new animal collective

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

I like "unsolved mysteries" best

i bet they are finished mixes. when feels leaked it was also several months before the release date.

the vocals have been getting clearer with each record if i remember spirit they've gone... this is probably it.

Controversy!

My favorite part is the J0n w chain letter threat in the comments

so, did the same person who leaked the first three leak the last three?

I don't know. It wasn't from the same blog, but I don't know if these bloggers had promos or got the songs elsewhere

http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/forkcast
song is so awesome...

this looks like a really, really strong contender for not only album of the year, but also an album people will still be vigorously talking about in five, six, seven years i think.

why not 8, 9 or 10?

an album people will be talkng about six years from now, what a classic!

This sounds like... Indie Rock Music.

never said a classic... but based off the "what music do you still listen to from 2002" thread... having an album that people still listen to six years from now is kind of an accomplishment.

also... animal collective are having fun! releasing a song called "fireworks" on fourth of july! next up: strawberry jam records! (on mars, of course.)

Then why do they sound like they're not having any fun at all. From that track it sounds like they had all their fun for person pitch and pullhair rubeye

eh... didn't necessarily say the track itself was fun. it sounds kinda sad and weary to me anyway.
but "peacebone" is really jovial i think and buoyant. it seems like not only will SJ be their most, cough, "poppy" album, but definitely their least pretentious (and i don't use that word negatively, necessarily).

wait... what is pullhair rubeye?

Anywhere I can get a proper definitive AC discog?

Pullhair Rubeye is Avey Tare's record with Kria Brekkan (of Mum, and his wife fame).

On first listen, this is pretty great..catchy, poppy, interesting. Encouraging.

i refuse to listen to it till it's out properly. i'm hoping it's gonna be the tits though.

A bit more dynamic and electronic than Feels...more like their live shows.

So has this whole album l34K3d? or just a coupla songs?

Whole album...at ease now..

sweet.

where?

nevermind. found it.

oh my, it's wonderful.

2K7 ROCKS!

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