Animal Collective's Geologist Announces Debut Solo Album 'Can I Get A Pack Of Camel Lights?'
Wednesday, 29 October 2025
Written by Jon Stickler
Brian Weitz, better known as Geologist of Animal Collective, has announced his debut solo studio album.
'Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?' will arrive through Drag City on January 30. It was recorded at Drop Of Sun Studios in Ashville, North Carolina, and features contributions from his Animal Collective bandmate Avey Tare, FACS drummer Alianna Kalaba, recording engineer Adam McDaniel, clarinetist Shane McCord and vibraphonist Adam Lion. Weitz's son Merrick also contributes acoustic guitar on the track Government Job.
Alongside news of the record, Geologist has shared its lead single, Tonic, an instrumental psych-rock offering that's named after the avant-garde New York club that shut down in 2007. Head below to view the track's accompanying Molten Synapse-directed video. Weitz said:
"Most of the formative music in my teens was guitar based, and at that age, you try to play like your favorites. But I was never very good at guitar myself. A couple years ago when trying to come up with a solo hurdy gurdy drone set to take out on tour, I heard a story about Greg Ginn playing guitar solos over a drum machine. I was coming to accept that whatever drone I could make on the hurdy gurdy would never live up to when I first heard Keiji Haino play one at Tonic in 1998. So I went the Ginn route instead and wrote this record. I still can’t play or write like my favorites, but the hurdy gurdy got me closer than guitar ever did."
Earlier this year, Geologist and Highlife musician Doug Shaw, aka D.S., released a collaborative LP titled 'A Shaw Deal'.
He'll play a series of US shows in November and December. Tickets are on sale now. Head here for more details.
'Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?' tracklist:
1. Oracle Road
2. Tonic
3. RV Envy
4. Not Trad
5. Color in the B&W
6. Compact Mirror / Last Names
7. Government Job
8. Pumpkin Festival
9. Shelley Duvall
10. Sonora
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