Decent free album alert! And it's very nice, very nice indeed. New Animal are a duo from Atlanta who make wistful, quirky harmony-centric pop of the Panda Bear / Animal Collective / Atlas Sound ilk. And no, they don't share any members or direct link with any members of the above, somewhat incestuous, bands (as far as I know, which is little).
Now, you may think this 'psych pop' (as it seems to have been coined) scene is pretty much covered for what is essentially quite a specific sound, but New Animal manage to freshen it up a bit with a few phat beats peppered around the album and some darn catchy vocal hooks. I quite like that their name, whether intentional or not, pre-empts the old chestnut of music journos labelling bands as the 'new' this or that. No need to call them the new Animal Collective if they're already called New Animal, is there? Ho ho!
Their free self-titled debut album, available here, was released in January and is a lot of bang for your non-existent buck at no less than 15 tracks in length. And these tracks ain't short, neither, with the shortest number covering a generous 4 minutes.
The opener, 'Nightmares Of Candy Yang & The Black Italian', is a clear winner with 'choon' stamped all over it, and I'm also loving 'Science' with its skippy skippy beat, and 'Frightened' for its little driving hook - but hey, you can make up your own mind what to give or take as the whole bleedin' thing is free! These are new times people, new times indeed......
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