new animal collective

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!

This sounds like... Indie Rock Music.

-- I know, right?, Wednesday, July 4, 2007 10:03 PM

if this is what the rest of indie rock sounds like, i need to get back into it.

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).

AC in poppy AND unpretentious shockkkker?

"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