{"id":102,"date":"2025-03-31T17:41:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T21:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/?page_id=102"},"modified":"2025-09-09T13:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T17:43:44","slug":"pattern-seeking-animals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/artists-schedule\/2025-artists\/pattern-seeking-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Pattern-Seeking Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-342\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-342 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2025-group-1-700x311.jpg\" alt=\"Pattern-Seeking Animals\" width=\"700\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2025-group-1-700x311.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2025-group-1-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2025-group-1-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2025-group-1-1536x683.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2025-group-1-2048x910.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2025-group-1-800x356.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pattern-Seeking Animals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Originally formed with past members of Spock\u2019s Beard, Pattern-Seeking Animals (P-SA) has long-since staked claim to its own identity, forging a strong path in the prog world.\u00a0 The band, named after a quote about human behavior from science historian Michael Shermer, is Ted Leonard (lead vocals and guitar), John Boegehold (keyboards, guitars, programming), Dave Meros (basses) and the energetic and talented Jimmy Keegan (drums and vocals).<\/p>\n<p>The Los Angeles-based quartet have been one of the prog scene\u2019s most prolific and well-received artists, beginning with the release of their self-titled debut album on InsideOut Music in 2019, followed by Prehensile Tales in 2020, Only Passing Through in 2022 and Spooky Action at a Distance in 2023.\u00a0 Their fifth album Friend of All Creatures (named from a verse in the Bhagavad Gita) was released in early 2025 on a new label, GEP Records.\u00a0 Their sixth album is in the works and should be released in early 2026.<\/p>\n<p>P-SA will be playing live again at ProgStock 2025 in October with other live dates to be announced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\"><strong>Live Lineup<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">Ted Leonard &#8211; lead vocals and guitar<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">Dave Meros &#8211; bass<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">Jimmy Keegan &#8211; drums and vocals<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">Bill Hubauer &#8211; keys and vocals<br \/>\nBrian Jensen &#8211; guitar<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-343\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-343 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2024-Group-1-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"Pattern-Seeking Animals\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2024-Group-1-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2024-Group-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2024-Group-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2024-Group-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2024-Group-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Pattern-Seeking-Animals-2024-Group-1-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pattern-Seeking Animals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\"><strong>Links<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">Official Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/psanimals1.com\/\">psanimals1.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">Facebook: <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/psanimals1\">facebook.com\/psanimals1<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">Instagram: <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/psanimals1\">instagram.com\/psanimals1<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">Twitter; <a href=\"http:\/\/x.com\/psanimals1\">X.com\/psanimals1<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"moz-cite-prefix\">YouTube: <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/@psanimals1\">youtube.com\/@psanimals1<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-341\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-341\" src=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/P-SA-Friend-of-All-Creatures-large-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"P-SA - Friend of All Creatures\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/P-SA-Friend-of-All-Creatures-large-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/P-SA-Friend-of-All-Creatures-large-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/P-SA-Friend-of-All-Creatures-large-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/P-SA-Friend-of-All-Creatures-large-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/P-SA-Friend-of-All-Creatures-large-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/P-SA-Friend-of-All-Creatures-large-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/P-SA-Friend-of-All-Creatures-large-800x800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">P-SA &#8211; Friend of All Creatures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally formed with past members of Spock\u2019s Beard, Pattern-Seeking Animals (P-SA) has long-since staked claim to its own identity, forging a strong path in the prog world.\u00a0 The band, named after a quote about human behavior from science historian Michael Shermer, is Ted Leonard (lead vocals and guitar), John Boegehold (keyboards, guitars, programming), Dave Meros&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":61,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-102","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":515,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions\/515"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.progstock.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}