Collected Animals

Today's Supernatural was the last highwater mark for AC as a band--and unfortunately I doubt they will ever reach that level again.

It is truly a great AC song, one of the best high energy pieces they have ever done--the bridge my god what a thing of wonder.

thank you AV

Can't tell if you're joking but also yes

Today's Supernatural was the last highwater mark for AC as a band--and unfortunately I doubt they will ever reach that level again.

It is truly a great AC song, one of the best high energy pieces they have ever done--the bridge my god what a thing of wonder.

thank you AV

I was able to learn to love CHz early this year because I realized I’m just not very fond of the start of this album (minus Rosie Oh, what a song). There are of course elements to love about every song but Moonjock, Today’s Supernatural and Applesauce are all just… exhausting? Like specifically the bridge on Today’s Supernatural is where I just feel ready to move on to the next song. Like I’m out of breath but not in an exhilarating way.

But I‘m really glad these songs make others happy and as with all AC I know it’s just a matter of time till I come around on them

For me it’s Monkey Riches and Noah’s tracks (Honeycomb would be top if it were on the album)

It's a great song for sure, def agree about the bridge, tho there are a few from that era that I like more.

My Centipede Power Ranking

1: Applesauce
2: Moonjock
3: New Town Burnout
4: Today's Supernatural
5: Rosie Oh
6: Amanita
7: Pulleys
8: Mercury Man
9: Wide Eyed
10: Monkey Riches
11: Father Time

Bottom 4 are roughly the same. Honeycomb and Gotham would go somewhere near the top, Crimson somewhere in the middle.

Agree with Jam, Rosie Oh is amazing. like a spooky revolver era beatles track

Today's Supernatural was the last highwater mark for AC as a band--and unfortunately I doubt they will ever reach that level again.

It is truly a great AC song, one of the best high energy pieces they have ever done--the bridge my god what a thing of wonder.

thank you AV

They outdo it on Mercury man on the same album

YEAH PUT EM UP PUT EM UP

Rosie Oh came up on shuffle the other day, hadn't heard it for ages and got a little worked up over the production. You settle into it after a while, but man if it had less of that CHz clutter it would be right up there for me, possibly a top 20 AnCo tune. Such a great sneaky melody. Sounds a little Nilsson-ish to my ears

I've always loved Father Time

would fit really well in this era actually. that would be a fun one to bring back for live shows.

Father Time owns and is weird in a very specific Avey-ish way. I bet it could be a track to come back live in the springs. They have to bring back more CHZ in the spring dates, I just feel it.

Father Time owns and is weird in a very specific Avey-ish way. I bet it could be a track to come back live in the springs. They have to bring back more CHZ in the spring dates, I just feel it.

Father Time -> New Town Burnout with Skiffs instrumentation would work so well

Amazing how different our likes and dislikes are--Father Time for me is the low point in AC's discography. I'm glad it gets appreciated by folks though.

Honeycomb and Gotham should have been on the album--love them both to bits, the new stuff reminds me a bit of Gotham's dark meandering.

Father Time Skiffs

^exactly.

interesting jerry cuz I think I can understand not like Time-Dad honestly. But I think it sounds sick and its one of the slightly more lightly mixed, non-overloaded track to me and sounds amazing sonically, feel like deak/avey and geo are doing amazing shit on it. and I actually like the "a long TIME ago" part

as for Monkey and sort of New Town too? usually pass.

but also, like, something about this current era makes me like CHZ even more than usual, like my brain is re-re-appreciating it. Maybe it all rocks.

They should do a somewhat re-worked Honeycomb, and a barely re-worked Gotham 1-2 punch. What a sweet non album.

better than Gnip-Hounds, even tho I LOVE Gnop

edit: just had an idea... Chz and PW both had a non-album single... former pre-lP release, latter, after. Could that mean Gem & I could be a post-release non-album single???

But I think it sounds sick and its one of the slightly more lightly mixed, non-overloaded track to me and sounds amazing sonically, feel like deak/avey and geo are doing amazing shit on it. and I actually like the "a long TIME ago" part

fuck yeah exactly


time skiffs sounds like a chilled out CHz to me. father time vibes throughout

Actually listening now and it slaps. Yeah I love pandas centipede kit, but this song could slap even harder/differently with his current mor enirnal kit. Sounds like aveys even already doing a groovy bass on it to.

Ladies and Gentlemen... Wide Eyed
I mean come on

I like it more than anything on sleep cycle

I'm giving this my annual relisten, buoyed by my enthusiasm for the new material and a spirit of generosity. I wrote about 3000 words and then suddenly realised I said the same stuff once a year for the last ten years.

Although I seem to be mentally exactly the same person I was ten years ago, not posting it means I must have grown into a model citizen.

Ladies and Gentlemen... Wide Eyed
I mean come on

I like it more than anything on sleep cycle

the album version doesnt do much for me, the KEXP version on the other hand is incredible

Amazing how different our likes and dislikes are--Father Time for me is the low point in AC's discography. I'm glad it gets appreciated by folks though.

This is why I love the boys

its one of their only albums I wont skip a track on, probably from the density? might be because I haven't burnt out on it like some of the others. I really like the alien radio themes, legit brings me back to my childhood when I thought the radio had magical tiny people inside playing the music.

Strongly recommend listening to Centipede Hz while making spinach pasta

Moonjock
Today's supernatural
Rosie oh

Applesauce
Wide eyed
Father time

Crimson
Gotham
Honeycomb

New town burnout
Monkey riches

Mercury man
Pulleys
Amanita

This is the way I prefer to listen to this set of songs. I edited the three non-LP tracks together and they flow quite nicely into each other, especially gotham into honeycomb, as they were always played together live during the early shows. CHz is easily my favorite era and with the extended tracklist, also my favorite AC album. Really high energy, as proggy as AC can get, maybe until TS or TS2 drops.
The only things I don't really like is how tame monkey riches came out in the studio and I prefer the old mercury man lyrics.

Relistened to a 2011 boot of Gotham earlier today (back when it was Your Choice). Man... I love that song, I think it's easily one of the best of this era. The melody and structure is just totally perfect. But I have to admit that the studio version just feels so disappointingly muddy. Hearing the old 2011 boot brought back memories of that time, the excitement of imagining how the studio versions would turn out. Even today I still couldn't help but imagine a different potential version of the song. I guess that's the beauty of having these old recordings, you can appreciate the song itself from a different angle than the "official" one.

What the H?! Press for Coldplay's latest album

Chris previously revealed the collection was inspired by the ‘Star Wars’ movies.
“One time I was watching ‘Star Wars’ and they had the scene with the Cantina band right,” he said. “And I was like: ‘I wonder what musicians are like across the universe?’ and that led to this whole thing and now here we are.”
https://retropopmagazine.com/chris-mart ... oon-space/

A press release from Coldplay might as well be a press release from Pepsico or Seven 11

Relistened to a 2011 boot of Gotham earlier today (back when it was Your Choice). Man... I love that song, I think it's easily one of the best of this era. The melody and structure is just totally perfect. But I have to admit that the studio version just feels so disappointingly muddy. Hearing the old 2011 boot brought back memories of that time, the excitement of imagining how the studio versions would turn out. Even today I still couldn't help but imagine a different potential version of the song. I guess that's the beauty of having these old recordings, you can appreciate the song itself from a different angle than the "official" one.

Gotham and new town are peak ac for me. I’m not as familiar with those early centipede boots though i never feel like I love the quality to fully appreciate them. Which one do you think is the best besides the pitchfork?

What the H?! Press for Coldplay's latest album

Chris previously revealed the collection was inspired by the ‘Star Wars’ movies.
“One time I was watching ‘Star Wars’ and they had the scene with the Cantina band right,” he said. “And I was like: ‘I wonder what musicians are like across the universe?’ and that led to this whole thing and now here we are.”
https://retropopmagazine.com/chris-mart ... oon-space/

Ironically, the last sections of Amanita really remind me of Coldplay. Naff forced anthemic sound which falls flat. Total crince.

I think if this had come out before MPP, as the follow up to SJ, it would have received a much better reception.

I think if this had come out before MPP, as the follow up to SJ, it would have received a much better reception.

Interesting! So would that mean that Painting With would follow MPP? I wonder if it would've been better received as a poppier follow-up to MPP.

possibly yeh.

SJ as this dry, aggressive electro rock beast.
CHz as the follow up: developing the rock sounds but with more density and clutter
MPP brings the dance/beats
PW poppifies it

Might have made more sense to pleb audiences

Would've been kind of cool to have the full band trilogy too

https://youtu.be/CKyEYKmUDtE

Recorded this so I wouldn’t forget. Going to do a Rosie Oh cover soon. The audio cuts out in this which sucks but you get the idea

possibly yeh.

SJ as this dry, aggressive electro rock beast.
CHz as the follow up: developing the rock sounds but with more density and clutter
MPP brings the dance/beats
PW poppifies it

Might have made more sense to pleb audiences

Painting With to me is MPP but the inverse. It's aggressive, scratchy, sproingy, dry, crackling and absolutely in your face non-stop pop sensibilities. It gives you no time to breathe until you eventually get to recycling. It's partly why I love PW so damn much.

The irony is painting with is the only album which I feel is painting by fuckin numbers staying within the lines. I want to listen to Danse or Ark and scream and laugh and cry and paint the walls with my own shit.

It occurred to me this morning that this thing streamed around this time of year when it first dropped and it turns out last Friday the 19th was the actual 10 year mark. Crazy to think about all that has happened in the AC world since then. This was my first new album from them as a fan so it was incredibly exciting. I was still in high school and remember buying hotel wifi to listen to the stream while I was on college tours in Boston. The weekly build up for this was some of the most fun I've ever had on the internet. The Honeycomb/Gotham drop, all so good. I saw the band for the first time that December and am seeing them next week which definitely trips me out a bit.

As for the album itself... at this point I think it's alright. I share the same production issues that have been hammered into the ground by now but think there are some good songs. "Mercury Man" has always been a favorite and "Amanita" is a classic. I can go in and nitpick all day but this was an important record for me as a fan and I always enjoy it more than I expect when I put it on these days. Foxtrot above threw out the idea of this album coming out after SJ and making more sense and it has stuck with my mind when I re-visit this. the songwriting is pretty different I think but it makes so much more sense as the follow up to that record and is actually the same band where as MPP is technically not. Anyway I could go on all day about the alternate AC timelines in my mind but mostly just wanted to acknowledge the passing of time here.

Centipede Hz turns 10:

https://www.stereogum.com/2197821/anima ... niversary/

Quite a nice write-up, actually.

Will be giving this a proper listen tonight to celebrate

doing my anniversary listen now, and it's the best it's ever sounded! bringing back Applesauce and Wide Eyed this tour made me appreciate this album's aesthetic even more

wonderful write up, love the radio parallel to another album celebrating its anniversary too in Songs for the Deaf.

Especially a fan of how the writer gives Geo a lot of credit for his work on this album.