Social Animals (solo)

After flash-driving a booking agency’s venue roster and creating a fake agent over email, northern Minnesota alt-rock outfit Social Animals toured for 300 days a year on self-booked runs before eventually finding their voice and inking a deal with Rise Records for their self-titled debut record, which was released in June 2022.

On Social Animals, the band explores themes of separation, loneliness, and a sense of impending doom in this strange new world we live in. The album is produced by singer/guitarist Dedric Clark, with co-production from Jeremy Hatcher (Shawn Mendes, Harry Styles, Maggie Rogers) and John Rausch (Taylor Swift, Moon Taxi, Niall Horan) on select tracks.

At 10 tracks, Social Animals is an elegant expression of chaotic emotion with haunting melodies and introspective lyrics. Drawing on influences such as The Cure, Oasis, and New Order, Social Animals captures the paranoid uncertainty and optimistic self-delusion that survival in today’s world demands.