[foxtrot]

Yeh, and kind of a dog move to then troll us by putting it on the track list when we’re never actually going to get to hear it

[zak]

Honestly I just wish it were on the album in some form. I know the band knows what they’re doing with their own art but.. We wait for 5 years and for it not to be on the track list just seems super anticlimactic. Idk I’m just bummed

[Stan]

Personally, I'm relieved. A twenty minute song in the middle of the tracklisting is going to kill the flow of the album.

[foxtrot]

AC’s most skip-able track coming up

[BreadBagel]

I guess it's Domino making these decisions and not the band but I'm really not a fan of how they've led up to Time Skiffs or Isn't It Now. Releasing basically half the album before it comes out. I feel like 2 shorter singles 2 months out and then 1 month out from the album would be more than enough to build hype. And you could say "well, then just don't listen to the singles". Yeah... right. As if I have any self control.

[BreadBagel]

zak wrote:

Honestly I just wish it were on the album in some form. I know the band knows what they’re doing with their own art but.. We wait for 5 years and for it not to be on the track list just seems super anticlimactic. Idk I’m just bummed

Yeah, it's just gonna be a 22 minute intermission of silence where we mourn the absence of Defeat.

[dansemanatee]

Gem & I is just around the corner it seems, assuming it drops on the 26th like defeat and soul. That was my second most anticipated iin song, really did not want this one to come out before the album. It definitely makes sense as a single but I really like where it’s placed on the album and I’d rather my first time hearing the studio version be within its actual context on the album.

[MFpotus]

Pretty sure Kings will be the next single. They made Walker a single so anything is possible.

[Hellomark]

Imagine if Kings has that sick reverse reverb effect on the vocals like Defeat does

[NightlifeMingus]

I wonder if AtCAB is going to be a single, a la Strung — it’s short, and didn’t someone (willie?) say that it’s an upbeat poppy one?

[KidEatsKeyboard]

If there's another single after Gem I definitely think it'll be AtCAB. Defeat + Soul Capturer + Gem is already going to be over half an hour worth of music from the album. So if there's another single, it HAS to be a short one, and AtCAB probably is single-y. If not that, then maybe Broke Zodiac, but that would be another laid back song in the key of C lol

[unrecordednight]

animal collective

[TetsuoUnderFire]

was listening to soul capturer today and messing around with midjourney and came up with this long after the song ended but i really really love it. i kind of want to take this concept and quilt it for real.

[Stories and Games]

have just received word that the next single is "soul capturer (album version w/ intro)"

[foxtrot]

TetsuoUnderFire wrote:

was listening to soul capturer today and messing around with midjourney and came up with this long after the song ended but i really really love it. i kind of want to take this concept and quilt it for real.

This is awesome dude!

[BreadBagel]

foxtrot wrote:

TetsuoUnderFire wrote:

was listening to soul capturer today and messing around with midjourney and came up with this long after the song ended but i really really love it. i kind of want to take this concept and quilt it for real.

This is awesome dude!

I love this. I almost wish this was the album cover.

[TetsuoUnderFire]

thanks guys i really dig it

BreadBagel wrote:

I love this. I almost wish this was the album cover.

hahaha i thought about maybe using it as an alternative one but i dunno feels wrong to do that imo but it is really neat looking

[foxtrot]

Maybe perfect for a fan made version of IIN? with live transitions or something

[Slippi's Applesauce]

The 26th is a Saturday, my guess for the next single is the 28th-30th

[Glints]

foxtrot wrote:

Maybe perfect for a fan made version of IIN? with live transitions or something

I got dibs if Magicians! Haha nah but maybe that could work for CA does IIN if we do one.

[dansemanatee]

MFpotus wrote:

Pretty sure Kings will be the next single. They made Walker a single so anything is possible.

I was not familiar with Walker before it came out but it makes sense as a single to me. Wasn’t it confirmed gem was the next single?

[Glints]

Gem and I makes the most sense as a single honestly. I kind of wish they wouldn't drop anymore. I feel dropping 3 singles right before the release of Time Skiffs kind of took some of the magic away on first listen. I guess I just need to force myself not to listen.

[Slippi's Applesauce]

an article (i think on rough trade) called gem and i a single, so i assume it's next yea

[scrambledgreggs]

I'll only listen to the next single if it's Genie's or Kings since I forgot what all the other songs sound like at this point and I want to keep it that way for the full album release

[willie dustice]

MFpotus wrote:

Pretty sure Kings will be the next single. They made Walker a single so anything is possible.

yeah I mean anytime you get the chance to release a 5 minute long mellow acapella outro track as a single you gotta do it

[tdegenaro]

I keep checking to see if the thread has jumped multiple pages, despite having a wealth of content to enjoy from AC camp i'm like extra impatient for this release!

i think like most of us i'm trying to set myself up to really savor the release (as if we won't enjoy it lol) but the more time i take away from the tracks the colder the proverbial flame gets. September is going to be a long friggin month.

[foxtrot]

Reset in Dub is carrying the load for me atm. And the PW era bandcamp shows.

[NightlifeMingus]

it’s funny how I’ve been anticipating this album for so long that its release feels like the end of an era, rather than the beginning of a new one. it’s been an event horizon i couldn’t see past, and now it’s almost here — an album I can listen to as much as I want, interviews and press and reviews, and hopefully shows, too. although i’m excited for it, it’s hard to imagine a world where we actually have it. I’ve never really had an album experience like this before

[Tropic]

So Gemini potentially this week? That's crazy. Can't believe I'll get to hear it after all this time. Only listened to SC like twice. An easy song to hold off tbf

[Hellomark]

I'm thinking next week is maybe more likely, but I wouldn't be surprised if it dropped tomorrow either!

[Sufjan]

Just wanted to say that having two Fridays back to back of anco and sufjan albums makes me the happiest person alive. Life is so good :')

[Slippi's Applesauce]

mom sufjan’s promoting himself on the animal collective messageborard again

Spoiler: show

Jk same

[Dusty]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NtHafJxU2ic&feature=sharea

However made this compilation, how did you nail the Defeat - Gem & I - Stride sequence and also guess that King’s was a closing track?

[Tropic]

Super unlikely and I won't really care if it doesn't turn out to be the case, but I hope Avey's fucked up seahorse noises make it into Genie's

[muark]

Seahorse noises, fucking lol. Good inclusion to the song but it usually gets me laughing when I hear it so I’m fine with it not being on the final cut.

I’ve never ran a marathon before but this final month of waiting feels like being told to crawl on all fours for the last mile. Just give it to me already! Been a very exciting couple of years since discovering this forum and finding out these new songs exist, but damn am I gonna be so relieved to pop my headphones on and finally listen to this goddamn thing as a finished product. A true ‘breaking the ribbon’ moment for all of us I expect. Hopefully on to the next race after that.

[blindmowing]

almost a month to Sep 29 aka. the day of Holy Trinity of the Arts

Animal Collective
Oneohtrix Point Never
Paw Patrol

[andthephantom]

muark wrote:

Seahorse noises, fucking lol. Good inclusion to the song but it usually gets me laughing when I hear it so I’m fine with it not being on the final cut.

I’ve never ran a marathon before but this final month of waiting feels like being told to crawl on all fours for the last mile. Just give it to me already! Been a very exciting couple of years since discovering this forum and finding out these new songs exist, but damn am I gonna be so relieved to pop my headphones on and finally listen to this goddamn thing as a finished product. A true ‘breaking the ribbon’ moment for all of us I expect. Hopefully on to the next race after that.

Having run a few, I can say that crawling the last mile is usually what you'd LIKE to do at that point.

[augustjsmith]

Someone on Reddit provided a (delightfully crappy) rip of "The Challenge"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3IUdLLEOxs

[awesome]

blindmowing wrote:

almost a month to Sep 29

i need a GD interview or something already cmon!!

[tulis]

If anyone rips The Challenge at good audio quality I would love a punch

EDIT: Just went to my record store, they had it, and it came with a dl code, I'm good