Complicated Animals' Debut EP "In This Game" is available on iTunes and Amazon Now! Complicated Animals is the Brazilian & American duo Monica da Silva & Chad Alger. Breezy Indie Pop + Vintage Brazilian Bossa Nova = Indie Nova.

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Lyrics: Drive Around In Cars (by Complicated Animals)

What’s the point in trying 
If you won’t believe
What’s the point in crying 
If open eyes can’t see
Really wanted something 
Something more from you
But in the bigger picture
I haven’t got a clue

We drive around in cars 
We go to jobs and bars 
We go home to our loves 
We think heaven’s above 

What’s the point in taking 
All that you can
What’s the point in being
A bigger man
I tried to rise up
To reach your size
Be we could never
See eye to eye

We drive around in cars 
We go to jobs and bars 
We go home to our loves 
We think heaven’s above 

And we think we know our minds
But sometimes we can surprise
Even ourselves

We drive around in cars 
We go to jobs and bars 
We go home to our loves 
We think heaven’s above 


In This Game

Drive Around In Cars

Complicated Animals - Drive Around In Cars

"Phoenix" is the 1st Single from Complicated Animals' Debut EP "In This Game". The song is also featured in the 2019 Netflix Original Movie "The Last Summer". Complicated Animals is the Brazilian & American duo Monica da Silva & Chad Alger. Breezy Indie Pop + Vintage Brazilian Bossa Nova = Indie Nova. 

Listen to Phoenix: http://smarturl.it/inthisgame

Website: www.complicatedanimals.com
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Lyrics: Phoenix (by Complicated Animals)

In this game until the end
Til my last breath I will get up again
Had the wind knocked out of me
But now I’m stronger than I’ve ever been
Yeah, I’m here until the end
Not gonna quit, no, that doesn’t make sense
Had a setback, but that’s okay
‘Cause tomorrow is another day

Phoenix, you rose from the fire
Stronger than before
Phoenix, you rose from the fire
Came back as something more

Well, I’m sticking to my guns
Gonna stand tall, not gonna run
Felt like a prisoner, now I’m free
As the best version of me
Yeah, I’m here until the end
Not gonna quit, no, that doesn’t make sense
Had a setback, but that’s okay
‘Cause tomorrow is another day

Got to feel low (low, low) to know what it means to be high
Got to fall down sometimes, to really learn to fly (learn how to really fly)

Phoenix

Complicated Animals - Phoenix

Complicated Animals' Debut EP "In This Game" is available on iTunes and Amazon Now! Complicated Animals is the Brazilian & American duo Monica da Silva & Chad Alger. Breezy Indie Pop + Vintage Brazilian Bossa Nova = Indie Nova.

Preorder on iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/in-this…e-ep/id945126185
Website: www.complicatedanimals.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/complicatedanimals
Twitter: www.twitter.com/Comp_Animals

Lyrics: Roadmap (by Complicated Animals)

We don’t know where we have been going lately 
We don’t know where we have been going at all 
               
‘Cause we lost the roadmap along the way
 But life is just so much fun these days
 Fun these days

We don’t know where we have been going lately
Nowhere really
We don’t know where we have been going at all 

Yeah we can get lost in oblivion
We’ll burn as brightly as the sun
As the sun

Hey, you know you wanna
You know you wanna
Go there 
Because you can

‘Cause we lost the roadmap along the way
But life is just so much fun these days
‘Cause we lost the roadmap along the way
     
But life is just so much fun these days


Roadmap

Complicated Animals - Roadmap

Complicated Animals' new single Watcher is inspired by the duo's love for crime dramas and Nordic noir TV, and talks about the ancient struggle between good & evil. It poses a question to humanity - are we ready to act on what we believe? 

“I'd been thinking about there being two sides to everything, two opposing forces. Good and evil,” says singer Monica da Silva. “They are two sides of the same coin, but I want to imagine that good will prevail. That it's the more powerful force.”

Watcher started with a simple piano line that da Silva would play every time she would sit down at the piano. Producer and musician Chad Alger added drums and programming that swirl around the thematic, swelling melody, and seem almost woven into the plot, and entwined in the lyrics.

“We wanted the song to take on its own life”, says Alger. “Almost as if it were breathing on its own".

Streaming Services: https://song.link/jjz0cgpm64h7q

Watcher

Go Bai Bai Remix from Complicated Animals' Debut EP "In This Game". 

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Complicated Animals - O Que Passou (Go Bai Bai Remix)

Bumbac Joe Remix from Complicated Animals' Debut EP "In This Game". 

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Complicated Animals - Phoenix (Bumbac Joe Remix)

Elastic Bond Remix from Complicated Animals' Debut EP "In This Game". 

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Complicated Animals - Phoenix (Elastic Bond remix)

Complicated Animals played this Live Set on the Radio program Cultural Manifesto on NPR WFYI 90.1 FM in Indianapolis, Indiana. 

Host: Kyle Long 
Audio Engineer & Mixer: Otis Thick

Songs Featured:
1. Drive Around In Cars (Featured on Complicated Animals' EP "In This Game")
2. Sempre Aqui (Featured on Complicated Animals' EP "In This Game")
3. Aí Então (Featured on Monica da Silva's Album "Brasilissima" and Putumayo World Music's compilation "Brazilian Beat"

Cultural Manifesto

Complicated Animals’ brand new Single “Show Me” is an 80s-inspired, synth-based dream. 

Stream/Buy: http://smarturl.it/show-me

When they were creating their brand new Single “Show Me”, Complicated Animals’ Monica da Silva and Chad Alger, were greatly inspired by the music of the 80s, a love for lush dreamy pop songs, and all things David Lynch. 

“Show Me is one of those songs that just came out quickly and easily,” says da Silva. “I’d had the melody and the lyrics (Show me that you want me) stuck in my head for a few days. That really struck me as an intense, sexy idea for a song. Chad dug an old synthesizer we had out of the closet. We started stacking sounds and layering vocals. Virtually all of the sounds in the track were created using the same synth.”

Complicated Animals released their debut EP “In This Game” in 2015. The EP featured songs in English and Portuguese. It was featured on Pop Matters and NPR. Stay tuned for more tracks from Complicated Animals in 2018. If you’re interested in listening to more music from da Silva and Alger, check out their first collaborative effort under Monica da Silva’s name, “Brasilissima”.

Show Me

Complicated Animals have released an intimate, acoustic take on Times Like These by Foo Fighters. Inspired by the life changing events of this year, the Brazilian American duo hope to spread some positivity. The California based duo had this to say about their new single. “2020. This year sure has been crazy. Life has changed. We think the lyrics of Times Like These are super relevant to everything that's going on right now. We collaborated with a talented Brazilian artist named Karla Caprali. She has created the song artwork, and a powerful visual (animated music video) to go along with the message. We hold firm to the belief that we will emerge from Times Like These more empathetic, more creative, simpler, stronger.”

Vocals by: Monica da Silva
Recorded, Produced, and Mixed by: Chad Alger 
Mastered by: Barry Gardner
Artwork: Karla Caprali

Written by: Foo Fighters

Times Like These

We're Monica da Silva & Chad Alger, also known as Complicated Animals. We're a Brazilian-American duo based in California. Our music crosses styles, and we call our genre Indie Nova. Our EP In This Game features songs in English and Portuguese. Pop Matters called it "a 6 song masterpiece", and "the beginning of a new sound" 

Our songs have been featured in the movie Lady Bird, in a campaign for Tory Burch, in the Netflix movie The Last Summer, and in a Patron Tequila ad. The video for our cover of Times Like These by Foo Fighters, just got an Honorable Mention in the 2024 WideScreen Film & Music Festival.

Our new single Watcher (out on 08/09/2024), is inspired by our love for crime dramas and Nordic noir TV, and poses a question to humanity - are we ready to act on what we believe?

Here's more about it...

“I'd been thinking about there being two sides to everything, two opposing forces. Good and evil,” says singer Monica da Silva. “They are two sides of the same coin, but I want to imagine that good will prevail. That it's the more powerful force.”

Watcher started with a simple piano line that da Silva would play every time she would sit down at the piano. Producer and musician Chad Alger added drums and programming that swirl around the thematic, swelling melody, and seem almost woven into the plot, and entwined in the lyrics.

“We wanted the song to take on its own life”, says Alger. “Almost as if it were breathing on its own".

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