new animal collective

No, seriously, name just one band.

otm and way way better than young prayer

the new album is gonna be called "strawberry jam"??

I know!!! Sounds pretty lame to me, but if as many people were panting for my record, I wouldn't care about what it was called either. Still, I'm getting very excited about this one. I hope its a little rawer than feels. More Here Comes The Indian/ Mouth Wooed Her territory please.

that was a song by al hirt called strawberry jam maybe it's a cover of that song

I'd be very surprised if they returned to Here Comes the Indian territory again on a proper Animal Collective release. Don't a couple of them have kids? I have to think that probably plays into the songwriting, the idea of keeping the career going and selling more records. Not to say that they won't continue to make interesting music.

That's depressing. I loved feels just as much as anyone, but I don't think that it is their best album by a long shot, and I don't think that Animal Collective have already turned their back on what made them my favourite band still recording in the first place. I just think they need to go on tour with Black Dice again or something...:)

ysi?

I'd be very surprised if they returned to Here Comes the Indian territory again on a proper Animal Collective release. Don't a couple of them have kids? I have to think that probably plays into the songwriting, the idea of keeping the career going and selling more records. Not to say that they won't continue to make interesting music.
This is a little cynical. There could be a lot of reasons why they haven't returned to a HCTI sound. Like they don't want to. To assume they are only trying to sell records is pretty unfair.

I chuckled at this part of the NYT review of their South St Seaport show. Strawberry Jam material is too old and moldy for them to play live.

Animal Collective tends to play new music in performance: this means music that hasn’t been recorded yet, not the music that will appear on its next album, “Strawberry Jam” (Domino), in September. (Bits of that, from earlier concerts, has already gone up on YouTube.)

i thought their show on the pier was great, frankly. and sort of amazing that they got by with the setup they did--it relied a lot more on programmed drones and vocal work (which, i guess, the nyt review pointed out).

it was fascinating to hear them tailoring their old songs to the new sound--i don't think anyone even realized that they played 'who could win a rabbit' until after the song was over; they also did 'hey light' and 'leaf house' in ways that were barely recognizeable.

and re: HCTI/black dice. i dunno, i think that they're outdoing black dice at whatever the hell they were trying to do with creature comforts--abstract, beat-oriented, trancey. of course, i think they're a lot more talented than BD, but that's just me.

not just you!

the songs I heard them do live last summer (which I assume will be on this record) were very strange, kinda loud, and deeply weird in terms of structure and sound. I have some recordings of that tour but haven't had the time to really absorb them.

I hope this is the cover
http://www.thefader.com/blog/files/avey.jpg

it's much better than this
http://www.thefader.com/blog/files/animalcollective.jpg

allegedly the new saturday looks good to me sounds like animal collective which is hard to believe.

Saturday Looks Good To Me are possibly one of my least favorite groups ever. especially their fucking name.

So, this is going to be weird and abstract and dark? Yes? :-)

wrong

http://tunes.bluesummers.com/index.php/2007/06/strawberry-jam-surfaces/

the vocals are so clean

it's sort of jarring

I wonder if they are real finished trax

new EP called The Painters coming soon, they played some of it at a DJ gig the other night. it's an Avey song called "Kinda Bonkers":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtWfCPDOmcU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikl16iLeHIY

so psyched that they recorded Jimmy Mack! that sort of filled the Brother Sport spot in the two sets I saw last year...

The new EP is kinda better than the album, no? More diverse. Kinda Bonkers is a great track.

I don't think so, it's too short. Kinda Bonkers is sweet - I love how it starts out with the exact same rhythm/drum sound as FloriDada, but structurally it sounds like it's melting, and it goes in five or six different directions in three minutes, the exact opposite of the super structured FloriDada. Peacemaker is probably my favorite song on the EP, a nice sneaky melody from PB, one of the few mellow songs from this era. Goalkeeper is too nuts, sorry Avey, I still can't crack that nut. The Jimmy Mack cover was a highlight of both shows I saw last year, but it's way too short here. Anyway, I'm psyched to see them again in May, I hope they debut Bonkers and Peacemaker live for this last round of PW shows. FYI Avey is playing a festival in Sonoma, CA in June by himself, I suspect a new solo album will be out sometime later this year...

All AC post the "Fall Be Kind" EP hasn't connected with me at all. MCC codified their pop sound, "Fall Be Kind" hinted at an exciting new way forward, and then they dove straight up their own ass forever.

I will root for Centipede Hz all the way, it was my favorite record that year, and it still sounds exciting and different five years later. But they used to reinvent themselves at least once every two years, and it's been a much slower since then, their solo-albums has been less adventurous too. But they did their part, and now they're coasting a bit, and I guess that's ok.

I prefer Noah's nod to pop on his solo album

yesca otm

Centipede has really grown on me, but I was heartbroken when it came out. Important RJ remember they weren't just following up MPP, they were on a winning streak their entire career up until that point. I don't know what they could've done to lift that weight. Centipede and PW are totally distinct and sweet in their own way, but bands almost never have perfect runs that last over a decade.

I think I avoided the heartbreak because 1) the three year break made it feel as if the streak was done even before I heard the music and 2) I really really loved Moonjock.

me too. but I still can't stand "Today's Supernatural" - the only song by the AC I actively dislike.

new EP Meeting of the Waters coming out on Record Store Day. avey and geo went to brazil last year and recorded some songs:

The EP was recorded in a Brazilian rainforest and will be accompanied later this year by an episode of “Earth Works” on Viceland. Below, check out a trailer for their episode of “Earth Works.”

http://cdn2.pitchfork.com/news/72373/dde79d04.JPG

...with a big electronic machine. hm.

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