On Thursday, June 19, digital prankster/mixmaster Girl Talk posted his new album Feed the Animals over the Internet.
Feed the Animals is available as a "pay what you want" download. You can pay nothing and download the album as 320 kbps MP3s; pay $5 and download the album as FLAC files and a long continuous mix; or pay $10 or more for the above packages as well as the CD, which is set for release via Illegal Art in September.
As with Night Ripper, his 2006 breakthrough, Feed the Animals incorporates over 300 songs into a 50 minute mix broken into 13 "songs." Popular rap hits like Rich Boy's "Throw Some Ds" and the Cool Kids' "Gold & a Pager" play a big part as do pop, dance and rock classics like Janet Jackson's "Nasty," Big Country's "In a Big Country" and Stardust's "Music Sounds Better With You." "This project has always been about embracing pop," he told Billboard earlier this month. "There are parts with edits more detailed than anything on 'Night
Ripper,' but overall, I spent time focusing on a particular source song
for longer periods of time, rather than jumping from song source to
song source as quickly as possible."
Girl Talk isn't officially on tour at the moment, but he generally plays a lot of shows. This summer won't be an exception, as he's scheduled to hit several major festivals. His itinerary, as well the Feed the Animals track listing, is located below.
