Name: Ode to a Wood Ant
Duration: P00H05M58S
Description: Gracias, Sir Attenborough

Ode to a Wood Ant

from A Hundred Hooks by The Arbiters of Taste

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Gracias, Sir Attenborough

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Well the royal generation has hatched and now they're ready to fly
They've got one job to do before their wings fall off, then they die
And when the females emerge, they're ready for a life of servitude
So those clumsy virgins fly and go to meet their dude

Super colony
Under a spruce tree
We make our own medicine and live in a comfortable mound
It's like our own hometown

So we gather all the seed we need for the coming year
And try to shake the parasites and see what we can commandeer
And if you're a good queen, you better go secure that nest
And multiply your new family cause you know that's what you do best

Living in the underground
There's rivals around
We fight our own battles and we eat our victims deep inside of our mound
Underground
On the edge of town
Under a spruce tree
Super colony

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from A Hundred Hooks, released October 6, 2021
Words and music by Bobby Howard

Bobby Howard - guitars, bass, vocals
Michael Resnick - Melodica, bongos

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The Arbiters of Taste

After elementary school, The Arbiters of Taste became a household name and toured the world extensively, visiting all 7 continents. Over the decades, they've played countless shows, without ever setting foot in a recording studio. In 2021, Resnick and Howard finally decided to lay down their debut album "A Hundred Hooks". It was recorded in a single afternoon, tracked live with no overdubs. ... more

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