Listen to Two New Tracks from MESTIS (Animals As Leaders)

by | Oct 2, 2015

It’s been a few years since Javier Reyes put out Mestis’ debut EP, Basal Ganglia. Now the Animals As Leaders offshoot is about to release a new album called Polysemy.

Since we posted about Mestis last week, two new songs from the upcoming record have made their way online. The first is a song titled “Papillion,” and the second “Pura Vida,” which features CHON guitarists Mario Camarena and Erick Hansel.

Here are both tracks. Polysemy comes out on November 6th through Sumerian.


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