Post Animal’s majestic 'Forward Motion Godyssey' is available worldwide today!

February 14, 2020

"Forward Motion Godyssey finds Post Animal challenging and growing upon their last album in all the best ways. With more complex and emotionally reflective lyrics, more genre-bending and pace-changing, the album finds the band carving their own place in the modern psych-rock landscape. Post Animal have managed to find a sound much more their own — both momentous and giddy, contemporary and sentimental." - Consequence of Sound

"One of the stronger genre-bending psychedelic rock groups around.”- Exclaim!

"As the synths start to swirl into the mix, it becomes more clear just how proggy the band can get as they transports the listener through a series of musical passages..." - MXDWN

Chicago’s Post Animal released their critically acclaimed self-written, performed and produced debut album When I Think Of You In A Castle last year, and today they showcase their massive growth as songwriters and musicians with the release of their remarkable sophomore album, Forward Motion Godyssey. Written in eight days in the majestic Big Sky, Montana and co-produced by the band’s Dalton Allison and collaborator Adam Thein, Forward Motion Godyssey finds the band endlessly shapeshifting as they explore new sonic touchstones and expand on their psych-rock origins.

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.

“Making this record, we wanted to go extreme in a lot of different directions—we wanted to be as poppy as we’ve ever been, as over-the-top as we’ve ever been, as grandiose and heavy and dramatic as we’ve ever been,” says drummer Wesley Toledo. Post Animal is deeply rooted in brotherhood, dating back to a near-lifelong friendship between Allison and Matt Williams. The band’s profound closeness is evident across the entire record, from their undeniable musical chemistry and their most emotionally revealing lyrics yet, making this a gracefully complex and cohesive record which rewards with every listen.

Post Animal is: Dalton Allison (bass), Jake Hirshland (guitar/keyboard), Javi Reyes (guitar), Wesley Toledo (drums), and Matt Williams (guitar), with all members rotating on vocals. Order an exclusive Early Bird copy of Forward Motion Godyssey now on Black & Transparent Yellow (pictured above) from the Polyvinyl Store. Absolutely glowing reviews are in for their merch spread as well.

Post Animal will kick off a massive FMG tour, starting this weekend with Cage The Elephant in the UK/EU, plus a stateside headline run shortly after with support from TWEN. See below to find a show near you, and get your tickets now.