Although they dropped the Cascading Moms moniker from the release this time around, Hungry Animal returns the Luke Temple-led trio that he debuted on 2024’s Certain Limitations. Here, the rhythm section of bassist Doug Stuart (Brijean, Toro y Moi) and drummer Kosta Galanopoulos (PWNT) lock in, with basslines seeming to guide the track list. The only other musician involved in sessions was Josh Mease (Fruit Bats, Lucius), who plays guitar on two tracks.
From the get-go, the rhythm section’s nonstop grooves nimbly navigate tracks including the dubby opener, “Clean Leaving,” an examination of the futile quest for purity; the more angular, proto-punk-injected “Shake Me Awake”; and the more-cosmic rock of “Love Means Light…