Video: New Animal - Lift You Up

I love it when odd time signatures are used in songs. I’m a drummer, so I’m more qualified than most to say that. They often lend music a distinct feel, and the sense is sometimes that a certain song wouldn’t work in a different time signature. Take the new song from Roswell-based ‘lo-fi folk-pop’ act New Animal , for instance. ‘Lift You Up’ is in 5/4 (which just so happens to be my favourite time signature), and it works brilliantly, making sure that the song, which sounds relatively subdued, still has some pep [...]

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It's not often Matt and I get to tackle our inbox at the same time. But with us both in Chicago for the Pitchfork Music Festival, we decided to offer our combined thoughts on this stellar new song from New Animal. "Lift You Up" is sort of like a cool summer breeze. It gently wafts [...]

• NewAnimal - Lift You Up