Portland indy band Animal Eyes plays at the Down East Saloon on Aug. 19 and 20. A group of five friends who grew up in Alaska, including Homer, Animal Eyes has become an up-and-coming band in the Portland music scene. 

They tour Alaska Aug. 13-26 to promote their new single, “Mushroom Hunter,” a track from their next album, “Where We Go,” due for release in spring of 2016. 

Band member Colin McArthur said the single “shows the band going in a more psychedelic direction, but their tendencies towards off-kilter yet danceable grooves, somewhat twisted pop song structures, and layers of vocal melodies, reminiscent of The Dirty Projectors or Animal Collective, are still present and in full display.” 

For music clips, visit soundcloud.com/animaleyesband.