PREMIERE: Power Animal’s “Soil” is a piece of intricately engineered genius

Power Animal‘s latest single before the release of their album Good Wind Pt. 1 on November 10th is an eclectic mix of fun pop samples and soulful vocals. And the story behind the song’s conception is cool, too. “[Soil] is built around a sample from a cassette tape I found of an elderly couple recording their choir practice. Also a percussive loop that I sampled from a song by my friend Botany,” says Keith Hampson. If you listen closely, you can hear all of those intricate cassette tape sounds in the beginning. It’s a really fun track.

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You can catch Power Animal at a shared record release show with Friendship at Everybody Hits 11/17 with Tall Friend and Free Cake For Every Creature. More information on the show can be found at the XPN Concert Calendar.

Stream “Soil” below, and preorder Good Wind Pt. 1 here.