LUMP, ANIMAL

Animal, the second album from LUMP—the project of Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay—steps into a surreal, dreamlike world where hypnotic rhythms and playful electronics frame Marling’s cool, deadpan vocals. The songs drift between pulsing synths, warped guitars, and looping beats, with an undercurrent of unease even in their most melodic moments, leaning into repetition and texture. It is an album that thrives on mood and atmosphere, blurring the line between art-pop and experimental folk, and I was captivated from the first listen.