MESTIS (Animals As Leaders) to Release New Album “Polysemy” This Fall

by | Sep 28, 2015

Serenade us, Javier. The Animals As Leaders guitarist Javier Reyes is back at it with his instrumental project Mestis. If you remember, in 2012 Javier put out the first Mestis recording, an EP titled Basal Ganglia. Now new material is set to be released in November.

Mestis’ new album is called Polysemy, and it’s on course for a November 6th release through Sumerian.

Here’s a teaser of new stuff, plus a full stream of Basal Ganglia.


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