Is it Croz like Crows?

[u/sugarhigh215]

or Croz like Crosby Stills & Nash (and later Young!)

I need to Knoz.

[u/CarlsmithTurtleboy]

It's supposed to rhyme with Ounce, so it's pronounced Crounce Bounce

[u/sugarhigh215 → u/CarlsmithTurtleboy]

how could I be so terribly wrong

[u/Chef_G0ldblum → u/CarlsmithTurtleboy]

More Croz to the Oz

[u/algebroni]

The <c> is pronounced like the /ts/ sound in "cats", the <r> is a guttural much like the French /r/, the <o> has pitch accent, specifically a rising tone, and the <z> would just be your standard English /z/ sound except it's devoiced in word-final position so it's pronounced like an /s/.

So it's like [t͡sʁǒs], or "tsghoss" in layman's/normie terms.

[u/samthefireball → u/algebroni]

The quality of this shit post blows me away

[u/sugarhigh215 → u/algebroni]

I was trying to pronounce it and thought I had it down until I saw that gh in layman’s/normie terms now I’m lost again haha

[u/WashingMachinesAuhau → u/algebroni]

I have a friend who is very into linguistics and Animal Collective and I can't imagine you're one and the same but it'd be really funny.

[u/algebroni → u/WashingMachinesAuhau]

Couldn't be me, I don't have friends. But there are dozens of us, dozens!

(But in all seriousness, I bet there's a lot of overlap between AnCo fans and various niche intellectual interests.)

[u/FindtheBlind]

When I saw them live I was visibly shaken when the opener said "We're so happy to be opening for The Crow's Boys"

[u/Taint_Stephen]

David CrozBoyce

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I thought maybe they really liked him! CrozBoyce Stills & Nash!

[u/ausserirdischer_]

Craws boyyz 🦞🦀

[u/averageuhbear]

I'm glad everyone in this thread has shared a different pronunciation. Very helpful.

Brian did say it at the show, but afterwards I forgot.

[u/sugarhigh215 → u/averageuhbear]

maybe the real pronunciation is the friends we made along the way