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Land Animal by Bent Knee sounds like a breathtaking, avant-garde collision of art-rock ambition, industrial-pop hooks, and explosive, progressive-metal complexity. Courtney Swain’s dynamic, siren-like vocals vault effortlessly from fragile, intimate whispers to roof-raising, operatic belts, anchoring songs that twist unpredictably through jarring time signature changes and lush, cinematic soundscapes. Jagged, heavy-hitting guitar riffs and thunderous, hyper-precise drumming clash against glossy synthesizer textures, violin flourishes, and stark electronic glitchwork. From the frantic, polyrhythmic surge of the title track to the sweeping, emotionally charged catharsis of "Belly Side Up," the album strikes a fierce balance between cerebral technical brilliance and raw, visceral pop sensibility.