Animal is the second studio album by British musical duo Lump, composed of singer Laura Marling and producer Mike Lindsay.

[1] Lump was formed in June 2016 after singer-songwriter Laura Marling and Mike Lindsay of folktronica group Tunng met at a Neil Young concert.

Both were mutual fans of each other's work and they promptly began making music together, culminating in a self-titled debut which was released in 2018 to strong critical reception.

[5][1] According to Ben Cohn of Beats Per Minute, the album is a "robust synthesis" of both acoustic and digital musical genres, notably baroque pop, alternative dance and indie folk.

[7] The New Statesman's Ellen Peirson-Hagger considered its music to be art pop with tendencies towards electropop,[8] while Kevin Harley of Record Collector and Alex Rigotti of Gigwise described it as retro-electro and folktronica respectively.