Animals as Leaders are an interesting topic of conversation from the standpoint of prominence. With their 2009 debut, the band blew everyone’s mind. There wasn’t a chunk of 30-minutes that would go by that you weren’t reading about the band (or least Tosin Abasi) or watching a thread endlessly unravel about their musicianship. Then the band dropped Weightless in 2011 and it just seemed like everyone was a little underwhelmed. The songs weren’t “songs” anymore but rather exercises in technicality and general wankery. The addition of electronica elements was plenty interesting, but Weightless felt more like a misstep than it did a follow-up.

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