- Record Label: Happy Parts
- Release Date: Aug 26, 2008
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Although their guitar-drums set-up is reminiscent of the White Stripes, the Animals are more interested in the wake-and-bake vibe of haggard hippie bands like Love and the Jefferson Airplane.
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It’s a mature, accomplished and surprisingly diverse collection of songs, but life-changing it ain’t.
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The Golden State band Golden Animals mine that particular epoch of mild psych and blues rock--especially the middle part, when 60s idealism gave way to the dope-daze haze of the 70s--for all it's worth on Free Your Mind and Win a Pony, the duo's solid enough debut.