[speen]

I've always loved the transition from guys eyes into taste on the album

and this isnt contrarian, but yeah, queen in my pictures --> doggy is likely my favorite song transition in the history of song transitions

[Tropic]

Queen in my Pictures > Doggy and Guys Eyes > Taste are great. Rev > Fireworks good too. That's about it, if my memory serves me.

[Tropic]

Some of the CHZ ones are good

[preacherben]

i feel like the transitions are what i'm excited about when i'm gonna see them live lol. just those painting with tracks have not aged particularly well

[BiblePilot]

Tropic of Cans wrote:

Some of the CHZ ones are good

Specifically, the first four.

[jerry wonder]

HowardTJMoon wrote:

Sam wrote:

Atlas Sound peaked with Walkabout (feat. Noah Lennox)

Ok this is the one I take issue with, you can fuck right off.

First, Let the Blind Lead... is better than Logos.

Dos, Parallax shits on BOTH OF THOSE

Third, Walkabout isn't even the best song on Logos. ATTIC LIGHTS IS, YOU FUCK

rampface wrote:

Parallax is better than Halcyon Digest

I agree with this, though.

Quick Canal slays every other Atlas Sound track; possibly deerhunter too

[roopn]

Yeah quick canal is great

[jerry wonder]

also, we all know AC peaked during MPP era in 07/08;

Bearhug remains my all time favorite AC track.

tho 06 was the peak of their live show: see Tavastia

[Goku]

NTB > Monkey Riches

[Stanshant]

These last two posts should be in the "I'm not trying to be absolutely right about the most self-evident details of Animal Collective but..." thread. Mods pls do yr jb.

[speen]

jerry wonder wrote:

also, we all know AC peaked during MPP era in 07/08

a lot of people here including myself would firmly disagree with that lol

[jerry wonder]

demonclusters wrote:

jerry wonder wrote:

also, we all know AC peaked during MPP era in 07/08

a lot of people here including myself would firmly disagree with that lol

I'm not contrarian but...

[speen]

"we all know" sounded like you were saying "i'm not being contrarian"

[jfw7]

demonclusters wrote:

"we all know" sounded like you were saying "i'm not being contrarian"

yeah and "painting with" sounded like "panda bear meets the grim reaper", what's your point

[speen]

jfw7 wrote:

yeah and "painting with" sounded like "panda bear meets the grim reaper", what's your point

"ayyy lmao"

[BlueRodland]

HCTI is the best AC album and if you disagree I'll say 'okay'

[bansheebeaten]

jfw7 wrote:

demonclusters wrote:

"we all know" sounded like you were saying "i'm not being contrarian"

yeah and "painting with" sounded like "panda bear meets the grim reaper", what's your point

best post 2017

[speen]

Oh shit, I forgot about this thread. Let's be contrarian again

Goalkeeper is a bad song, and the little bit before the chorus where Avey and Panda have contrasting vocal lines sounds so damn awful and disorganized that it makes me worried for the future of their vocal writing

[roopn]

demonclusters wrote:

Oh shit, I forgot about this thread. Let's be contrarian again

Goalkeeper is a bad song, and the little bit before the chorus where Avey and Panda have contrasting vocal lines sounds so damn awful and disorganized that it makes me worried for the future of their vocal writing

In the spirit of the thread: FUCK YOUUUUU!!!

[destiny]

YOU.

[AudibleKayak]

demonclusters wrote:

Oh shit, I forgot about this thread. Let's be contrarian again

Goalkeeper is a bad song, and the little bit before the chorus where Avey and Panda have contrasting vocal lines sounds so damn awful and disorganized that it makes me worried for the future of their vocal writing

I agree, but that chorus more than makes up for it.

[MarfaJazz]

Deakin's album is good, but it's stuck in the past.

He's basically aping what Avey Tare and Panda Bear were doing with their music seven + years ago. The fact that people are taking that as proof that he's "what makes Animal Collective great" or "secretly the best member" is kind of silly.

Sleep Cycle is "The Force Awakens"...Deakin is J.J. Abrams and the rest of the band are George Lucas.

[jetski]

Does that make MPP the prequel trilogy then?

:hm:

[MarfaJazz]

CHZ and PW are the prequels. To be clear I'm not saying they're as bad as episodes 1-3 though. Nothing is that bad.

[destiny]

when did they ever sound like good house? its not retreading at all imo...its just his sounds man..and these songs were written in 2009/2010

[jfw7]

SouvlakiPlaystation wrote:

Deakin's album is good, but it's stuck in the past.

He's basically aping what Avey Tare and Panda Bear were doing with their music seven + years ago. The fact that people are taking that as proof that he's "what makes Animal Collective great" or "secretly the best member" is kind of silly.

Sleep Cycle is "The Force Awakens"...Deakin is J.J. Abrams and the rest of the band are George Lucas.

really weird and off base

[speen]

FEEL ON1NE!!! wrote:

when did they ever sound like good house? its not retreading at all imo...its just his sounds man..and these songs were written in 2009/2010

Yeah, these songs have been marinating in Deak's mind for a long time, which might be why they sound kinda old? Idk, they sound fresh to me. The style is more old-AC, but it's also very much a product of Deakin's own mind. Honestly really hope the next AC album has a similarly meditative vibe

[Calvin]

not being contrarian but beyonce had one of the best videos of all time!!!

[warhorse miraged]

SouvlakiPlaystation wrote:

Deakin's album is good, but it's stuck in the past.

He's basically aping what Avey Tare and Panda Bear were doing with their music seven + years ago. The fact that people are taking that as proof that he's "what makes Animal Collective great" or "secretly the best member" is kind of silly.

definitely agree with this. it sounds like an album made by a fan who was super influenced by early ac.

[Texas Trill]

Sleep Cycle does have a lot of elements that sound like older AC albums, but it's all the albums that Josh was on. To say Deakin's solo album is stuck in the past is one thing, but then to claim he's aping Panda and Avey totally undermines his role in the band to the status of a copycat.
Again, not saying Sleep Cycle doesn't sound like the love child of Feels and SJ, but the biggest trait it shares with those albums is that they all have Josh's unique DNA inscribed within them.

[BlueRodland]

It sounds like an album made by a fan who was super influenced by early AC because he was in the band a lot during early AC.

[Stanshant]

Haha. Very good.

[MarfaJazz]

FEEL ON1NE!!! wrote:

when did they ever sound like good house? its not retreading at all imo...its just his sounds man..and these songs were written in 2009/2010

The songs themselves are very much his own, no question. The production, aesthetic and performance of said songs however are really indebted to stuff Avey and Panda have done with and without the band. That's not to say Deakin didn't contribute a large part to the AC sound, because he obviously did, but Sleep Cycle seems like fan service.

Regardless, Panda and Avey both appropriated a lot of each others ideas on their solo albums, and the band seems like a communal get down, creativity wise. I really have no problem with Deakin using old ideas, but this is the contrarian thread so I figured I'd be a complete and utter asshole about it.

[speen]

I don't really feel like being influenced by each other is "copping each other's ideas," when they're in a band together

[jfw7]

footy has slippi vibes for sure but the other three proper songs don't sound like anything like other AC material unless i'm really overlooking something?

[bentoboxd]

jerry wonder wrote:

HowardTJMoon wrote:

Sam wrote:

Atlas Sound peaked with Walkabout (feat. Noah Lennox)

Ok this is the one I take issue with, you can fuck right off.

First, Let the Blind Lead... is better than Logos.

Dos, Parallax shits on BOTH OF THOSE

Third, Walkabout isn't even the best song on Logos. ATTIC LIGHTS IS, YOU FUCK

rampface wrote:

Parallax is better than Halcyon Digest

I agree with this, though.

Quick Canal slays every other Atlas Sound track; possibly deerhunter too

Wait Parallax shits on Let the blind AND Logos????? No just no

[rohcti]

Yeah I don't really hear these crazy similarities. Sonically all AC related albums have similar characteristics, but Sleep Cycle just feels different and a little more grounded in reality than their past stuff

[jfw7]

if anything Kinda Bonkers lyrics rips off Sleep Cycle's vibes

[Gool Aid]

stgtv is aveys best work but person pitch is better

[Gool Aid]

prospect hummer has their best and most effortless sounding recordings