Collected Animals

Can't link cause I'm on mobile but Keep's Instagram posted a pic of a geologist shark with an implication that they were workin on somethin with ac. Maybe new shoe designs? They did just restock some of panda's shoes so it's not impossible they're still collabin

aforementioned instagram

speaking of bootlegs... chz version of purple bottle oh my god

i like how he goes from screaming to "thanks for having us" in under a second

today I listened to animal crack box and for the first time it clicked. made me go "wooah"

I always appreciated that old songs that never made it to a studio were available, but today for the first time I was really into it, loving the freakier moments like the punkin songs and Oh Sweet, and also enjoying the quieter guitar tracks like Jungle heart. In the past I never gave it the time or the attention.
What a great release.

Presumably you've listened to their boots too? The Sung Tongs era stuff features a good six or seven songs which never made it to the studio, and in much better quality than Crack Box. Check out Other Music and the Brighton show, as well as the BBC Sleeper Factory with Doggy.

the whole BBC Breezeblock session is lovely

i feel like the my longest phase as an AC fan was the bootleg love phase, they have so many unique performances and versions of tracks; 2009 Chocolate Girl, early Tikwid, Happy Singing Band, Noah's Ark/Together, fast Reverend Green, the insane version of Feels that you can hear on those 2004 boots, of course the trio of 2007 has at least 3 or 4 recordings that are as good as MPP in my opinion

so yeah they've made a lot of songs I love, but a lot, more then I originally thought, are the live versions. I don't know if they have a reputation as a 'great' live band, but they should at least get recognition for the amount of original material they dedicated solely to their live shows

11-minute live version of Bleed is so amazing

i feel like the my longest phase as an AC fan was the bootleg love phase, they have so many unique performances and versions of tracks; 2009 Chocolate Girl, early Tikwid, Happy Singing Band, Noah's Ark/Together, fast Reverend Green, the insane version of Feels that you can hear on those 2004 boots, of course the trio of 2007 has at least 3 or 4 recordings that are as good as MPP in my opinion

so yeah they've made a lot of songs I love, but a lot, more then I originally thought, are the live versions. I don't know if they have a reputation as a 'great' live band, but they should at least get recognition for the amount of original material they dedicated solely to their live shows

Totally on board. I also agree that they don't really have a great reputation live because, until the post-CHz tour, they never really 'played the hits'. I think this last tour was the most professional and refined they've done, but it also wasn't particularly interesting to me, even though I thought they put on an awesome show.

There's something about developing the songs and playing them fresh which seems to inspire more emotional performances. I suppose it's obvious but that's the real joy of Animal Collective for me, their ability to express something live. I was listening to the BBC Taste today and it just blew me away, as it does most often, yet I could easily never hear the album version again. Anyway, I'm going to start waffling but yeah, I agree.

You're seriously out of your mind. Not a great reputation live? They sold out shows for years, headlined festivals, and went on world tours. Sounds like your standard for having a good reputation is the same as being a legacy act. How about impressing your peers and heroes?

Jeff Tweedy couldn't have been more enthusiastic

I did see Animal Collective once a few years ago and was pretty astonished at how great they were and how powerfully lost they would get in everything they were doing. It was inspiring, one of the more memorable shows I've seen in the last five years.

In his interview with Yoni Wolf, Eric Copeland said AC would do something special at all their shows.

Presumably you've listened to their boots too?

Of course! I think ACB took longer to click for me because it spans so many eras. When sifting through boots you can spend hours in sung tongs era then move on as you please but with ACB you go through danse, hollinn, campfire, hcti, sung tongs all at once and it's a bit disorienting. I guess I was just in the right headspace this time around

I'll be honest with you, I've only listened to it a handful of times. I think I'll address that today but my overwhelming impression was 'this is pretty average mate'.

Wow that's cool that Jeff said that

You're seriously out of your mind. Not a great reputation live? They sold out shows for years, headlined festivals, and went on world tours. Sounds like your standard for having a good reputation is the same as being a legacy act. How about impressing your peers and heroes?

Jeff Tweedy couldn't have been more enthusiastic

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I did see Animal Collective once a few years ago and was pretty astonished at how great they were and how powerfully lost they would get in everything they were doing. It was inspiring, one of the more memorable shows I've seen in the last five years.

In his interview with Yoni Wolf, Eric Copeland said AC would do something special at all their shows.

I don't know if this was addressed to me but I've already said that their best music is performed live. It depends how you interpret reputation. With people who are massively into them? No doubt. Otherwise, I've heard and read extremely variable opinions over the last eight or nine years.

All new material and reluctance to dip into the back catalogue, as well as differing set up and sound from one tour to the next is not conducive to a snowball of new fans. That said, I couldn't give two hoots about those people!

i feel like "not a great reputation live" is ambiguous, you seem to have meant a lack of a reputation rather than a negative one. and neither case indicates your point of view or the superfan community's point of view. thanks

They don't have a great reputation live if you're listening to the everyman, pleb opinions. Shant summed it up nicely.

so when mpp was announced did people think it was going to be a live album from a show at merriweather post pavillion?

no

Ok

the band didn't play there live until 2011 and MPP was obviously a studio album not live

i feel like "not a great reputation live" is ambiguous, you seem to have meant a lack of a reputation rather than a negative one. and neither case indicates your point of view or the superfan community's point of view. thanks

Very mixed reputation among the scum, for the reasons noted. Look at comments on House on YT, when it blows My Girls out of the water on every level. Beyond debate. Subhuman scum.

Esoterically appreciated reputation among superfans, who are nevertheless aware of their relative live impenetrability - no hits, WIP, changing dynamic.

Look at comments on House on YT, when it blows My Girls out of the water on every level. Beyond debate.

beyond debate?

Studio version handily wins over live version for me and many others I'm sure

BE-YOND DE-BATE

I don't even know if it's relevant but for me it's like

"House" live ≈ "My Girls" studio > "My Girls" live

like the piano arpeggio just works better for me with the minimal live sound, the synth sounds thin without all the studio production

Hash just gets it

so when mpp was announced did people think it was going to be a live album from a show at merriweather post pavillion?

Wait, Victor, we actually did think that sorta at first here. Though not after the official announcement, if that's what you were confused about.

At first the mysterious website was posted with that weird video that had the Billy Bass. It said Merriweather Post Pavilion and January. And that's it. I think we dismissed the idea of a show pretty early on since it wouldn't make sense to have a show in the dead of winter outdoors. But boy was it an exciting album roll out.

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i feel like "not a great reputation live" is ambiguous, you seem to have meant a lack of a reputation rather than a negative one. and neither case indicates your point of view or the superfan community's point of view. thanks

Very mixed reputation among the scum, for the reasons noted. Look at comments on House on YT, when it blows My Girls out of the water on every level. Beyond debate. Subhuman scum.

Esoterically appreciated reputation among superfans, who are nevertheless aware of their relative live impenetrability - no hits, WIP, changing dynamic.

i still think "reputation" is different than "response" ? idk if ac has the "great live band" reputation among like phish fans, perennial festivalgoers, or any other group of people who would necessarily have a sense of what a great live band is.

love how there are like three or four sides to this debate but we're all saying the same thing, "love the boots man"

love how there are like three or four sides to this debate but we're all saying the same thing, "love the boots man"

lol this was my original point

The live at la fondation cartier 2004-04-08 is AMMMMAAAZZZIINNNNNNG !!!

best version of 206/ice cream factory

Did you see the words is insane

That boot is mental, like the band got back together after sung tongs was just Avey and Panda and they forgot to stop doing hcti style shows even with new songs

TTG and ODDSAC might seriously be my favorite pick of everything these guys have put out : )

it's not quite the same, but I love thinking of TTG to ODDSAC as like Water Curses to SJ or People to Feels or Prospect Hummer to Sung Tongs. They're in such a similar vein.

it's an era for sure!!

what would that one be called?

the "dark" era? adding down there into the mix. at least, that's how i think of it. obviously dark is not a negative term here

The Acting Era?

The Perez Era?

Love the dark era hehe

yeah TTG, ODDSAC, down there and chz could all be considered a part of that i think

I don't know. I feel like CHz, Slasher Flicks, and Grim Reaper belong to a different era from ODDSAC, Down There, Tomboy, and TTG. It's more like riding a Ferris wheel at a dark carnival with a hangover from eating 7.4 burritos.

true. i wasn't even thinking about slasher flix or greaper. CHz could arguably go either way