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Post **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:34 pm

Adjust Your Insides wrote:

lol was that username seriously not taken yet?

LOL

Post **Posted:** Mon Aug 31, 2015 4:56 pm

Adjust Your Insides wrote:

lol was that username seriously not taken yet?

this is just in preparation for the AMA/album listening party that the band is doing here next week

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:12 am

listening to pullhair rubeye and im on the verge of tears. how did i not realize how beautiful this album is?! i think the whole backwards/forwards thing threw me off for such a long time, but i've finally come around and... fuuuuck

i love how there is so much AC that i know about and still haven't listened to. i like to spread things out so for many years there will always be something new to listen to. and right now is the right time for pullhair rubeye. does that make sense? does anyone else do this?

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:30 am

nora wrote:

i like to spread things out so for many years there will always be something new to listen to. and right now is the right time for pullhair rubeye. does that make sense? does anyone else do this?

definitely, there are a handful of AC releases that I still haven't listened to or have only given a cursory listen like PB's self-titled, Noah's ark and TTG. I also have't listened to Down There much at all though I really like it

It's nice to know I still have some uncharted territory that I can return to later. But then again even if I ever wear out the studio discog, I haven't even scratched the surface of live recordings

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:39 am

I did that a while ago. Of the main albums strawberry jam was the last I got into, besides Danse Manatee. Young Prayer I also listened to properly long after I was familiar with PB's stuff.

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 4:17 am

Oh my God Viktor dude pbs first album connected with me this summer dude. What an album. Quite overlooked for what it is and I did as well , but somehow listened through it and like everything else just connected almost immediately with me. That album was my summer. And grim reaper. Good summer I'd say !

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:09 pm

same for me pumpkins!! it was a very important soundtrack to my summer. on the farm and liebe auf der ersten blick will forever remind me of taking city buses and being sad at work...

that whole album has such a raw and natural quality that almost isn't even present on any other AC-related release (or it is, but in a different/more polished way?)

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:17 pm

Victor you weren't far off

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 2:49 pm

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Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 3:41 pm

I WAS AT THAT SHOW!!!!!! I WAS AT THAT SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 8:35 pm

anyone have a download of the new live album...? PM me

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 8:51 pm

^that's straight up nostalgic

Post **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2015 11:53 pm

i'm gonna get that tattooed

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2015 2:07 am

Yeah a musician and a filmaker as well as a lover once were my jams. Just fit into everything going on in my life. What perfect timing. But yes highly recommend this album !!!

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Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2015 8:07 pm

PumpkinsFlashback wrote:

Yeah a musician and a filmaker as well as a lover once were my jams. Just fit into everything going on in my life. What perfect timing. But yes highly recommend this album !!!

Yesss. This album is the most beautiful lofi post-rock weirdo masterpiece. I could live in the acoustic tracks forever

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2015 12:18 pm

Lol clams

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2015 2:13 pm

StrangeClams wrote:

im a sucker for these kinds of posts.

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2015 2:18 pm

hahahah

so weirdly abstract, like half brutal honesty and half extreme parody

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2015 4:03 pm

i think it's real. that's what makes it so funny

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:25 pm

StrangeClams wrote:

I'm gonna find this guy ...

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2015 7:26 pm

Sorry post above me credit goes to Nora not clams. Still love you clams.

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 03, 2015 8:52 pm

believe me, i've looked. can't find him

Post **Posted:** Wed Sep 09, 2015 7:52 pm

kingo wrote:

Holy moly i moved in to college last week met a girl night two I'm hammered rn never been so happy in my life as I have this last week. Feels makes so much sense. So does no mans land. Shout out Avery tare and panda bear

lol this is me in 2009.

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2015 5:54 pm

hahaha right on eagle. don't remember posting any of that but it's true

Post **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:00 pm

Was just texting my friend

I'm so cool

Post **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2015 12:41 pm

pretty awesome usage. I've wanted to use that with a stranger on an airplane before but have always decided i'd rather continue my trips vs being detained. i'm glad to see other applications in a more standard, less likely to freak people out, dialogue.

Post **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2015 1:03 pm

Lol thanks man

Post **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2015 4:33 pm

Ha, Panda Bear just liked 'his' own post on FB

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:11 am

Fireworks. What an amazing song. Never really realized it until recently

Actually Strawberry Jam as a whole has been really clicking with me

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:28 am

Strawberry jam is magnificent, not a weak song on it

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 11:49 am

Strawberry jam changed my life

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 12:12 pm

roark wrote:

Fireworks. What an amazing song. Never really realized it until recently

fireworks is probably the best animal collective song.

would give a lot for them to resurrect it live as the live version happening on the mpp era tours was such a highlight of the shows i went to.

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:39 pm

fireworks was the first animal collective song i heard. 16 year old me had his mind blown

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:35 pm

amber wrote:

Strawberry jam changed my life

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:50 pm

Checking in. It's not their best, it's not my favourite, but it's the one which changed me forever. Actually, it might well be my favourite!

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:53 pm

#1 is the weakest track, I must say. But I love how it sounds after fireworks.

Hey Derek is about Noah's dog that died, right? It kind of makes me sad but I don't know if it should. Been listening to that one a lot too

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 9:56 pm

I agree on all points. SJ was my first AC experience. Peacebone literally altered my brain chemistry. I can remember the first time through thinking "wtf is this? Do I even like this?!" Reverend Green got my attention and Fireworks blew my mind.

Post **Posted:** Thu Sep 17, 2015 10:15 pm

Strawberry Jam is the perfect introduction to the band in my opinion (it wasn't mine). It's just the right amount of weird and not weird. There are discernible structures to the songs. Some of the lyrics are very immediate. The melodies are fantastic. If you can get someone to give it enough tries, and they begin to like it, then they've got a great chance at breaking through and really enjoying the band. The casual listener also gets through the Animal Collective teething phase relatively unscathed i.e Avey's screams, left-field venturing (#1), full band involvement, disturbing song matter (Cuckoo).

It's the whole package