Post Animal - When I Think Of You In A Castle - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Post Animal - When I Think Of You In A Castle ( [VINYL LP] Colored Vinyl, 180 Gram, date 04/20/2018

The sophomore full-length from Post Animal, Forward Motion Godyssey unfolds with a frenetic momentum, mercurial and unhinged and gloriously volatile. In a bold leap forward both artistically and sonically, the Chicago-based alt-prog band sets their existential questioning to a wildly kinetic sound, mining inspiration from genres as divergent as electronic and psych-rock and-at one particularly sublime point-achieving both stoner-metal brutishness and dreamy R&B elegance in the very same instant. At turns rhapsodic and unsettling, meditative and chaotic, the result is anything but subtle a body of work that beckons deep involvement from the listener, a richly layered experience primed to leave it's audience indelibly transported.

Their shambolic 1994 debut, remastered from the original tapes. A mix of restrained loud and purposeful quiet, WhatFunLifeWas's eleven tracks unfold at a marathon runner's pace, picking up speed when necessary, but it's eye on completing a personal race. Singer Matt Kadane's soft, semi-drawl is buried in the mix, letting brother Bubba and Tench Coxe's guitars weave cleanly around drummer Trini Martinez's all-ride-all-the-time timekeeping.