''Rabbit Habits'' is the third album by

experimental rock Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, with ...

group

Man Man Man Man is an American experimental rock band from Philadelphia currently based in Los Angeles. Their multi-instrumental style is centered on the piano playing of lead singer, songwriter, and lyricist Honus (Ryan Kattner). Honus is accompanied ...

. The album incorporates raspy vocals, jangly guitars, synths, bells, acoustic guitar, and, as heard on "Mysteries of the Universe Unraveled" and "Doo Right", fireworks. Honus Honus described his change in vocal approach for the album:

" nthe first two Man Man records I didn’t know how to sing at all. I didn’t think there would be more than one or two records, so all the songs I wrote on those albums are just pipe shredders, so it destroyed my range and those songs are the hardest to sing as I got older with a band, you know? Your body starts to figure out how not to do it so the songs from, like, ''Rabbit Habits''-on are just more catered to not destroying your voice."

Track listing

#"Mister Jung Stuffed" – 2:28 #"Hurly / Burly" – 3:51 #"The Ballad of Butter Beans" – 4:28 #"Big Trouble" – 5:05 #"Mysteries of the Universe Unraveled" – 0:09 #"Doo Right" – 1:38 #"Easy Eats or Dirty Doctor Galapagos" – 2:24 #"Harpoon Fever (Queequeg's Playhouse)" – 3:19 #"El Azteca" – 1:43 #"Rabbit Habits" – 2:48 #"Top Drawer" – 3:26 #"Poor Jackie" – 8:23 #"Whalebones" – 7:14

References

2008 albums Man Man albums Anti- (record label) albums {{2000s-experimental-rock-album-stub