Animal Mother is the tenth album by Today Is the Day, released on October 21, 2014 by Southern Lord Records.

Most of the album's material was written in response to the deteriorating mental and physical health, and the death of, Steve Austin's mother.

[9] The title Animal Mother was chosen for the record because Austin considered the two words to be polar opposites of each other, which he felt matched the overall theme of the album.

[11] The band was signed to Southern Lord Records in June 2014, and the album was released on October 21 of that same year on CD and LP formats.

The band's bandcamp page included a version of the album, on digital formats, with both "Bloodwood" and "Zodiac" in the track list.