Botanist "Collective: The Shape of He to Come" LP
“The Shape of He to Come” is the first of the “Collective” series, which means that it diverges from the model of Botanist studio albums as the result of me, Otrebor, doing everything, and instead recording more like a full band with distributed responsibilities. “The Shape” stands as a testimonial to the work, time, and effort that six of us put into rehearsing, touring, and composing from the years 2013-2016.The origins of “The Shape of He to Come” came from my desire to give all the members of Botanist live the opportunity to contribute to a studio record; to give them a greater feeling of inclusion in Botanist -- and also to see what they were capable of and what my options would be for further inclusion in numbered Botanist albums.The resulting album turned out wonderfully. I took some pre-existing drum tracks that I recorded in 2010 and gave them to D. Neal and R. Chiang with instructions to do what they wanted. Initially, the album was meant to be a 3-song EP, with the three son