FRAGILE ANIMAL

by RANDI RUSSO

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“radiant and magical… Fragile is Russo’s stunning tour de force.” - The Big Takeover

“Fragile Animal is a godsend.” - Amplifier Magazine

“The album presents ten richly layered, melodic rock songs mixing literate, attentively crafted singer-songwriter fare with occasional touches of garage-rock edginess and NYC chug.” - Folly of Youth Music

“an eclectic batch of lively tunes... [from] a new favorite no-nonsense female vocalist with a sweetly satisfying ear for pop songcraft." - PopMatters

“...Russo is one talented performer. And Fragile Animal is one of those indie gems you’ll immediately want to spread the word about.” - Hear! Hear!

babysue.com/LMNOP rated Fragile Animal 5 out of 5! It made its Top Picks list. “...incredible songs...smart, personal lyrics...Animal is nothing less than a modern classic.” Read the whole review .

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Lyrics, album art and album credits can be found on BandCamp.

You can also purchase high quality, uncompressed audio tracks/album for download or buy the album on CD.

3:24

Get Me Over

Randi Russo
4:33

Venus On Saturn

Randi Russo
3:12

Alienation

Randi Russo
3:47

Invisible

Randi Russo
5:15

I Am Real

Randi Russo
2:46

Invitation

Randi Russo
3:02

Swallow

Randi Russo
4:40

Head High

Randi Russo
4:02

Hurt Me Now

Randi Russo
7:32

Restless Raga

Randi Russo

ABOUT THE RECORD FRAGILE ANIMAL:

Randi Russo is a master at weaving emotion and smarts, thoughts from the head and feelings from the heart. In a day and age when people have unfortunately accepted that a record should sound monotonous throughout, Russo continues to do her own thing – unapologetically, she writes the songs she needs to write and records them the way they need to be recorded – always serving the song.

The result is Fragile Animal. This record is the most fully realized and polished work Randi Russo has produced to date. Yet in line with her previous records (Solar Bipolar and Shout Like a Lady), it is a body of work that embraces the raw and the refined, some punk angst with some of the polished allure of the sensual and melancholic. Russo’s “outsider anthems” (Lucid Culture) – whether it’s a political song about immigration (“Head High”) or a song about one’s personal war with the world (“Invisible” and “Alienation”) – give a feeling of empowerment to those who live on the fringe. Any vulnerable moment has the ability to bring out a vicious and virulent fighter.

Produced along with Paul Megna (solo force behind The Oxygen Ponies) at Ponyland in Brooklyn, NY, Russo and Megna spent months on end recording and crafting this record. The vision was clear: take Russo’s well-written, literate songs and layer up the sounds to create the sort of psychological landscape that exists in the songwriter’s mind. Layers and layers of backwards guitar tracks, backwards piano, lush keyboard beds, raucous, angular lead guitar riffs mingling with delicately dancing guitar melodies and sweet slide guitar. With Bowie-esque piano on “Invitation” by Goldrush’s Joe Bennett, meaty bass hooks by JD Wood, hypnotic yet fierce drums by Ray Rizzo (Glen Hansard, Dawn Landes, Days of the New) and Konrad Meissner (Graham Parker, Matt Nathanson), the texture of sound on this sonically dynamic album creates an undulating, visceral response in the listener. Rounding out the eclectic sound is Don Piper’s harmonium parts mixed with some of Lenny Molotov’s bluesy lap steel lines. Megna’s adventurous production seamlessly brings together East and West.

Mixed mostly by Gary Maurer (Hem, Fountains of Wayne) and mastered by Sterling Sound’s Dave McNair (David Bowie), the sound is technically incomparable to Russo’s other records, yet pays respect to a singer-songwriter who values outsider art and music. These recordings do not compromise the rough edges found in Russo’s sound and content. Listen closely to her “honest, provocative lyrics” (The Big Takeover), and you’ll get a sense of what Russo’s sound and vision is all about.