Animal Lover have premiered their newest music video for the song “Nathan’s Nitrates.” The song clocks in at just under two minutes, with nothing but experimentalism to show for it. With erratic percussion patterns, the video helps amplify the complexity perfectly. The song is off of the band’s recent release, Stay Alive, which was distributed by Forward Records. The video was directed by Pat Scott-Walsh.
The Minneapolis based trio are set to celebrate the album’s release across the pond in Europe and the UK this Fall, bringing their whirlwind of art-punk fusion, post-hardcore, cryptic jazz, noise rock and experimental indie to a town near you. Animal Lover has played shows with everyone from Ed Schrader’s Music Beat and Single Mothers to The Blind Shake and Vaz. They’re “a band’s band” and Stay Alive is an incredible statement of unflinching art punk.
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The Minneapolis by-way-of North Dakota trio have been making a name for themselves over the years in the Midwest DIY punk scene with a gift for experimental structures, harsh juxtapositions, and unparalleled creativity. Two years have passed since the well praisedGuilt, but Animal Lover sound hungrier than ever, sinking their teeth into a cavalcade of warped ideas, sonic assaults, and dense grooves that simultaneously recall post-punk heroes Television, Fugazi, Mission of Burma, and This Heat. While unpredictable and far from traditional, Stay Alive sounds brilliantly cohesive and unflinchingly powerful as Animal Lover manipulate tunings, chord progressions, and song structures to their whim.
