Collected Animals

I'm crying.

I’m crying and laughing at the SAME time

Just getting to read the p4k review and there’s some wonderful bytes in there. Didn’t expect it to be written with so much care and respect!

Reset’s generous spirit encompasses the Elephant 6 collective and Cornershop’s gleeful ripostes to the skeptical ’90s; the radical inclusivity of the Avalanches and Daft Punk…

More than the content of his words, we notice the way Lennox wraps his mouth around them—“You take a swig and then you take a crack,” he chatters on the chipper, even humorous “Edge of the Edge,” emphasizing crack to coax out its tactile vowel…

Reset addresses our own troubled zeitgeist by avoiding the ambient dread, blithe critique, and seething anger that often characterize records we consider to be topical today. “One dude’s sweat/Is another’s balm,” Panda Bear sings on “Go On.” He may be condemning an exploitative capitalist system, but Lennox is also describing his music’s uplift and the hard labor required to make such a salve.

Panda (and Avey, for that matter) really do physically accentuate all the syllables when they sing and it’s something I love. It comes through as such a passion for the sound and meaning behind every word. Gives all the lyrics an extra propulsion

The second the verse to danger started I immediately knew God is real and alive and he is 2 different men

God I hope this is the AC extended universe drop that gets a 9.5 or better

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/pa ... oom-reset/

8.0 no it's ok but it should be 10.0 it's ok

In these last few hours before the listen party, just wanted to say - SB/PK, thank you for encouraging such a comfy and intimate atmosphere in this thread. Between the short announcement-release window and how forthcoming you are with chatting and answering questions, it's been a really unique vibe compared to the rest of the AC's interactions with folks on this board (although their boundaries are course completely valid in their own right). Super grateful for the positive energy - now BRING ON THE RESET

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/panda-bear-sonic-boom-reset/

8.0 no it's ok but it should be 10.0 it's ok

Damn , I wasn’t paying attention but this feels like an arrow thru the heart

Pete my children also approve. They had a dance party to everything’s been leading to this

Pete my children also approve. They had a dance party to everything’s been leading to this

Perfect result . Love it .

waiting for the stream to listen but cool to see everyone's favs! psyched

meys wrote:

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/panda-bear-sonic-boom-reset/

8.0 no it's ok but it should be 10.0 it's ok

Damn , I wasn’t paying attention but this feels like an arrow thru the heart

Just turn the 8 sideways and the rating is Infinity.

cheyrou wrote:

meys wrote:

https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/panda-bear-sonic-boom-reset/

8.0 no it's ok but it should be 10.0 it's ok

Damn , I wasn’t paying attention but this feels like an arrow thru the heart

Just turn the 8 sideways and the rating is Infinity.

um what can i please get crunched??

EDIT: got it thank you so much!

Want to add to the chorus here and say excellent work Sonic. You and Noah knocked this thing into the stratosphere. I mean, the production has really surpassed my already high expectations. The way every sound has so much space and feels so direct at the same time... in some moments it's kind of stunning. So many little details that I immediately loved, like that high squiggly synth that first appears like 24 seconds into Whirlpool. Just great.

I'm getting kinda emotional about listening to this album. Person Pitch was a life changer for me as a 20 year old when it came out. Now I'm 36 and going into listening this new PB album feels like new a cycle starting or an old one ending. The fact that I can't figure which one it is, bugs the hell out of me. But I guess that's the human condition. Its probably both at the same time, every day. I hope I love it, but am honestly just super happy that SB and PB still have the passion to make music. That inspires me in many many ways.

Also, I saw AC play last night in SF and they completely blew me away. The transitions between songs were filled with so much energy and creativity and had that raw chaotic feeling which I love. Might be in the top 3 times I've seen them. Left the building with a different brain.

can't wait to bump this after closing out at work in my messy as hell living room with freshly adopted kittens trying to climb over the mixer and in the wires. planning to twist the bass knob to it's max once in my body comes around UGH i'm so excited!!!!!

Wow hey congratulations to Pete and Noah for this, I’m blown away. It just absolutely confirms that Panda is one of the most unique voices working right now, and the past decade or two. Not just poetically but his sound, phrasing and inflection has no comparison. And it’s been captured so well, it proves Sonic is truly part man, part machine with his sound sculptures, tones & feeling.
I can’t make the listening party bc I’m about to start work in melbourne but big ups all round

this album makes me giddy

Hey Livin’ the After is so fucking good. And I’m really getting that jungle book vibe on In My Body what a song.

this album rules, major kudos SB (and PB of course). great tunes to end the summer with, and then to bring warmth and sunshine in the winter months. this is gonna be in heavy rotation for while <3

Actually maybe Whirlpool is my favorite? It's just euphoric from start to finish.

Reposting the link for the live stream for those that need!

Actually maybe Whirlpool is my favorite? It's just euphoric from start to finish.

Hey Livin’ the After is so fucking good. And I’m really getting that jungle book vibe on In My Body what a song.

In these last few hours before the listen party, just wanted to say - SB/PK, thank you for encouraging such a comfy and intimate atmosphere in this thread. Between the short announcement-release window and how forthcoming you are with chatting and answering questions, it's been a really unique vibe compared to the rest of the AC's interactions with folks on this board (although their boundaries are course completely valid in their own right). Super grateful for the positive energy - now BRING ON THE RESET

So nice to read . It means a lot . And Whirlpool ? pfff...... that's down to Noah's swan dives for me

I'm with you Hellomark, Whirlpool is my most played one so far, I love all the little details.

Echoing the positivity, thanks for sticking around SB - you've made a real impression on a lot of us here

Whewwwww this is really gettin' to the point!!!

just got the download link from domino too —— NICE

HOLY FUCK THIS IS insane.

he does lou reed on first song. good god wtf

I'm hearing it for the first time at the YT listening party. Loving it.

Lyrics are up on Genius if people wanna sing along! https://genius.com/albums/Panda-bear-an ... boom/Reset

track 3 is blink 182 LEN collab??

this is so good

Everyday really rules

Me hearing Noah perfectly emulate Pete and Spacemen 3

i heard this song before

(it still owns [harder]

everyday puts a huge smile on my face!! danger is every bit as lovely as i hoped, everything on this album sounds so good. especially the bass!! thank you sonic boom thank you panda bear thank you CA!
gonna be spinning this one for years to come, lovely set of songs! see you on tour

hey everybody. tuned into the livestream <3 loving the vibes in the thread. congrats pete + noah. opening track was like a shot of life

it's in my body here we gooooo

Stayed away from the singles. Have just listened through 3 times in a row completely on my own. Fucking blown away. Such joy! Reading all of your excitement. Big love CA! So buzzing rn!! HOLY FUCK THE AC TRAIN JUST KEEPS ON GIVING!

STUCK UP IN A BRANCH AND I CAN'T

GET

DOOOOOWN

hoooooly shit

As soon as that last harmony came in on In My Body I started proper welling up...

<3