[zilgen]

feb 16th. It'll be on reddit but they didn't specify where. said "more info to come"

[hunkswithguns]

foxtrot wrote:

Nooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

They cannot relegate Magicians to an EP.

You're spot on dio - Magicians and Defeat are the twin pillars of Skiffs 2. Having these two on the album will define the whole feel of Skiffs 2.

Agreed. If DownDownDownDown wasn't gonna follow Defeat, then Magicians sure as heck should.

[scrambledgreggs]

is it just me or does ALL music sound better when there's new AC? they've got this special kind of magic that makes me appreciate all the details not just in their own stuff but in all the other music I listen to too. they completely reinvigorate the act of listening

[famousprophets]

I very much agree and appreciate you putting that feeling into words because that's exactly what I try to tell people why I love this band so much. Their music makes me so happy that music exists in general!

[mildew_on_rice]

I've noticed that when AC makes an album, whether it's received well or not, when it comes to my own songwriting I feel so much freer. It's like their new songs give me permission to write whatever I want because they're so fearless in their creative choices and still find success.

[Fonz]

They go wherever their hearts and souls tell them too, rarely influenced by what listeners want. It’s definitely a refresh when new stuff comes out.

[Tim]

ingenue wrote:

conswaygo wrote:

ingenue wrote:

conswaygo wrote:

Dudders wrote:

New FaceCulture interview with Panda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMR2TAfR33M

He cut his finger

Noah will definitely write a song for his next solo record about almost losing his finger and it will be a banger.

Paul Westerberg put a screwdriver through his hand a decade back (trying to get wax out of a candleholder or something) and had to totally relearn how to play the guitar. Oof.

On a side note I absolutely adore Westerberg. My father would play all his stuff growing up so it serves as a bit of a soundtrack to my upbringing.

Hell yeah. I haven’t met too many AC heads into Paul and ‘Mats. I remember Avey put “Within Your Reach” on a mix back in the day—I melted. What’s your favorite PW record?

When I first read that I thought you meant that Avey did a cover of it and I was going to need to know where I could hear it.

Since nobody was talking to me, I'm a longtime replacements fan and I got to see them once and Paul a couple times. But I'm old.

[Whyguy]

zilgen wrote:

feb 16th. It'll be on reddit but they didn't specify where. said "more info to come"

as a person who coordinates AMAs for indieheads (we hosted the last several from the band), just curious where you got this info from

[awesome]

this is where i saw it: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCollecti ... eir_email/

[Whyguy]

awesome wrote:

this is where i saw it: https://www.reddit.com/r/AnimalCollecti ... eir_email/

ah okay, more vague than i expected lol. some insider info for y'all since i am the one who was involved with booking it: keep your eyes open on the 14th, more details then

[Fovrodi]

Someone needs to ask if they're interested in the Scorcese Jerry Garcia biopic lol

[sky crawler]

I love the little yelp at 1:43 of Dragon Slayer

[nickinko]

Had a moment with the dubby breakdown/ending of We Go Back today. The endings of these songs (DS, WGB, SWE, Cherokee) are so great.

[conswaygo]

ingenue wrote:

conswaygo wrote:

ingenue wrote:

conswaygo wrote:

Dudders wrote:

New FaceCulture interview with Panda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMR2TAfR33M

He cut his finger

Noah will definitely write a song for his next solo record about almost losing his finger and it will be a banger.

Paul Westerberg put a screwdriver through his hand a decade back (trying to get wax out of a candleholder or something) and had to totally relearn how to play the guitar. Oof.

On a side note I absolutely adore Westerberg. My father would play all his stuff growing up so it serves as a bit of a soundtrack to my upbringing.

Hell yeah. I haven’t met too many AC heads into Paul and ‘Mats. I remember Avey put “Within Your Reach” on a mix back in the day—I melted. What’s your favorite PW record?

I have a soft spot for Stereo/Mono. So many of those songs are great even with how simple they can be at times. The melodies always stuck with me. How about you?

[rampface]

Cherokee and We Go Back are blowing my mind. I get lost when I listen to them

[mildew_on_rice]

WGB didn't do anything for me but I'm finding it to be quite the ear worm. It's a grower for sure.

[headroom)))]

scrambledgreggs wrote:

is it just me or does ALL music sound better when there's new AC? they've got this special kind of magic that makes me appreciate all the details not just in their own stuff but in all the other music I listen to too. they completely reinvigorate the act of listening

Yeah, totally. Such a weird thing, maybe our brains are more focused on sound or something since we're trying to make sense of the new album. I've been having a blast listening to old AC favorites in between full listens of Time Skiffs and its been super refreshing. Like the old stuff sounds new again.

[conswaygo]

Is that one sample at the beginning of Prester the same sample from Deakin's Seed Song?

[Sputnik Monroe]

conswaygo wrote:

Is that one sample at the beginning of Prester the same sample from Deakin's Seed Song?

I kinda feel like the samples in Prester are what Geo was describing of shooting a refridrator with his friend and he heavily distorted. It is the only song that I feel makes sense for those to be in with those mechanical sounding samples.

[Hellomark]

Oh shit, yeah that's gotta be the fridge sample. Surprised I didn't think of that.

In other news, still deeply in love with Cherokee. May have surpassed Royal and Desire for my favorite track on here.

[Jam]

Inspired by a comment from ingenue earlier in the thread -- songs as parts of the album art (front and back)

Dragon Slayer is the old-timey whalers
Car Keys is the encyclopedia of witchcraft and demonology
Prester John is the hooded skiffs figures
Strung is the lil pink "I love you this much" dude
Walker is the little dummer boys
Cherokee is the us flag pin
Passer-by is the lil guy in the window in the bottom left corner of the back
We go Back is the watch with the human face grafted onto a cartoon
Royal and Desire is the constellation fabric

[foxtrot]

Jam wrote:

Inspired by a comment from ingenue earlier in the thread -- songs as parts of the album art (front and back)

Dragon Slayer is the old-timey whalers
Car Keys is the encyclopedia of witchcraft and demonology
Prester John is the hooded skiffs figures
Strung is the lil pink "I love you this much" dude
Walker is the little dummer boys
Cherokee is the us flag pin
Passer-by is the lil guy in the window in the bottom left corner of the back
We go Back is the watch with the human face grafted onto a cartoon
Royal and Desire is the constellation fabric

Wow this is so spot on

[ingenue]

conswaygo wrote:

ingenue wrote:

conswaygo wrote:

ingenue wrote:

conswaygo wrote:

Dudders wrote:

New FaceCulture interview with Panda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMR2TAfR33M

He cut his finger

Noah will definitely write a song for his next solo record about almost losing his finger and it will be a banger.

Paul Westerberg put a screwdriver through his hand a decade back (trying to get wax out of a candleholder or something) and had to totally relearn how to play the guitar. Oof.

On a side note I absolutely adore Westerberg. My father would play all his stuff growing up so it serves as a bit of a soundtrack to my upbringing.

Hell yeah. I haven’t met too many AC heads into Paul and ‘Mats. I remember Avey put “Within Your Reach” on a mix back in the day—I melted. What’s your favorite PW record?

I have a soft spot for Stereo/Mono. So many of those songs are great even with how simple they can be at times. The melodies always stuck with me. How about you?

Same. I love Folker too. “23 Years Ago.” Tim is probably my favorite Replacements record—“Hold My Life,” “Swinging Party,” “Here Comes a Regular.” Dayum. The reworked Dead Man’s Pop box that came out a couple years ago is really something too. Long live the ‘Mats! (Sorry, don’t mean to derail the Time Skiffs talk.)

[hedgecore]

Just wanted to say that Strung with Everything is such a great track and it makes me really excited about their future song writing

[unrecordednight]

i was always pretty indifferent towards dragon slayer but once i started playing this album in the car it is now one of my favorites, maybe most fun to sing along to of all the songs on the album

[FAF]

Definitely agree, car listens have made me appreciate Dragon Slayer and Car Keys both a lot more

[headroom)))]

I know myself and a couple others have been putting down a lot of bad journalism around AC. But I stumbled upon this piece written by Simon Reynolds for Wire magazine from 2005 (right before Feels was recorded) that was a joy to read.
http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2009/ ... s-cut.html
Loved this part especially.

wrote:

Yet the essence of Animal Collective, what makes them so remarkable, is the way they collapse polarities: they can be sacred and whimsical, cosmic and cute, noisy and pretty, all at the same time. In this sense, they are true inheritors of psychedelia’s imperative towards con-fusion: the bringing together of things usually kept separate.

And these:
On Sung Tongs being inspired by Kompakt Pop Ambient comps.

Spoiler: show

wrote:

“Every song or group of songs we did has its own tuning, and they’re usually open tunings,” says Portner. “With acoustic guitars especially, the strings resonate really well, and when the tones are similar, you almost get more tones than are actually there. It makes it really warm.” Yet the inspiration for this approach wasn’t the new acoustica of minstrels like Devendra Banhart, but electronic music. Standout track “Visting Friends”, says Portner, was influenced by Kompakt’s Pop Ambient compilations and Mike Ink’s project Gas. “Just like a wall of hums. We wanted that feeling, but with acoustic guitars.”

On breathing exercises to reduce anxiety

Spoiler: show

wrote:

“In college, Noah and I went through really tough times,” recalls Portner. “So Josh said, ‘My mom might be to help you clear your mind and get back on track’. And she was, like, ‘Well, you know, what you need to do, you need to just breathe. Most people on earth don’t take in enough of the oxygen that their mind and body needs.’ I started doing these breathing exercises with her, and it makes your body feel crazy, it just goes through your whole body. She started doing it with Noah, too. It totally cleared everything up, gave everything this calm.”

[rohcti]

^fascinating, thanks for sharing

[headroom)))]

For sure, I recently have been going thru those Pop Ambient comps and they don't disappoint. Really great tracks with lots of life. You can totally here the influence on Visiting Friends.

And breathing exercises and meditation saved my life from constant anxiety attacks like 10 years ago. Threw the doctor's meds away right after I found out I could get through it with my mind.
Thank you India!

[roopn]

rampface wrote:

Cherokee and We Go Back are blowing my mind. I get lost when I listen to them

mildew_on_rice wrote:

WGB didn't do anything for me but I'm finding it to be quite the ear worm. It's a grower for sure.

ah-ah-ah- b[sub]a[/sub]a[sup]a[/sup]a[sub]a[/sub]ck

[foxtrot]

I think WGB might be my favourite now. It is such a minding bending song.

[roopn]

anyone else feel its strange how different noah's voice sounds between car keys and walker? I was really thrown by CK after hearing the walker single so much, but getting used to it now

[foxtrot]

yeh, i agree. he uses very different voices in each.

[roopn]

It's not just that though, it sits in the mix in a totally different way like, it's been processed differently somehow

[captainlunatic]

Listened to Time Skiffs on an 1/8 of shrooms tonight (first time listening, vinyl just got here tonight). It's a 10/10 as far as I'm concerned. Their most mature, beautiful, and accomplished album.

[Fonz]

I remember listening to fall be kind the first time on lsd. Fucking amazing time. This album must have sounded glorious on shrooms.

[tdegenaro]

okay having listened to this bad boy dozens of times i'm ready to make a statement. I like Time Skiffs better than Merriweather Post Pavilion.

[Dallou]

insane take

[onebraineno]

Dallou wrote:

insane take

not that insane...

[bullseye]

Just saw an ad/review for time skiffs on a projector screen in a Metrostation. I've never seen any good music on these advertisements so I was quite surprised. They usually show the LP cover and 2 or 3 short sentences. My train just arrived at the station so I couldn't read it all, but they fucked up the name and labeled the album as "Tie Skiffs", lol.