[Emerson]

still my favorite album of all time



discuss the magic

[Tico]

Of all AC things this sounds the least like anything ive heard before

[terrestrialjane]

Pure pleasure to the ears.
Untitled and Spirit They've Vanished are arguably my favorite tracks on there

[El Camino]

Last 4 tracks is the best stretch of music in AC's discography for real

[El Camino]

Tic wrote:

Of all AC things this sounds the least like anything ive heard before

Except for Danse, unless anyone knows a similar album in which case i'm very interested

[HowardTJMoon]

I only just realised how beautiful the ending to Bat You'll Fly is

[Akaio]

I FEEL SO ELUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND YOU FEEL SO EXCLUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND I FEEL SO ELUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND YOU FEEL SO EXCLUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND I FEEL SO ELUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND YOU FEEL SO EXCLUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND I FEEL SO ELUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND YOU FEEL SO EXCLUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND I FEEL SO ELUSIVE IN HOUSTON AND

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nah jk, I do really love this whole half of the song
contender for best drumming behind ALL of Alvin row and the finale of choco gal

[HowardTJMoon]

oh god is that what he says? i never knew

[El Camino]

I remember in an interview he said that those lyrics at the end don't mean anything, he just thought it sounded cool and he wanted to avoid it being cliched. Plus Dave wrote the song about his sister, to encourage her for something, and i'm pretty sure it wasn't written for the album but the other guys told him it was awesome so he threw it on. Just some cool trivia

[CampfireBeast]

this is all I need for the rest of my life

[archie]

this album feels like its part of me

[geraldine]

They should release a remastered version or something.

[terrestrialjane]

They really need to play Alvin Row live... like they need to get on that... like....

[IkoOvo]

archie wrote:

this album feels like its part of me

I feel you.

[El Camino]

PumpkinsFlashback wrote:

They really need to play Alvin Row live... like they need to get on that... like....

I hope they go on here every now and then and read our continuous requests for Alvin Row live

[piesh]

Maybe I should get around to checking this out lol.

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OK I have heard it but not in years, and I can only remember April and segments of Chocolate Girl. What have I done with my life!

[El Camino]

Jesus man how can you live without Alvin?

[piesh]

It is indeed criminal. I'm gonna get on it real soon.

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I've never listened to Danse or ODDSAC in their entirety either

[El Camino]

At least you've still got some exploring to do!
Danse is better than HCTI imo, but it sure takes time to appreciate

[strawberrymeat]

piesh wrote:

It is indeed criminal. I'm gonna get on it real soon.

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I've never listened to Danse or ODDSAC in their entirety either

don't worry

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i've only listened to down there once

[Ethmin]

but why?

[IkoOvo]

strawberrymeat wrote:

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i've only listened to down there once

Pleeaaase listen more!
You may find yourself loving exploring the intimate, murky swamp that is Down There!

[strawberrymeat]

yesss i know i need to sometime, just every time i go to really listen to it i feel like i'm not in the right headspace and i need to wait for the right moment cos it seems really special which is dumb so i guess i should just listen to it!

[IkoOvo]

It's a good album to listen to alone at night.

[popeye]

archie wrote:

this album feels like its part of me

me too. i'm the phantom.

[Tico]

wow ive listened to every second of AC like a million times haha i wish i still had some 'splorin to do

[terrestrialjane]

Ha I remember back in high school I had this poetry assignment to do. to basically write our own poem. I put it off till very last minute, literally. The day it was assigned, I didn't even start. So I went on Google to look up the lyrics to April and the Phantom and I wrote it word for word and I used the same title. I got like a B+ on it, so it was an easy grade. Still laugh about it to this day

[El Camino]

Haha nice, don't know if Avey would be happy that his lyrics are only B+ standard!

[terrestrialjane]

Thanks maters

[Stanshant]

Teachers don't read kids' work until they do standardised testing. They just hammer gin and benzos most of the time. Maybe eat a cookie at break. I love it!

[Dead in Light]

lol stan, what grade would you give someone who turned in april and the phantom for a poetry assignment?

[Stanshant]

I would probably give them a hug and lose my job. I didn't get into Animal Collective until I was about 24 so I would have to respect the lazy urchin.

[Akaio]

I wish Spirit was still new to me

[CampfireBeast]

lollin at "lazy urchin"

[vlad_drac]

This album is perfect for early fall. Seems to me about the transition from a kid/teenager leaving home to go study in a big city. You come back during weekends and holidays, go walk in the wood with friends and psychedelic. You realize you are changing. Everything from your childhood is there, but now you gaze through it with a an eye that is distorted by being older, living elsewhere and having responsabilites.

The constant hiss and feedback on the album represent the blur you experience as a young adult trying to re-experience his youth.

[El Camino]

Tico wrote:

Of all AC things this sounds the least like anything ive heard before

I find early Mercury Rev (first two albums) to be fairly similar, especially Boces.
Whereas for hollinndagain and danse, i can't really point to anything

[GeckoSushi]

yea i agree its almost like if early mercury rev made a folk album instead of a rock album.

Boces rules too, i need to throw that cover in the favorite album art thread

[strawberrymeat]

IkoOvo wrote:

It's a good album to listen to alone at night.

oh yeah i ended up listening to it [down there] finally that night and it was the perfect night i think so it must have really been FATE

[Akaio]

I want to know where Dave found the album artwork
I assume it's whoever "Daphne" is

[Tico]

im pretty sure it was just off the street somewhere