On 'Ex Tropical', Lost Animal (the solo project of Jarrod Quarrell) invites listeners to a strange and beguiling destination, filled with many and varied soundscapes to explore. The path leading throughout the record is marked with great rhythmic and instrumental diversity; expansive, brooding drone interludes intersect with free jazz and soul sounds, while elsewhere Jarrod's songwriting takes a more classically influenced passage through guitar and keyboard melodies. The vague sadness and resolve of Jarrod's voice is a constant companion on the journey, through the light to the very end of day.