new animal collective

"derek" is everything i wanted person pitch to be.

its funny that these guys are like gnarls barkley or the beatles now meaning they dont even record in the studio at the same time they just send eachother tapes.

its funny that these guys are like gnarls barkley or the beatles now meaning they dont even record in the studio at the same time they just send eachother tapes.

i think they recorded strawberry jam together in arizona...

Yes, isn't there even footage of this in that latest video?

not really feeling the single. This does sound like Indie Rock Music. Something about the vocals is a bit irritating.

There's some classic AC hitz on here, but it sounds like Geologist kind of took over the joint. I just prefer him to subtly shade and augment the sound (though sometimes it's tough to tell who's responsible for what in this band). At their absolute worst (some of the programming on Chores and #1), they suspiciously resemble the String Cheese Incident. The title doesn't help.

The further they pull away from it, the more I miss the Avey/Panda strum'n'drum combo on Sung Tongs. I'll still buy this, largely because they have a better track record with album covers than anyone else right now.

largely because they have a better track record with album covers than anyone else right now.

on that front i think SJ is going to be a disaster.

worst. album cover. ever.

Lemme see.

SHOW US YER COVER, WOO

http://blog.filter-mag.com/filter/images/2007/06/19/animalcollective.jpg

they suspiciously resemble the String Cheese Incident.

I've always thought Avey Tare's vocals often bordered on something heard on an early Samples record.

alternate cover

http://www.breakplay.com/gameimages/gamescreen41e2fa1b74694-game.jpg

Peacebone is like a weird take on Switched-On Bach. nice

Peacebone b-side is awesome especially the line "don't get too freaky on me!"

Safer frustrates me, because I like it better than just about anything on Strawberry Jam. Plus it seems like a more logical follow-up to Feels. But with Animal Collective, obviously fuck logic.

cosmo you punk, you outbid me on a william onyeabor record

i really really never got feels at all, and strawberry jam is doing nowt for me either.

should i start with sung tongs or whatever it's called and then carry on from there? i loved the last panda bear album, perversely.

There's some classic AC hitz on here, but it sounds like Geologist kind of took over the joint. I just prefer him to subtly shade and augment the sound (though sometimes it's tough to tell who's responsible for what in this band). At their absolute worst (some of the programming on Chores and #1), they suspiciously resemble the String Cheese Incident. The title doesn't help.

The further they pull away from it, the more I miss the Avey/Panda strum'n'drum combo on Sung Tongs.

charlie, start with a joint and a campfire songs

and then sung tongs

And then Young Prayer.

No, start with Hollindagain and then Young Prayer and then Prospect Hummer and then Sung Tongs. It is the best course to take. ahem.

Huh, no Campfire Songs?

Oh. Listen to it between Prospect Hummer and Sung Tongs.

new update of rateyourmusic.com Top 1000 albums of 2007

http://rateyourmusic.com/charts/top/album/2007

5: Animal Collective - Strawberry Jam

that pompous idiot ! calls himself the DJ. He is so out of touch with what is really happening in music it is laughable !

this fuckin guy

gah is that actually the cover?

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/s883313.jpg

GAH.

maybe it's a comment on how sugary and syrupy the band's pop has become?

Metalheads be organized on RYM.

I'll believe that it's the real cover WHEN I SEE IT IN THE SHOPS.

hmph

fiery furnaces and of montreal influence on this one

and also frog eyes,but i think i'll like it.and even though all those infleunces -
more accessible are the words comes to mind.

All three of those bands, frog eyes to a lesser extent, are "accessible".

of montreal - yes
fiery furnaces - depends
frog eyes - no.

strawberyy jam was produced by the guy who produced "arcade fire" latest and it make sense.
the vocals are more front at the mix than before (you can understand the lyrics), as a matter of fact - everything sounds much clearer and upfront than before.
i also think of early brian eno ideas while listening to this.

frog eyes - sometimes.
fiery furnaces - catchy as fuck.

above all, i think there's a pretty huge Person Pitch influence here... like two songs that would probably be the best songs on that album.

but yeah, whatever.

eno ideas and stuff for sure.

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we have different ears.

and i didn't like person pitch - those loops are boring,this one is more "rich"

The last song is great. the Person Pitchy one.

the circle of fans will grow larger for sure

Nothing leaps out at me immediately (well, actually, it all "leaps out", but I mean more in an OMG I love this sense) in quite the same way that most of Person Pitch did - or, for that matter, the ambient electronic track towards the end of Feels (which kind of reminded me of some Primal Scream circa Screamadelica?!?)...

It occurs to me that I just love the echoey Beach Boys vocals on Person Pitch, and now that Animal Collective have moved closer to that sound I vaguely miss the absence of those vocals (odd that Ned dislikes them so!).

BUT I reserve the right to change my mind about this. In theory I entirely approve of the shift, so I'd not at all be surprised if I fell in love with this.

the more I listen to this the more I think it sucks. The tunes just aren't there and all the programming and effects just add to the problem.A few of these are just bland piles of sound. Whereas Feels was so immediate and kept the hypnotic, otherwordly melodic sense that made ST so great and had tracks that moved. These don't go anywhere. "Derek" is good, though.

Ugh. Soundwise, this blares. The songs themselves might make musical sense after a couple more listens, but... well, I'd be surprised.

i can't lift you up cause my mind's tired.

i highly doubt they were influenced by the fiery furnaces and of fucking montreal. i surely hope not

I don't really like the new clear upfrontness in recording/production technique, i miss the blurry reverb and the multiple layering. "Fireworks" was great when I first heard it as "Allman Vibe" in a live recording, and still is. "Peacebone" has grown on me considerably, can't wait to hear the Pantha du Prince remix. The rest I'm not especially mad about. I need to listen to "Derek" a few more times, perhaps. Strongly dislike "Safer".