Invisible Familiars’ ‘Disturbing Wildlife’ is the work of Jared Samuel, alongside producer Michael Leonhart.

Guests include Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto, Nels Cline, Jolie Holland, Stuart Bogie of Antibalas and Superhuman Happiness, Scott Metzger, Ryan Sawyer, Alex Holden and Andrew Borger.

The band behind the album are also the backing band for Sean Lennon.

“Jared kinda sounds like Mark Bolan. I’ll just say it, cause you might think it. It’s science. When I asked him what record felt to him like how he wanted ‘Disturbing Wildlife’ to feel to me, he said ‘‘Cuckooland’ by Robert Wyatt’, promptly adding ‘and the first time I listened to ‘What’s Going On’ through headphones, stoned.’ He’s got a Small Faces song link for just about everything I say and he knew the Lifetones song I sent him yesterday, which may be my secret litmus test. When I listen to ‘Invisible Familiars’, I don’t hear just anything – I hear everything. It’s the cumulative result of being alive with the radio on. And I’m not talking about subliminal influences, because even the color of the sky can turn into a song. It’s that other transaction, where music accompanies your body – and your brain inside of it – and enables your understanding and definition of life. And then you go and make something: some food, a picture, your bed, a friend, a baby, a joke, a new song.” – Sara Padgett Heathcott, Hometapes