Washington D.C.'s Animals As Leaders recently finished up work on their sophomore album, Weightless, which is due out on November 8 via Prosthetic Records.
Fortunate for fans eager to get a taste of new material, the band documented the recording sessions for Weightless, and you can check out the first batch of behind-the-scenes footage below.
Animals As Leaders are also currently streaming a brand new song, "Isolated Incident," online, which you can check out here
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