A Los Angeles-based rock project PATTERN-SEEKING ANIMALS were founded as another brainchild by current & former Spock's Beard members Ted LEONARD (guitars, voices), Jimmy KEEGAN (drums, voices), and Dave MEROS (bass) as well as a long-time contributing songwriter / producer / keyboardist John BOEGEHOLD for "producing music that's progressive and intricate while keeping things immediate and melodic" according to John's words. In early 2018 he's been working for some material, that could see the light in collaboration with three Spockers, apparently drawing on a few different musical influences and using some contemporary production ideas and sounds that he probably wouldn't use with Spock's Beard for various reasons. Their debut album crystallized with the "ideas and sounds" was released in July 2019 under the eponymous title.