When we finished Bronze Age there were a few tracks leftover that I couldn't find a place for on the record and that made me sad. I write in a very concept-heavy way and knew these tracks would never sound right on another album. So Billy and I got together and made a nice little four-track home for them with Animal EP. These are songs that are sort of from the dark underbelly of the Bronze Age sessions — a bit scuzzier and more psychedelic. We worked on this very quickly and finished everything in about six weeks. I have an ulterior motive: I want you to buy this EP to raise funds for my next album, River Rouge. So if you like what I do and you want to hear more of it, please try and spare a few bucks. Making music is really expensive and I have very little gear and money to do it.