Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark is the second studio album by American musical group CocoRosie, released by Touch and Go Records on September 13, 2005. The album features collaborations with various musicians, including Anohni, Devendra Banhart, and Spleen. Recording Noah's Ark features sisters Sierra "Rosie" Casady and Bianca "Coco" Casady on vocals, with traditional instruments including guitars and harps layered over unconventional items used as instruments. The track "Bear Hides and Buffalo" includes a loop of horse and cat sounds over a toy piano hook. Upon the album's release, Bianca described the group’s sound as "sort of an eclectic montage," saying they "float around between a few different instruments and use a bunch of unconventional percussion things. Like toys." The album was produced and recorded in many different locations, including their mother's farm in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer in the Camargue region of Provence. Sierra stated that "the pursuit of intimate venues" lead to the sisters "pulling over on the side of the road and just recording in a field, or taking a moment in a barn in the South of France, or a studio in Brooklyn." Collaborations Anohni (formerly of Antony and the Johnsons and credited as Antony Hegarty) provides vocals and plays piano on the track "Beautiful Boyz", an ode to French novelist, playwright, and convicted felon Jean Genet. Devendra Banhart provides vocals through a cell phone on the track "Brazilian Sun". The opening rhymes of "Bisounours" come courtesy of French rapper Spleen. The album also lists Greg Rogove, Diane Cluck, Jana Hunter and Ardzen as "contributing artists."