BITTER BRANCHES
LET'S GIVE THE LAND BACK TO THE ANIMALS

BITTER BRANCHES Let's Give The Land Back To The Animals is the Philadelphia-based post-hardcore band's sophomore album produced by the legendary J. Robbins (JAWBOX, BURNING AIRLINES).

While the band's 2022 debut, Your Neighbors Are Failures, introduced BITTER BRANCHES to the world, Let's Give The Land Back To The Animals sees its members — vocalist Tim Singer (DEADGUY, KISS IT GOODBYE), drummer Jeff Tirabassi (WALLEYE), guitarists Matt Ryan (CAVALRY) and Kevin Sommerville (LIGHTEN UP!), and bassist/vocalist Dan Yemin (PAINT IT BLACK, KID DYNAMITE, LIFETIME) — getting dark, moodier, and more introspective. From the ominous syncopation of the album's opener, "Rat Poison", to the discordant dirge of the closing track, "Here Comes the Chisel", Let's Give The Land Back To The Animals has as much in common with BLACK FLAG as it does the Amphetamine Reptile roster.

There is a lot to be angry about these days. From the rise of authoritarianism to income inequality, sometimes it seems like we’re living in a desolate landscape. Let's Give The Land Back To The Animals is the soundtrack to that apocalypse as well as an act of defiance in the face of it. Correspondingly, when vocalist Tim Singer states "the truth is a promise when we're young / the truth is ugly when we're done" on the song "Posture Contest", he isn't admitting defeat. He's channeling the darkness of the world into a cathartic form of self-expression in an attempt to help make sense of our collective reality. The final result is as moody as it is metallic and features a spoken-word breakdown which allows the song to build to a crushing crescendo that takes to a sonic destination that even BITTER BRANCHES didn't initially imagine.