Animalweapon Releases Preview Single To Next Year’s EP “SUMMER’S OVER” By T.J. thing that relates to them in the music. Animalweapon, aka Patrick Cortes, “It’s very much a song for this moment,” is giving us a sneak preview of his said Patrick Cortes, aka Animalweapon. upcoming EP in the form of a new video “And I feel like I need to put it out. for the first song off the EP, which was Cortes says, “It’s reflective and it’s released last month on October 9th. The melancholy. I would hope that you think song is called “Summer’s Over,” and it about the state of the world right now reflects Cortes’ feelings about the when you hear it, and also your loved horrible situation and the losses everyone ones. There’s a sort of longing I hope it has suffered during this pandemic, as conveys.” well as his feelings for a very sick friend, and dealing with the end of what has Inspiration for this song took many been a terrible summer. Actually, a lot of paths. Besides being affected by the the lyrics in this song have double pandemic, the illness of his friend in meanings, so no doubt, anybody out Texas weighed heavily on his mind. He there listening to “Summer’s Gone” will went to Texas to be with his friend and be able to reflect on it and feel somenot only did it fuel his emotions for the 56 Rock and Blues International • November 2020
song, but it also provided some of the sounds that were vital to its production. “I was visiting a close friend in Texas a year ago who was undergoing chemo for breast cancer and I was sitting outside late at night after everyone had gone to bed,” recalls Patrick Cortes. “There were a lot of interesting sounds going on - cicadas and clicky little bugs that almost felt percussive in a way. I recorded a bunch of nighttime ambience with a handheld stereo Zoom recorder, sometimes shorter, more intentional clips, and then at one point I just kind of let it run to capture the atmosphere. I always travel with my MacBook and a small MIDI keyboard so I was able to go
