# GIRAFFE Announces August 21 Debut ‘The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums’

- Link: https://www.nyrdcast.com/giraffe-the-towering-inferno-with-bongo-drums/
- Published: 2026-06-25T14:00:00-05:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **GIRAFFE ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM _THE TOWERING INFERNO WITH BONGO DRUMS_ OUT AUGUST 21 VIA ORG MUSIC & AQUARIUM DRUNKARD**

#### **Quartet Consists of Dave Harrington (Darkside), Robert Walter (The Greyboy Allstars), Spencer Zahn, and Kosta Galanopoulos (Rio Kosta)**

#### **Band Explores Cosmic Psychedelia, Improvised Jazz, and Groove-Driven Experimentation on First Single “Catastrophe Music”**

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Today, **Giraffe **announces its debut album, _**The Towering Inferno With Bongo
Drums**_, arriving **August 21** via a co-release from **Org Music** and **Aquarium
Drunkard**. Alongside the announcement, the quartet shares its first single, “**
Catastrophe Music,”** and opens pre-orders for vinyl, CD and digital editions.

**Pre-order [here](https://orgmusic.com/products/giraffe)**.

**Stream the single [here](https://lnk.to/catastrophemusic).**

Giraffe brings together four adventurous musicians from across the worlds of psychedelic
rock, jazz, improvisation, and experimental music: **Dave Harrington (Darkside),
Robert Walter (The Greyboy Allstars), Spencer Zahn, **and **Kosta Galanopoulos (
Rio Kosta)**. What began as a one-off improvisational performance quickly evolved
into something more compelling—a band built on instinct, trust, and the thrill of
collective discovery.

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_Photo: Clifford Usher_

The group’s origins trace back to an improvised set at Gold-Diggers in Los Angeles.
With no established material and no predetermined direction, the four musicians 
followed a shared impulse toward exploration. A second performance confirmed the
chemistry was real, leading the quartet into 64 Sound, where they recorded _The 
Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums_ in a single day.

The resulting album captures four accomplished players listening, reacting, and 
creating in real time. Rather than constructing songs piece by piece, Giraffe embraces
spontaneity, allowing ideas to emerge naturally through interaction. The record 
drifts effortlessly between cosmic psychedelia, groove-driven improvisation, ambient
textures, and jazz-informed interplay while maintaining a sense of cohesion that
feels remarkably focused for a project born entirely in the moment.

Lead single “Catastrophe Music” offers an ideal introduction. Anchored by a hypnotic
rhythmic pulse, the track finds Harrington and Walter exchanging melodic ideas over
the fluid foundation provided by Zahn and Galanopoulos. The result is both expansive
and immediate—a snapshot of a band discovering new possibilities through collective
improvisation.

Across the album, Harrington’s guitar, 12-string guitar, electric sitar, sampler,
and electronics weave through Walter’s electric piano, organ, Clavinet, and synthesizers,
while Zahn’s fretless bass and Galanopoulos’ dynamic drumming create an elastic 
framework capable of shifting from meditative atmospheres to deep-pocket grooves
at a moment’s notice.

Produced, mixed, and mastered by Harrington and engineered by **Tyler Karmen** at
64 Sound, _The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums_ documents the earliest creative
spark of a band that never intended to become one. What started as an experiment
between friends has become a fully realized artistic statement—one that celebrates
curiosity, deep listening, and the unpredictable magic that happens when accomplished
musicians surrender to the moment.

_The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums_ arrives August 21 via Org Music and Aquarium
Drunkard on vinyl, cassette, and digital formats.

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**Track Listing**

 1.  Dancer With No Bones Under the Sun
 2.  Catastrophe Music
 3.  Hey! Cool It, Everybody
 4.  BONGO ZOO
 5.  Room of Forgotten Names
 6.  Boogie in The House of Secrets (Part I)
 7.  Offscreen Voices
 8.  Gate of Crimson Silence
 9.  Jumpcut Colors
 10. Boogie in The House of Secrets (Part II)
 11. Thunder Rolls

**The Towering Inferno With Bongo Drums
Performed by Giraffe

 * Dave Harrington – guitar, 12-string guitar, electric sitar, sampler & electronics
 * Robert Walter – electric piano, organ, Clavinet & synthesizers
 * Spencer Zahn – fretless bass
 * Kosta Galanopoulos – drums & percussion

 * Produced by Dave Harrington
 * Engineered by Tyler Karmen at 64 Sound
 * Mixed and mastered by Dave Harrington
 * Album design by Ben Tousley

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