Back in 2023, bassist Peter Kerlin and drummer Rob Smith ritualistically burnt their passports, ate the ashes, and began conspiring together under the guise of Animal, Surrender! Together they ask:&nbsp;“Yet when an animal catches its own distorted reflection in the rolling river, what is left to do but surrender to the song?”.Shenke/Shaffie/Bracken is a new trio: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/jonnytwoeyes/">Jonny Shenke</a> A Brooklyn-based music producer, recording engineer, mixing engineer, and musician known for working with indie rock and alternative artists like Parquet Courts, The Drums, Liars, Snail Mail, and Nation of Language. He co-owns Studio Windows and has contributed to hundreds of records. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/riffmaster123/">Arian Shaffie</a>A Brooklyn based guitarist/improviser most known for his playing in the off-kilter dance punk band Guerilla Toss. Growing up with Iranian/Turkish parents, he peripherally absorbed various middle eastern musics, blurring their lyrical and harmonic mainstays into his writing and improvising. By using fretless, microtonal, and acoustic guitars, Arian aims to process these stylized genres into an organic music, free of idiom and convention. <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/_realadult_/">Corey Bracken</a>A composer, performer, improviser, curator, and artistic administrator currently residing in Ridgewood, New York City. Recent projects have included REAL ADULT, Ashcan Orchestra , Sunwatchers, American Football, Birthmark, Yonatan Gat, KATIEE, LoftOpera, String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Iktus Percussion, and various performance activities as an improviser, noise artist, percussionist, and drummer.