[fuji]

the band is slowly running out of eras to release a live show from... we just got 01/02, that 04 feels show from a while back, all of ballet slippers (07-09)..

fingers crossed for an 03 show soon, bonus points if it's post-june for the addition of electronix

[jfw7]

or one of the campfire songs shows

[dio]

I think we still need an early app show, like 07 specifically.

there was a feels era show released officially semi recently huh? can't remember it well but ya

[Cooper]

Need a spirit show. If that recording exists?

[lhtd]

so josh and brian's score for crestone is out of this world. feels like new psycho actives meets sri aurobindo

[dio]

Cooper wrote:

Need a spirit show. If that recording exists?

as far as I know Spirit songs never really happened live (until they were like reworked in 07 onward) it's just kinda a home-studio recording type era between Dave and Noah. could be wrong, but I think Dance/Hollindagain is their earliest live era

there's a live gap between automize shows and like early danse stuff in NY I assume

[Fovrodi]

They did one show that era and it was with a friend playing sitar

[speen]

I vaguely remember avey saying they would play some spirit songs (way wilder than the original recordings) as avey tare and panda bear in the earliest NYC shows in 2000

[destiny]

i think ac live went campfire songs 1999 -> spirit in 2000 -> danse onward

[Fovrodi]

AC did a few campfire songs performances in 2000/2001. Danse/Hollinndagain shows in 2001. HCTI in '02. And sung tongs in '03. They only did on STGSTV show though

[Strange_Clams]

fuji wrote:

the band is slowly running out of eras to release a live show from... we just got 01/02, that 04 feels show from a while back, all of ballet slippers (07-09)..

fingers crossed for an 03 show soon, bonus points if it's post-june for the addition of electronix

an 05/06 set with safer & fireworks would be fire

[Stanshant]

They should release an shitload more live shows, not just one from each era.

[terrestrialjane]

The anco boxsets like 20 years from now ...

[lhtd]

tfw you realize more time has passed between now and the release of mpp than the release of mpp and stgstv

[Stanshant]

Oh fuck.

[rampface]

We old

[tealtimes]

listening to 2 Nights and remembering that i never posted about a conversation i had with Avey after one of his solo shows for the Birds tour about setting up a live archive. he was enthusiastic and he said they have multitracks from the CHz era onward.

from what i remember (the show was back in december, so i'm struggling to recall the exact conversation), he was saying he spoke to Fugazi about their live archive to get some advice and that he's interested in doing it, but that maintaining a database is pretty expensive. but he did say that the band is going to be reissuing their back catalog through Domino and I think he was implying the release of live shows as they reissue older albums.

also, I asked him about Ballet Slippers and whether any of the recordings were sourced from multitracks and he said that they weren't

[ingenue]

seacrimes wrote:

listening to 2 Nights and remembering that i never posted about a conversation i had with Avey after one of his solo shows for the Birds tour about setting up a live archive. he was enthusiastic and he said they have multitracks from the CHz era onward.

from what i remember (the show was back in december, so i'm struggling to recall the exact conversation), he was saying he spoke to Fugazi about their live archive to get some advice and that he's interested in doing it, but that maintaining a database is pretty expensive. but he did say that the band is going to be reissuing their back catalog through Domino and I think he was implying the release of live shows as they reissue older albums.

also, I asked him about Ballet Slippers and whether any of the recordings were sourced from multitracks and he said that they weren't

Excellent thx, seacrimes!

[hunkswithguns]

Fantastic! Thanks for the info!

[yoko bono]

Ark
Animals
Animal Collective
How did I not notice such a bad joke before?

[stash]

Listened to sung tongs pitchfork show from the retour

[Tropic]

Premier league champions

[Fovrodi]

Whoa, Hildur Guðnadóttir toured with AC twice when she was a member of Stórsveit Nix Noltes

[stash]

Tropic of Cans wrote:

Premier league champions

When Mané retires he can open up a hotel on his forehead (i an make this cuz i too have a 5 star hotel hairline)

[thebackdrifter]

New Email: New EP releases tomorrow, and changes to some artwork and titles for old releases.

Spoiler: show

Hello! We hope this finds you well out there! There’s been a lot simmering for us over the last few months. Our quarantining (some alone and some with our families) has made for some challenging but rewarding ways in which we have found to be creative. We’ve got some things to share tomorrow and wanted to let y'all know what’s happening first.

Tomorrow, we are releasing a new EP called Bridge to Quiet. During April and May, we took a look at some of our improvisations from 2019 and early 2020. We remixed them, collaged them, and built them into songs, finding our way to Bridge to Quiet. We hope you enjoy it! It was a fun and cathartic process, which has actually pushed us to start a new project in the same fashion.

Along with Bridge to Quiet, a large majority of our catalogue will be available on our new Bandcamp page as of tomorrow, Friday 7/3. All of our LPs will be there, as well as some deep cuts which haven’t been available digitally until now. However, with preparing our back catalogue for release, there are a few things we felt important to address and correct.

The first is the cover art for our People EP. There is no way to excuse using a “mammy" on our artwork, and so we have decided to remove it. We understand now that using a racist stereotype at all causes more damage than an explanation can repair, and we apologize. Moving forward, we will be donating a portion of our royalties from this record to the Equal Justice Initiative.

The second is our Meeting of the Waters EP. Brian and Dave recorded samples of the Tatuyo tribe in Brazil playing music for the Viceland program “Earthworks,” which were later incorporated into Meeting of the Waters. When we released MOTW on Record Store Day we arranged for portions of those sales to go to IDESAM. As we were guests in their world, we feel it is only right to continue to show our gratitude. Moving forward we will be donating a portion of our royalties from this record to Cultural Survival.

Finally, we have to address our LP Here Comes the Indian. With utmost respect to Indigenous people we feel that having the word Indian in our record title sends the wrong message by objectifying the American Indian people which is not what we were intending with the music. Because we have drawn countless inspiration from Indigenous people in America and around the world, moving forward, we will be donating a portion of our royalties from this record to Seeding Sovereignty, and changing the title to its original working title, Ark.

These changes will take effect in the coming days across all platforms.

So tomorrow, in the sprit of gratitude and support of the Black Lives Matter movement we will be splitting a donation of $10,000, along with all of the sales from our Bandcamp on 7/3, to the following organizations:

Cultural Survival
Equal Justice Initiative
Seeding Sovereignty
Southerners on New Ground (SONG)
The Okra Project

Thanks to everyone reading this for making all of this possible. The actions we are taking today are not the end of our commitment to address these issues. It's our desire to stay engaged in the issues that surround us and we will continue to find ways we can engage and support.

Animal Collective

[Strange_Clams]

Dope!

[Hellomark]

Wow changing the HCTI title back to Ark was the best way they could have handled that, good on them!

[roopn]

Always loved the title Ark anyway

[BoomCheese]

Quick shoutout to how generous the AC boys are. As a group and as individuals, thousands and thousands of dollars of royalties from their music has been (and is still) going to charities and other altruistic initiatives. It's awesome that my favourite band also consist of genuinely awesome people. Much love to you Avey, Deak, Panda, Geo, and co.

[Fovrodi]

Sure, I do feel compelled to share this e-mail I sent to brian though.

wrote:

Good evening Brian,

We've corresponded before via a different e-mail. I just want to say I understand the reasons behind changing HCTI's title to Ark. I don't speak for everyone--how could I?-- but I just want to say as a Native Alaskan, that Animal Collective has helped me feel closer to my culture not farther. "Cultural appropriation" feels like a loaded term, and it ignores the realities that actually harm indigenous peoples. In high school I saw scholarships awarded to rich white kids with the narrowest fraction of blood quantum while the actual community was tossed aside to scramble for scraps in public assistance and shitty jobs. Procter & Gamble infiltrated an annual native tradition here and literally lined a Native stage with Tide laundry detergent. I don't personally think any art is a threat to culture, I'm terrified to see that burden put upon artists and not the craven politicians and corporations that are willing to trade human lives for capital. They are the ones who should be taking responsibility for the systemic racism that plagues this nation today. That being said, what else are we left to do but accept these small moral victories? The Washington Redskins, the Atlanta Braves--among other terrible brands--genuinely and inarguably profit from racism and will likely continue to proliferate casual bigotry. What is there past numb acceptance? How do we raise hell?

[ingenue]

Fovrodi wrote:

Sure, I do feel compelled to share this e-mail I sent to brian though.

wrote:

I just want to say I understand the reasons behind changing HCTI's title to Ark. I don't speak for everyone--how could I?-- but I just want to say as a Native Alaskan, that Animal Collective has helped me feel closer to my culture not farther.

Hear hear. I don’t get how HCTI is a problematic album title. I thought it was an inside joke about Dave’s sister. Someone enlighten me...

[speen]

I understand the decision but have always loved the name here comes the indian

[tealtimes]

imo Ark fits the claustrophobic sound of the album better than HCTI

[ingenue]

What happens when Marjorie Merriweather Post gets cornpilled?

[roopn]

Back catalogues being uploaded right now! First rarity is mountain game which I believe is the first time it'll be available in a better quality than mp3

[roopn]

KEEP!!

[NotBradPitt]

it's fun refreshing the page and seeing new stuff get added haha

[NotBradPitt]

i understand the point of changing the title of HCTI back to Ark but i don't feel like it will actually do a whole lot. i've never come across anyone who even showed a hint of ire towards the title, but i could be wrong there

[NotBradPitt]

SJ doesn't have Safer attached on the end. c'mooon give me the good stuff

edit: oh right it was the b-side to peacebone

[roopn]

Peacebone single will have safer