"Monsters and Animals" are compositions inspired by Ajemian's 3 year old niece Madeline Rae Ajemian. Monsters started as a repeatitive hook the two would sing to go to sleep and distract Madeline's mind from the possible monsters in the closets. Animals was started as a bass tap dance duet when she recieved her first pair of tap shoes and danced like an animal.

Ajemian's poems serve as signposts; the scores, created in the architectural drafting program AutoCAD, guide the musicians through musical hallways to unexpected locales. His blueprints dictate the flow and direction of the set, opening the performers up to visual and descriptive influences, leading them through a unique musical landscape of American folk forms, Native American chants, Canadian sea shanties, jazz expressive motion and balladry. The end result is this album, fearless and thoughtful, with free improvisations that follow a unique dreamlike logic.