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Like most band's in Chicago's inclusive music community, Post Animal got their start playing DIY basements and small rock clubs. With their wavy and warped first project 2015's Post Animal Perform The Most Curious Water Activities EP and then 2016's memorable singles collection The Garden Series, the band showcased mesmerizing and infectious pop melodies. Between their impressive early releases and their wild live shows which feature the band members sharing lead vocal duties, Post Animal have unquestionably solidified themselves as one of Chicago's most exciting up-and-coming acts.

Take the first single "Ralphie," off their debut full-length When I Think Of You In A Castle, which finds Joe Keery (Stranger Things) and Dalton Allison gleefully trading lead vocals while sounding like what would happen if Jeff Lynne fronted Thin Lizzy. Though Post Animal's live shows have long proven that swirling riffs are the band's bread-and-butter, it's earworms like "Ralphie" that show how easily they can churn out an infectious pop melody. "Ralphie" isn't the only song that finds the band sharing lead vocal duties. In fact, each band member contributes vocals like Jake Hirshland's mesmerizing turn on "Castle" or Matt Williams' punchy performance on "Heart Made of Metal." Other songs, like the dynamic "Gelatin Mode," shift from a lighthearted experience in dueling lead guitars to a face-melting dose of sludge with ease. Elsewhere, longtime live staple "Tire Eyes" finds new life on the LP as a swaggering ode.

The finished album, which was mastered by Jake's brother, Jared Hirshland, is a truly collaborative continuation on the band's kaleidoscopic and sprawling early beginnings.