new animal collective

good eye!

psyched to see them tonight. they've added reworks of 'Sweet Road' and 'Taste' on this leg, in addition to 'Kinda Bonkers' and 'Peacemaker' from the new EP. tonight is their first show in DC since the election, I really hope they open with 'Pride and Fight.' I thought that was such an inspired choice to bust out a super obscure song in the middle of a tour and debut it on election night.

well that was the best set i've ever seen them play, out of the 8 AC shows i've been to maybe only the first one in 2006 tops tonight. just stunning. they're better than ever, go see them while they're still around. opening with Taste had me welling up.

Taste
On Delay
Lying in the Grass
The Burglars
Kinda Bonkers
Hocus Pocus
Bees
Sweet Road
Kids on Holiday
Summing the Wretch
Summertime Clothes
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Peacemaker
Water Curses (w/ The Other One intro)
FloriDada

there is a new album ? lol did anybody notice

got my copy in the mail yesterday but haven't listened. it was only announced a month ago, it's a live in studio album & they're not touring on it. saw very little promo about it.

“At this point, we feel like we do have a core audience, and those are the outside thoughts or ears that we think about the most outside our own,” Portner says. “There is a continuous thread, or sound, that goes through all this stuff. Whether it’s something that we’re trying to work on for an album cycle or something like [“Tangerine Reef”] that’s a little more off the cuff.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/animal-collective-wants-to-do-their-own-thing-and-that-means-saving-coral-reefs/2018/08/16/596bfe0a-9cb0-11e8-8d5e-c6c594024954_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_source=reddit.com&utm_term=.30c6ad547e90

Feels very much like a throwback to their early stuff - very aimless.

halfway thru side B now, I really like it so far. reminds me of Here Comes the Indian but way more mellow

just got a mailer from Domino out of the blue, liners / announcement of new Avey Tare solo album Cows on Hourglass Pond.

Bartender was playing some AC or so I thought and it sounded great. Shazam told me it was “you can count on me” by PB

https://anmlcollectve.bandcamp.com/track/ballad-of-reverend-war-character-silver-jews-cover-2

A few weeks ago we planned on seeing Purple Mountains together. Instead we spent the night listening to David’s records and talking about how much his music and art meant to us. He was an inspiration for decades. One we wouldn’t be here without. We’ve been playing covers of his music since 1994 when we first picked up guitars together, so it felt like one of the few things we could do to get through the sadness. The next day we worked on this cover of “Ballad of Reverend War Character”. Per the request from David’s family, all of the proceeds will be donated to MusiCares and Music Health Alliance, so pay as much as you want.
- Avey Tare & Geologist