Collected Animals • General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)

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Post **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2021 9:32 pm

Listening to this, less obnoxious than I feared.

"Animal Collective was once inextricable from the overall concept of indie rock, but has little to no profile today. What happened?"

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l ... 0511666527

Post **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2021 11:34 pm

^ they mentioned every Kings of Leon album except one having five syllables in the title...

which makes me think the REAL reason for them losing their indie darling status was dropping their habit of having at least one S in every title. They cursed themselves.

Spirit they're gone, Spirit they've vanished
danSe manatee
campfire SongS
Sung tongS
feelS
Strawberry jam
merriweather poSt pavilion
oddSac
centipede hz
painting with

edit: I feel like they completed contradicted themselves with that mailbag question??? "pop star gossip is not about clicks" and then minutes later "you have to understand that they need to generate revenue"

Post **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2021 12:20 am

Post **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:00 pm

Hash wrote:

edit: I feel like they completed contradicted themselves with that mailbag question??? "pop star gossip is not about clicks" and then minutes later "you have to understand that they need to generate revenue"

the doofusness of that answer didn’t bode well for the discussion

but it wound up being thoughtful and interesting. Didn’t appreciate the pw slander but it was nice to go down memory lane and remember AC-mania.

Post **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2021 7:29 pm

i hate trying to tie the narrative to ac like they were gonna blow up and go mainstream w mpp bc they never really ever were or are accessible in that way, it rly felt to me that they were doing what they wanted to do the entire time. ac's music even when it's just 2 guys and a guitar has so much shit going on in every song. rly even when its catchy it demands so much attention and would not be imo not what music that would fit the narrative of indie band about to blow up. after they released chz which was blown out to shit and every avey song had like 6 different sections 2 choruses and 50 overdubs of radio static and tree frog whistles

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2021 9:15 pm

Watched Save Yourselves! last night. Came out in 2020, neat indie Apocalyse flick. Pleasantly surprising tune choice. Spoilering just to be safe

Spoiler: show

Post **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:33 am

Getting into Nina Simone, and noticing her live performances scratch the same itch for me as really great Avey performances. Their voices are both rough and raw but so powerful and disarming and honest
Anyone else feel this parallel?

Post **Posted:** Wed Mar 10, 2021 2:20 pm

Interesting! Which of her records are you listening to? I can hear what you’re getting at, now that I think about it. She had a real visceral delivery sometimes, and, like Avey, an incredible range. “Isn’t It a Pity” from Emergency Ward and “I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometimes)” from Nina Simone & Piano reliably turn me into a puddle. Her playing on the latter kind of reminds me of Doctess’ work on Feels.

Post **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2021 2:41 pm

Emergency ward is exactly what I listened to right before posting that! Really only scratched the surface of her work, I know that live video of I Wish I Knew... Which is if course classic. And I have Silk & Soul which was good but definitely made me realise I'm more interested in her live recordings.

Agree with your comparison to feels piano too. I'll have to check out I get along with you very well. Thanks!

More listening is in order and I'll try to articulate more

Post **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2021 5:46 pm

I have been feeling very on edge lately. I need the boys to drop something to ease the weirdness

Post **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2021 7:48 pm

omg beach boys influence

Post **Posted:** Thu Mar 11, 2021 11:42 pm

lol I assume that's a reflection of his own personal feelings rather than any kind of musical teaser...

Post **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:15 am

clearly an announcement of a Pet Sounds cover album

Post **Posted:** Fri Mar 12, 2021 12:24 am

"Petting With" hype!

Post **Posted:** Sat Mar 13, 2021 8:09 am

Smh avey really should have done some sort of 10 year re-release for down there with the vinyl being pressed on like “swamp green” and a download code for 320kbps instead of 128kbps

Post **Posted:** Sun Mar 14, 2021 9:49 pm

Had a dream AC was touring again and Mercury Man was in the setlist

Post **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:38 pm

Fovrodi wrote:

Had a dream AC was touring again and Mercury Man was in the setlist

yes please

i'd love to hear that one again

Post **Posted:** Sun Mar 21, 2021 11:51 pm

They should definitely bring back more CHz stuff when they can finally tour again, feel like that material fits well into their current setup. I wanna hear them play Applesauce again.

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:27 am

completely agreed and i felt pulleys worked perfectly with the '19 setlist, the breakdown they would play was soooo nice and it was one of the songs that balanced out the chill energy of the set they were playing with the rock-ish type shit. mercury man would be PERFECT

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 23, 2021 7:31 pm

Is this Panda Bear?

https://soundcloud.com/veyesor/no

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:11 pm

Lol that's Deakin. Same band though

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:20 pm

Post **Posted:** Tue Mar 23, 2021 9:02 pm

<3

(also veyesor was Geologist's username on one of the previous Collected Animals boards! my guess is that an AC fan named their soundcloud after him??)

Post **Posted:** Sun Mar 28, 2021 12:21 am

cannot be overstated how much the reddit page (and reddit in general) sucks wholly

Post **Posted:** Sun Mar 28, 2021 3:43 am

we r the makers of the peacock sound in sunset at the live show we r the dreamers of dreams

Post **Posted:** Sun Mar 28, 2021 4:42 am

Somehow missed it in 2017 but just now discovering the tracks Avey did with Mickey Hart for Ramu and it's so wonderful, my heart is full.

Post **Posted:** Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:59 pm

clearwaters wrote:

Somehow missed it in 2017 but just now discovering the tracks Avey did with Mickey Hart for Ramu and it's so wonderful, my heart is full.

Yeah! It's rare for Avey to lend his voice to others' tracks and always thought these were a bit easy to overlook.

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2021 5:20 pm

was listening to kids on holiday and got struck by how much it sounded like it could've opened sung tongs if leaf house wasn't already a perfect opener, so I tried to take all sung tongs and ST-affiliated trax and order them into two albums, a softer side and a freakier/more energetic side

soft side:

Spoiler: show

deak side:

Spoiler: show

ended up not being quite even in length but i think it turned out ok:)
pre-release single = kids on holiday/always you

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:05 pm

That’s cool^

Not including covered in frogs on ST is the worst thing AC has ever done to me

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:17 pm

Fovrodi wrote:

cannot be overstated how much the reddit page (and reddit in general) sucks wholly

I know what you mean, I definitely prefer message boards way more.

There's some good parts of the reddit page. I've read some well written posts here and there. But overall it feels too small attention-span oriented for me. My gut feeling is that the community is teens and early 20s fans. Which is really cool to hear their views as I'm an older fan. But sometimes the modern internet nature of "race to the reward" leads to people rushing to make a joke to get points instead of having a discussion. Can't say I'd fare any better if I was raised in this time. I'm thankful I have a variety of music I can use to quell/obliterate my inner dialogue.

Post **Posted:** Wed Apr 07, 2021 8:34 pm

headroom))) wrote:

Fovrodi wrote:
cannot be overstated how much the reddit page (and reddit in general) sucks wholly

I know what you mean, I definitely prefer message boards way more.

There's some good parts of the reddit page. I've read some well written posts here and there. But overall it feels too small attention-span oriented for me. My gut feeling is that the community is teens and early 20s fans. Which is really cool to hear their views as I'm an older fan. But sometimes the modern internet nature of "race to the reward" leads to people rushing to make a joke to get points instead of having a discussion. Can't say I'd fare any better if I was raised in this time. I'm thankful I have a variety of music I can use to quell/obliterate my inner dialogue.

god i agree. i think the subreddit is... nice, but it feels like younger, more meme-oriented fans which can honestly bring up some secondhand embarrassment

Post **Posted:** Thu Apr 08, 2021 3:15 am

Deakin is doing a remix for the 20th anniversary edition of Since I Left You
https://us.theavalanchesstore.com/produ ... ersary-4lp

Post **Posted:** Thu Apr 08, 2021 4:25 am

meysell wrote:

headroom))) wrote:
Fovrodi wrote:
cannot be overstated how much the reddit page (and reddit in general) sucks wholly

I know what you mean, I definitely prefer message boards way more.

There's some good parts of the reddit page. I've read some well written posts here and there. But overall it feels too small attention-span oriented for me. My gut feeling is that the community is teens and early 20s fans. Which is really cool to hear their views as I'm an older fan. But sometimes the modern internet nature of "race to the reward" leads to people rushing to make a joke to get points instead of having a discussion. Can't say I'd fare any better if I was raised in this time. I'm thankful I have a variety of music I can use to quell/obliterate my inner dialogue.

god i agree. i think the subreddit is... nice, but it feels like younger, more meme-oriented fans which can honestly bring up some secondhand embarrassment

It's ok, i'm calm now

Post **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:44 pm

Fovrodi wrote:

cannot be overstated how much the reddit page (and reddit in general) sucks wholly

"Does Avey like Death Grips?"

Post **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2021 4:58 pm

Almost all subreddits for bands are cringe. Seems like the cringe increases proportionately to the size of the community

Post **Posted:** Sat Apr 24, 2021 7:39 pm

Happy birthday to Avey

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Post **Posted:** Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:11 pm

been blasting painting with in the car lately as well

one of their better produced albums tbh

Post **Posted:** Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:25 pm

captainlunatic wrote:

been blasting painting with in the car lately as well

one of their better produced albums tbh

Doesn't the last half of the Burglars just get you fired up?

Post **Posted:** Sun Apr 25, 2021 6:36 pm

snake wrote:

captainlunatic wrote:
been blasting painting with in the car lately as well

one of their better produced albums tbh

Doesn't the last half of the Burglars just get you fired up?

yes! panda's background vocals on that one sang to me from the first listen. great song

can't wait to hear him back in the studio with the boys