New Animals as Leaders single

2016-09-30 by Toondude | 50 Comments
Washington D.C.-based instrumental progressive/djent band Animals as Leaders have now officially released their first single, entitled 'The Brain Dance', off their upcoming album, The Madness of Many. The song comes in as a promotion for pre-orders, which are also available today.

The song signals a slight change in direction, moving more towards a relaxed, calmer mood compared to their previous album, The Joy of Motion.

The album is scheduled to be released on November 11th.


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Suli
September 30th 2016
76 Comments


This is really good, but hopefully not all songs on the album are this mellow

Mort.
September 30th 2016
25062 Comments


you linked the wrong video you fucking cretin

BeyondCosby
September 30th 2016
2781 Comments


Jazzy as hell.

CrimsonFireCF
September 30th 2016
109 Comments


Absolutely brilliant.

beefshoes
September 30th 2016
8443 Comments


Fuck.....2016 is incredible.

MikeHockertz
September 30th 2016
13 Comments


Tosin is a black man

IronGiant
September 30th 2016
1752 Comments


prefer this side of AaL. Hopefully, new album will follow in this vein.

CygnusX1
September 30th 2016
808 Comments


I can handle a whole album of that sexy jam

Puckoff
September 30th 2016
116 Comments


more METAL. But in all seriousness it's a solid song

supremejelly
September 30th 2016
1262 Comments


Sounds like a grower, iffy about it after the first two listens. Seems kind of disjointed to me

xpaincakex
September 30th 2016
270 Comments


Sounds like a song you'd hear at Panera

Project
September 30th 2016
5822 Comments


That was lovely

FullOfSounds
September 30th 2016
15821 Comments


Love it

Hawks
September 30th 2016
87047 Comments


I've only heard their s/t, but it rules. Def gonna jam the new album hard.

ThomasTheCure
September 30th 2016
332 Comments


badass

ThomasTheCure
September 30th 2016
332 Comments


I would be totally down for a whole album of this

Devastator
September 30th 2016
4398 Comments


Awesome

NewBallistics
September 30th 2016
929 Comments


Not what I expected, but this song rules. Glad to see them moving away from the djent stuff.

GhostOfSarcasticBtrd
September 30th 2016
6263 Comments


"Tosin is a black man"

You've convinced me.

tre
September 30th 2016
321 Comments


This is beautiful. So many good albums this year, and it seems AAL will be adding to the bunch.

supremejelly
September 30th 2016
1262 Comments


"Tosin is a black man"

gasps

gotsthedewsdood
September 30th 2016
754 Comments


This was wonderful.

Toondude10
September 30th 2016
15184 Comments


absolutely loved this

BigPleb
September 30th 2016
65784 Comments


Grew on me quite a bit, nice.

figure337
October 1st 2016
887 Comments


Hopefully the album is full of these jazzy moments. Great song.

porcupinetheater
October 1st 2016
11027 Comments


Wow

Tosin actually managed to write a decent song

Huh

Flugmorph
October 1st 2016
34019 Comments


its amazing agreed

Dis_Con_Nec_Ted
October 1st 2016
5098 Comments


Not available :/

Futures
October 1st 2016
10438 Comments


this is v nice

decisions
October 1st 2016
1087 Comments


This is really good. Love the progression that starts around 1:25.

I think the song feels very cohesive and that gives me a lot of hope for the rest of the album.

I just hope that there is some more metal on this album, I like the softer side of them but my personal favorite Aal songs on any of their records always end up being songs like Earth Depature and Tooth and Claw.

Really stoked for this.

Thor
October 1st 2016
10354 Comments


this song is directionless and terrible

AlexKzillion
October 1st 2016
17133 Comments


Matt Garstka is the best drummer in prog right now no debate

Veldin
October 1st 2016
5245 Comments


great song

travisaurusrex
October 1st 2016
105 Comments


song has more direction than your life

iChuckles
October 1st 2016
671 Comments


I came for Matt's drumming but stayed for the guitars. Song is lovely, perhaps this can top S/T which is still my favorite AAL album.

ryu
October 1st 2016
189 Comments


Got a strong John Butler "Ocean" vibe from that intro riff, but it's got Tosin and Javier trademark stamp throughout. This is shaping up to be at least on par with Motion and might even top s/t. I've been on a big Plini binge lately and this track has that same airy, mellow atmosphere. Awesome song.

br4dl3yb34r
October 1st 2016
286 Comments


Man I haven't listened to Ocean in ages. Need to remedy that. This song is pretty.

Toondude10
October 1st 2016
15184 Comments


I like how only after one song two people already give it a 5

Relinquished
October 1st 2016
48717 Comments


do you really like that

FullOfSounds
October 1st 2016
15821 Comments


lol

Xenorazr
October 1st 2016
1466 Comments


I'm torn, but not necessarily in a bad way. I really dig AaL, and The Joy of Motion is a fantastic album. However, I wish it had couple more moments like this song to keep things varied, because that's honestly my only real gripe with the album is that all of the songs, despite being discernibly different, simply sounded too similar with their general heaviness. So I'm happy that this song is a bit more relaxed, but I don't want the entire album to be like this. Finding the right balance of The Joy of Motion and this will be the perfect sweet spot for me.

ultimatethrasher
October 1st 2016
614 Comments


Pretty good


PatientlyDead
October 1st 2016
145 Comments


Didn't really dig their llast album all that well, but this sounds brain-churningly amazing. Production is A1!!

Snide
October 1st 2016
7050 Comments


Some parts were a little choppy, but this was great otherwise.

VacantTool
October 2nd 2016
202 Comments


That album cover is bad ass!

Dmax28
October 2nd 2016
1270 Comments


If the rest of the album is at this level it's an easy 5/5

LibGyps
October 3rd 2016
42 Comments


Sounds heavily inspired by indian classical. Imagine if tosin played the sitar on this album....I'd orgasm.

Snake.
October 3rd 2016
25249 Comments


indian classical

eddie95
October 3rd 2016
708 Comments


Me like it

Dis_Con_Nec_Ted
October 4th 2016
5098 Comments


It's a pretty cool track. At first I thought this is nice and all but where's the time?? Then went 'ahhh' when the 6/8 became more apparent.



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