specific twitter feed and blog with my friend Ian, called Productive Outs.

And last, but not least, I have a bandcamp page and a soundcloud page that I'll be posting my own music and remixes on every once in a while.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions presented on this blog are mine, and do not reflect the position or views of the band as a whole.

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This record is absolutely blowing my prog/metal-loving mind.

I read a post on The PRP earlier today that Animals As Leaders were supporting my friend, Ben’s band, The Dillinger Escape Plan, so I decided to check them out.

I’m glad I did.

I’d seen this video of Animals As Leaders mastermind/guitarist, Tosin Abasi, a couple of years ago and was totally mesmerized by it—something in his playing reminded me a little bit of Michael Hedges, whom has been a favorite of mine, and a staple in the Breckenridge household for years. Unfortunately, I hadn’t followed up on Abasi’s other musical endeavors (Born Of Osiris, Reflux) or I’d have known about Animals As Leaders earlier.

This is me…blowing it.

This time around, I’ll spare you you forced-adjective-laden drivel I’d normally try to concoct to describe the “what and why” I like about this record, and just tell you that I bought it on iTunes at noon today, and I’ve listened to it (in it’s entirety) three times since.

Notes

  1. smokinghard reblogged this from hermitologist and added:
    was blasting ASL all day
  2. brettimusprime reblogged this from hermitologist and added:
    while i go get lost
  3. hermitologist posted this
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