Collected Animals • Albums similar to Here Comes the Indian?

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Post **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2015 12:15 am

It seems like a lot of other musicians have been able to make vibes similar to those on Feels, MPP, Strawberry Jam, etc. but I haven't found any other albums that sound much like Here Comes the Indian. Anyone have any suggestions?

Here are some of the closest I can think of (but not really that close) to get a sense of what I'm looking for, in terms of noisy/abstract/loose compositions and bizarre trippiness:

Black Dice - Creature Comforts
Bee Mask - When We Were Eating Unripe Pears
Excepter - KA
Gang Gang Dance - God's Money
Liars - Drum's Not Dead
Storm & Stress - Under Thunder & Fluorescent Lights
Treasure Hunt - Clutty Putty

Post **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:04 am

Post **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:13 am

check out Raccoo-oo-oon, namely The Cave of Spirits Forever

Post **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2015 2:53 am

Hollinndagain

But yeah Indian is a one of a kind that's for sure.

Post **Posted:** Tue Jun 23, 2015 3:47 am

thats why this has grown to be probably my favorite AC record. I can't think of any albums that sound quite like it.

when i read the first post sun city girls popped in my head, but I don't think id go as far to say they 'sound the same'

Post **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:14 am

first This Heat album is similar to a lot of early AC.

Post **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2015 4:23 pm

Boredoms kinda? i feel like there are definitely elements of that style in AC's early stuff; Ahh Good Country (tho its on danse) could fit on Super Ae i think. and Too Soon definitely feels similar ecstatic and celebratory as later Boredoms

Post **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2015 5:15 pm

I feel that. Been ages since I listened to Super ae but all the crazy different parts of Hey Light sort of maybe remind me of it?

Post **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 2:49 am

Beautiful Seizure by volcano! is pretty close in some ways

Post **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2015 7:37 am

jfw7 wrote:

Holy... SHIT! I never noticed until now, but yeah. Very sim.

Sometimes the noisy, furious instrumenting reminds me of Lightening Bolt.

Honestly, this album really stands out in terms of an original sound.

Post **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:53 am

Gang Gang Dance: God's Money
Can: Tago Mago

Post **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2015 7:36 am

Scott Walker's later albums.

Those are honestly a bit scarier though.

I also second Tago Mago, it often has a different vibe but something like Peking O recalls the sound of HCTI (imo).

Edit: one more thing - definitely check out Hollindagain, it gets a bad rap i think because the quality is somewhat poor but it's very enjoyable and was created around the same time. Pride and Fight is the shit.

Post **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2015 8:50 am

So many sweet albums in this thread

Post **Posted:** Fri Jun 26, 2015 4:38 pm

Awesome suggestions guys! So much amazing music coming out of this thread.

I love Tago Mago and Hollindagain, would've put them in my initial list but I figured just a couple were enough to get things going. The This Heat, Raccoo-oo-oon and Sun City Girls suggestions are spot-on and I'm still digesting some of the others.

Also wanted to add Twi the Humble Feather to this list, though they sound a bit more like Campfire Songs/Sung Tongs than HCTI. But, close enough.

Keep 'em coming!

Post **Posted:** Thu Jul 16, 2015 12:28 am

Holy crap that Cromagnon album sounds just like HCTI, they even use the same duck-sounding vocal processing that AC use in Too Soon and Whaddit I Done! That one definitely comes the closest of all the other albums mentioned here.

Following related music from this thread led me to discover The Residents (for which I'm eternally grateful) and I would say Eskimo is pretty similar in concept and spirit.

Post **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 6:29 pm

I honestly think This Heats first album was a HUGE influence on AC in their early days! Some of the tracks on that album are almost uncanny! very danse era. Have a listen to this track, at around 03:00 it sounds so much like the beginning of the pitchfork set they did in 2011. All those clicking sounds! also sounds abit like the softest voice.

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

Post **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2015 10:31 pm

Wow yeah, This Heat. That's a sweet comparison

Post **Posted:** Mon Jul 27, 2015 11:39 pm

C Rosalie wrote:

Beautiful Seizure by volcano! is pretty close in some ways

This band is fucking amazing. Never seen someone else who digs them. I have all 3 of their CDs.

Post **Posted:** Wed Feb 21, 2018 11:00 pm

Tyondai Braxton - History That Has No Effect is very Indian, especially "Struck Everywhere". not sure why it took me so long to listen to this

Post **Posted:** Mon Feb 26, 2018 2:52 am

scummy wrote:

check out Raccoo-oo-oon, namely The Cave of Spirits Forever

agreed.

I'm partial to "is night people", especially as something in the vein of here comes the indian

Post **Posted:** Mon Feb 26, 2018 8:15 pm

Raccoo-oo-oon is such a good band, feel like they were definitely spiritual successors to that here comes the indian / live feels sound, but actually just a tiny bit catchier imo

Post **Posted:** Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:27 pm

I think it was on one of the past forums but I remember Tap comparing HCTI and

Bird Show - Lightning Ghost

Post **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2018 7:30 pm

StrangeClams wrote:

C Rosalie wrote:
Beautiful Seizure by volcano! is pretty close in some ways

This band is fucking amazing. Never seen someone else who digs them. I have all 3 of their CDs.

I was on RYM the other day, and I went to a chart of the highest-rated noise rock + psychedelic rock albums of all-time, then jumped to #600 or so. I like finding albums that way. That's how I found volcano! - Beautiful Seizure, and I listened to it yesterday. It's so cool to see it here!

Also, Black Dice - Beaches & Canyons and Black Eyes - Cough are similar to HCTI.

Post **Posted:** Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:38 am

also all three Chris Rehm solo albums