With his sophomore album, Ego’, The Animal State has taken a giant leap forward as a songwriter and producer.  Falling back on his grunge and alternative rock roots, ‘Ego’ veers away from the longer progressive structures of his debut album ‘Genus’ and moves towards shorter and punchier compositions. But it’s the production itself which separates this album from its predecessor.  Influenced and inspired by the great rock albums of the early 90s—Nevermind, Siamese Dream, Superunknown—The Animal State has produced an album which is tight and polished without losing any of the raw energy so prevalent in the debut.