Animal Collective’s Dave Portner, aka Avey Tare, and Brian Weitz, aka Geologist, have launched a new instrumental project. The duo will put out their self-titled album as Croz Boyce on May 8 via Domino. Professional snorkeler Joseph Ricketts directed the music video for lead single “Hanging Out With a Blueberry Pop.” Watch it below.
The name “Croz Boyce” is a reference to David Crosby, who died in 2023, around the time Portner and Weitz began working on the project. They made Croz Boyce remotely, recording their parts in their respective home cities—Asheville, North Carolina and Washington, D.C. Fellow Animal Collective member Josh Dibb, aka Deakin, mixed the album.
The last Animal Collective studio album, Isn’t It Now?, came out in 2023. Portner shared 7s, his latest Avey Tare solo record, that same year. In January, Weitz put out his own debut solo album, Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights?
Revisit the 2016 interview The Strangest Trip: Animal Collective on the Legacy of Animal Collective.
Croz Boyce:
01 Hanging Out With a Blueberry Pop
02 Towson Acid
03 What If Janis Just Stared?
04 Abundant River Zap
05 Steven’s Sunshine Rejected
06 Father Karras
07 Janis (Still Staring)
08 Eternal Dream Drone
09 Banana Pudding
