Animal by Big Scary

Animal, the third album from Melbourne duo Big Scary, came out on 2 September 2016, and Tom Iansek and Joanna Syme built it as a concept record in four parts, following a day in the animal kingdom through hunting, lurking, resting and waking. It's lush, nocturnal indie pop, full of slinking grooves and hushed moments that suddenly bloom.

It debuted at number 5 on the ARIA Charts, their first album to crack the top ten, and the awards circuit paid attention: nominations at the J Awards for Australian Album of the Year, for the Australian Music Prize, which their 2013 album Not Art had won, and for Best Independent Album at the AIR Awards, plus an ARIA Producer of the Year nod for Iansek. "The Opposite of Us" went on to be certified gold in Australia in 2020.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.