Ganser have announced their third LP, Animal Hospital, that will be released via felte (Fashion Club, Film School) on August 29th. Along with the news, the band are sharing the album’s opening track “Black Sand,” accompanied by a video directed by Gaines.

Comprised of Alicia Gaines, Sophie Sputnik, and Brian Cundiff, the band’s release of their 2020 Just Look At The Sky (produced with Mia Clarke of Electrelane), and it’s accompanying remix EP which featured contributions from Bartees Strange, Andy Bell of Ride, Sad13, Algiers, and Adam Faulkner of Gilla Band, and it’s 2022 follow up EP Nothing You Do Matters (produced with Liars’ Angus Andrew). The band have also toured with IDLES, Mclusky and Ted Leo, alongside shows with Amyl & The Sniffers, Bikini Kill, Viagra Boys.

“Animal Hospital” is about that space between what we are and what we pretend to be,” Gaines explains. “You’ve got instincts: raw, animal things—and then all these systems we build, all these dreams of being civilized or advanced or whatever. But those two things don’t always line up. And time doesn’t care. Time just keeps going. It pulls everything apart, slow and quiet like water in the walls. And we’re all just in there, making noise, trying to figure out which side of the glass we’re on.”

Sputnik “Black Sand:”

“When I wrote these lyrics a few years ago there were wildfires, real ones. And a lot of talk around LGBTQ rights in Florida where I’m from. And it’s strange because these things, they don’t just go away. They linger. They shift. They burn, and then they burn differently. And here we are still talking about wildfires and LGBTQ rights in Florida. And the thing about language—about ideas—is they’re alive. That’s why people get scared of them. Because once they’re out, you can’t get them back in the box. They spread like smoke under a door. Can’t be held still. That’s the power, and also the danger.”

Ganser
Animal Hospital
Tracklist

Black Sand
stripe
Ten Miles Tall
Dig Until I Reach the Moon
Grounding Exercises
Half Plastic
Speaking of the future,
Creature Habits
Lounger
Discount Diamonds
Plato
Left to Chance

Ganser 2025 Tour Dates

6/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Hook & Ladder Theater & Lounge
6/23 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
7/5 – Chicago, IL @ Sleeping Village
7/11 – Chicago, IL @ Kilbourn Park

pre-order Animal Hospital HERE