Chabot talks about swimming across a lake in Michigan to see the absent Michael’s monkeys before jumping into “Biophelia,” his faraway voice kicking the band into 23rd gear. Rather than the vocals vanishing into the mesh of the song to become another instrument – cf. Skullflower’s Matthew Bower – it’s a voice to which you’d pay attention even with those gale-force winds of rock blasting past.

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