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Croz Boyce Share “Steven’s Sunshine Rejected,” A Soft-Edged New Turn for Animal Collective’s Orbit
Avey Tare and Geologist continue Animal Collective’s side-project tradition with Croz Boyce, sharing the new instrumental “Steven’s Sunshine Rejected” alongside a marine-life video ahead of their self-titled debut.
Decades into Animal Collective’s run, Avey Tare and Geologist are still finding fresh corners to work in. Their latest offshoot, Croz Boyce, pares things down to an instrumental dialogue between longtime collaborators Dave Portner and Brian Weitz, and the project’s self-titled debut arrives this week.
Following the earlier track “Hanging Out With A Blueberry Pop,” the duo have now released “Steven’s Sunshine Rejected,” another warm, homespun piece that leans into texture over momentum. It sits in that familiar Animal Collective-adjacent space where melody drifts, loops breathe, and the emotional pull comes less from big gestures than from patient layering. For listeners who have stayed with the band across eras, there’s an undeniable thread of comfort here, with a mild, almost accidental nostalgia.
The Joseph Ricketts-directed video matches that mood with crisp marine-life imagery, trading spectacle for close observation: gliding underwater movement, flashes of color, and calm natural rhythms that mirror the track’s unhurried pulse.
Croz Boyce is out 5/8 via Domino. The duo are also set to play Cleveland’s Talk Low Music Festival in September, with additional live dates expected.
