Recently, Kazyak has been performing songs from a new album in the works codenamed, Trig and Slevko. When we perform these tunes out of context they can come across as confusing, especially if you happen to catch snippets of the lyrics. In these songs we sing about monkeys, kiwis, treetops, lemurs, elephants, forests, and the most acrophobic sorts of men. Not to mention a bunch of made-up people and places. The time has come to share with you what these songs are, where they come from, and what they stand for.
Trig and Slevko is a storybook album of sorts. It’s not made specifically for either children or adults. It’s for those who love adventure coupled with visual music—like Kazyak. To be quite honest, this album is everything we like and nothing we don’t. You could say we’re not making this album for anyone else but us. Essentially, it is a tribute to our favorite adventure stories that we have loved in many forms: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Alice in Wonderland, The Wizard of Oz, and so on. We drew heavily upon those ideas and combined them with our own adventure experiences, characters, and musical creations.
The story is told by the musical score, lyrical content, narrative, as well as a small booklet of art that will accompany the album. We’ve been working with Kellie O’Keefe on some artistic concepts.
Welcome to the magical land of Rorrimirror. It’s a mirrored plane of existence where fancy things like talking animals and magical fruit live.
The protagonists are named Trig and Slevko. They may look a little like Peter and Danny…because they are…but they’re not…but they are…but seriously. The antagonist features are embodied by lemurs.
The Trig and Slevko album idea has been hatching for nearly a year now. The project was put on hold as we made our move back to Minnesota, recorded and printed A Beautiful Brontosaurus, and began booking shows. Now, as winter madness threatens to creep in for yet another season, we find ourselves ready to press record on this project.
We will continue to reveal more content as the album moves from concept to finished product. Until then, listen for the Trig and Slevko tunes at our live shows. They may sound strange when pulled from their proper place in the story, but they are our favorite song creations to date and we can’t help but desire to share them with you.