“Nature is the best drummer,” Quintron notes at the end of a short video documenting his six-week residency with Miss Pussycat at A Studio in the Woods. “It never repeats itself.” Neither does Ephemeral Ponds. The latest magnum opus from the inventor of the Drum Buddy and the Weather Warlock, which livestreams “weather for the blind” 24/7, was recorded using his new Wildlife Organ. Built with four condenser microphones housed in protective tubing at different elevations in the remote woods and swamps, it captures the sounds of everything from frogs, birds, insects, bees and turtles to feral hogs, gators, nutria and the occasional horn from passing boats near the mouth of the Mississippi. Back home, at his Spellcaster Lodge studio, Quintron then layered his homemade synth music over the pond recordings.

The result? Eerily symphonic, it’s like walking in a primordial forest and it puts you right in the middle of the natural harmonic mix. Cheeps punctuate the guttural sound of feral hogs rooting around for food on “Breath of Wild Hog,” while crickets chirp and flocks of birds flutter to greet the sun in “Adoration of the Dawn.” Plopping sounds, glub-glub—turtles slithering off their logs?—herald the arrival of “Thunder Circles,” a convocation of all creatures great and small, punctuated by chimes. And like its name suggests, “Greenwashed Planet” washes over you before winding down like someone pulled the plug, then crescendos into a cacophony of all the pond denizens sounding the alarm. Then comes to an abrupt stop—not only for the album but for a planet rapidly self-destructing, thanks to its human inhabitants.

“Dusky Gopher’s Revenge,” the centerpiece of the album, opens with a high-pitched chorus of cheeps, chimes and ribbits which build to a crescendo that blares its own environmental alarm. Once abundant on the Gulf Coast, the dusky gopher frog is now an endangered species, victimized by new construction and the deforestation of its natural habitat. Quintron and Miss Pussycat, who developed a live puppet show about extreme weather events during their residency, will continue to sound the alarm on their upcoming tour.

Instead of releasing Ephemeral Ponds as a vinyl album or CD, the ever-inventive Quintron commissioned a lifelike rubber replica of the dusky gopher frog that houses a USB you can plug in to hear it. If you were lucky enough to snag one of the sold-out limited edition of 250 frogs, you can also listen to the final Weather for the Blind broadcasts from the ponds, which include some juicy “hot pond gossip.” Otherwise, head over to Bandcamp to purchase and stream the digital album, which transports you directly to the ponds where it was recorded.