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

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Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:04 am

completely agree, sj's tracklist is immaculate. Water Curses is great but I wouldn't swap any of those tracks into sj.
Only thing I have with safer is that it could've been its own single, rather than the B-side to peacebone. but hey, it's not like nobody knows about safer.

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:41 am

roopn wrote:

completely agree, sj's tracklist is immaculate. Water Curses is great but I wouldn't swap any of those tracks into sj.
Only thing I have with safer is that it could've been its own single, rather than the B-side to peacebone. but hey, it's not like nobody knows about safer.

What's safer

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2022 2:59 pm

Daffy Duck wrote:

That song ‘brown thrasher’ from the ‘for the birds’ compilation should be coming out any day now. Anyone know when the next volume is supposed to come out?

this will be out on Friday (Sept 30)

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:29 pm

alright can we talk ab on a beach/maya now? idk if t counts as an sj song or an mpp song, does anyone know? i know they started playing it with the mpp lineup but it sounds more like an sj song to me and they didn't play a lot of sj songs till around the time they were playing that one and even a bit after. such a great song i wish we had better recordings of it.

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:49 pm

To me, it sounds like a song they probably finished after recording SJ -- and I think it would've worked well on Water Curses.

The BBC version is good enough quality for me... I'm satisfied with this being our best(?) version. Definitely has some Spirit vibes on the track too...

They've definitely got to release a second Animal Crack Box one day.

Post **Posted:** Mon Sep 26, 2022 7:52 pm

damn i totally forgot they did it in a bbc session, haven't listened to the full thing yet but i remember that and taste being on it.

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:02 pm

Woooow I forgot about From a Beach. That song is on their top shelf/among their deepest childhood woodland vibes- along with their early records, in the flowers, winters love, etc. I’m satisfied with the bbc recording for sure

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:18 pm

blindmowing wrote:

I think it would've worked well on Water Curses.

Totally agreed. Never put my finger on it before. But it woulda fit perfectly on Water Curses.

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 27, 2022 4:20 pm

Brown Thrasher will be From a Beach

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2022 3:43 am

Live From LA (9/18/2007)

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2022 5:19 am

From the Beach is one my favorite unreleased tracks. I'm pretty sure its MPP era tho. It has that watery, heavy kick drum/dance beat, psych feel to it.
I'll concede that Safer wouldn't work on SJ. Its too sprawling and loose and SJ songs are pretty concise. Agree with roopn that Safer does seem marginalized as a b-side on a single. Maybe they should've added it to Water Curses EP.
I've never really liked Derek. I think the drums are really corny/cheesy/tacky and not a fan of PB's close out vocals. Winter Wonderland seems too "live" of a song to fit on SJ, but its a cool song. Sick album tho, and glad it gets its praise from fans. After MPP, I feel its the most accessible to the non-initiated.

My suspicion is that the first album that really connects with a new AC fan ends up being their favorite. For me it was Sung Tongs and Feels pretty close together. Then I eagerly awaited and salivated for anything they put out. The pre-SJ bootlegs were amazing, and Fireworks had a sweet guitar part from Deakin in the intro that got cut out (first case of demoitis for me!) I read that a big goal was to not make Feels 2 and they definitely succeeded in that sonically.

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 28, 2022 10:14 am

Getting antsy for news on what's next. A single or even info, anything. Was thinking about this era as a whole. I've found myself a little bored with the boots which is strange because I'm yet to see them live this go around (but will soon, at last). Hard to believe some of these songs have been knocking around since 2018, with the era beginning in earnest 2019. Whereas before you could neatly define each era by its album and accompanying EP/single, this one's been different. The pandemic era. From Bridge to Quiet through to Skiffs--with the logistics of COVID shaping how the music was assembled--to Reset and Panda's slew of features, a joyous reaction to these uncertain times (with Noah embracing his poppier tendencies)--ending with whatever's next, hopefully, surely culminating with Defeat. It's been quite a ride. Live from Music Box, the tiny desk concert too. If you're willing to lump all these releases and whatever's next together ~spiritually~ then it's hard not to see it as their best ever era.

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:05 pm

Brown Thrasher tomorrow, sounds like. Hoping that AC uses that to share something, anything.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 6:03 am

8-minute track! I was expecting an acoustic guitar + field recordings instrumental. This is that plus cool electronic flourishes, vocals buried in effects and much more -- good track.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:21 am

Wow. I fucking love this.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 9:22 am

Bloody hell this is sublime. Eucalyptus/Meeting of the Waters with a bit of a Skiffs transition vibe.

Sorry if I missed this but does anybody have any more info on this? i.e. who plays on it, when/where it was recorded etc?

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 10:38 am

I think the guy from Reddit who posted about this before it was announced (and was widely disbelieved) said it's an Avey/Geo track.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 12:11 pm

And I believe it was recorded at drop of sun while they were practicing for tour there last year? The track is so good, love the auto tune parts! Can't wait to listen again with headphones.

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:02 pm

Pretty wastered?

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 3:59 pm

Very nice

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 5:42 pm

Post **Posted:** Fri Sep 30, 2022 8:40 pm

was not expecting a beastly ambient epic like this. awesome

Post **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2022 9:41 am

Yeah it's beautiful. Sorta reminds me of Psychoactives as well as Euca as someone else said earlier

Post **Posted:** Sat Oct 01, 2022 12:58 pm

I’d like to know more about how they wrangled together this massive lineup of people AND produced a collection with such a unity of sound and approach. Brown Thrasher fits in really well with all the other musical numbers in the collection - bird sampling, atmospheric vocals, quietness alongside textured soundscapes. Really good stuff.

Post **Posted:** Sun Oct 02, 2022 2:52 am

really outstanding track, relaxing and intriguing. Opening sound could be directly sampled from melody unfair.

anyone know of anywhere to buy a digital copy of the song?
maybe one day I'll have $400 for the 20lp box :0

Post **Posted:** Sun Oct 02, 2022 3:33 am

roopn wrote:

really outstanding track, relaxing and intriguing. Opening sound could be directly sampled from melody unfair.

anyone know of anywhere to buy a digital copy of the song?
maybe one day I'll have $400 for the 20lp box :0

I bought it on iTunes. I searched “brown thrasher” and it popped up.

Post **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2022 2:25 pm

Can anyone message me a link of the Pullhair Rubeye un-reversed?

Post **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:49 pm

andthephantom wrote:

I’d like to know more about how they wrangled together this massive lineup of people AND produced a collection with such a unity of sound and approach. Brown Thrasher fits in really well with all the other musical numbers in the collection - bird sampling, atmospheric vocals, quietness alongside textured soundscapes. Really good stuff.

it really is astonishing when listening to all of it - so much quality music by so many of my favorite artists. there's just so much on it that it's gonna take awhile to digest

Post **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2022 5:25 pm

BansheeBeat wrote:

Can anyone message me a link of the Pullhair Rubeye un-reversed?

its on youtube but im assuming you mean the download link? if thats the case then can i get the link as well

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:22 am

Did PB do the music for Appy Halloween?

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 3:47 pm

roopn wrote:

really outstanding track, relaxing and intriguing. Opening sound could be directly sampled from melody unfair.

anyone know of anywhere to buy a digital copy of the song?
maybe one day I'll have $400 for the 20lp box :0

I was hoping it would show up on bandcamp but so far I've only found it on iTunes and Amazon, both of which I believe are below 320kbps

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:22 pm

unreleased AC song slated for released on bandcamp Friday on a compilation!!

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 7:32 pm

^Defeat

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 8:03 pm

Woah good catch. I've seen this shared a bunch today and did not even notice.

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:00 pm

Soul Capturer . . . they've talked about it as a distant cousin from the beginning.

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:18 pm

I would expect something new and maybe instrumental. Exciting!

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:45 pm

love that they're always doing what they can to support bandcamp and progressive causes! very excited for that comp

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 9:46 pm

At last... From a Beach...

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:06 pm

Baby Day (Remix)

Post **Posted:** Tue Oct 04, 2022 11:34 pm

Hellomark wrote:

At last... From a Beach...

It genuinely could be. Getting Mountain Game vibes from this.