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Spirit Animal
12+ albums
hardcoremetalRichmondrockhardcore punk
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1. It might sound strange, but it takes some serious soul to discover rock music's spirit and an absolute animal to find its superhuman funk. Luckily, the modern listener has Spirit Animal to turn to for all of the above. The NYC-based band's forthcoming EP, This Is a Test, masterfully melds decades of disparate elements in search of music at its most carnal, anthemic and party-ready. The heavy riffs and pounding rhythms of their psychedelic rock and pop create a sound seemingly from the ether, but grounded in the diversity of four gents who are gifted at the dying art of leaving it all on the stage. Spirit Animal frontman Steve Cooper is a D.C. area-born talent, uncoiling a multitude of skills that go beyond the realm of melodies, production and body sweat into the worlds of cheffing and web content craftsmanship. KCRW calls him "unbelievable" and Last.fm compares his stage presence to that of "mid-'70s era The Who." Cooper met Spirit Animal bassist Paul Michel in the nation's Capitol in 2002, where the Libyan-born Army brat spent much of his youth. Michel has toured with a half dozen bands including Georgie James (Saddle Creek Records) and it's his bottom -- he's the best dancer in the band-- that propel This Is a Test into otherworldly realms of low end theory. Upon that astral plane, guitarist Cal Stamp -- aka The Reverend Cal Sharpton -- provides sterling pop sensibility and face-melting solos that recall an era when Guitar Gods were the real Pop Stars. Battening d
