Collected Animals

the harmonies made me shed tears

this is going to be a peak experience.

Down, Down, Down, Down, Square, Circle, L1, R1, Triangle, Down - Spawn Deakin

Last two minutes they just go God mode. They made such a beautiful thing

Down, Down, Down, Down, Square, Circle, L1, R1, Triangle, Down - Spawn Deakin

the cheat code to our collective hearts

Amazing thread

I can only hide in the shadow of my username. This song will be carried through me as I grow older

hilarious first too btw

welcome to the board

Facts

There's at least 3 different moments in this song that are just so unbelievably beautiful, in the way that the best AC stuff is where it just totally overwhelms you:
1. The moment where Josh's vocals first come in.
2. The drums steadily getting more intense at around 2:30
3. And of course the big climactic high notes near the end, and basically everything that follows til it's over.

They couldn't have had a more perfect closing song for this album, like it enhanced everything that came before it.

4. Panda Bear's vocals at 2:50

shock

plus all the guitar parts

they couldn't have nailed the instrumentation/layering any better.

No comment

yeah.

anyone have any ideas about the lyrics of that little harmony bridge?

ideas:

Sun shuts my eyes
reminds me of my fire
to go (where?)

anyone have any ideas about the lyrics of that little harmony bridge?

ideas:

Sun shuts my eyes
reminds me of my fire
to go (where?)

I hear something like,

Some[one] shuts my eyes
Reminds me of my fights
and those
waaaaaaaaaaaaays

I have the official lyrics but im conflicted about sharing them because its fun to discuss what you hear vs someone else hears lol

Dang! During the end of 'Cherokee' I was thinking "why isn't this the last song on the album????" and then I got to this. Hooo boy.

how do you have the official lyrics speen? saw you mention official lyrics for cherokee too. would love to see them all if you are able to share

Erm, this blast radio gives me serious sad California vibes

Ahhhh two more dayss.. but i dont mind being spoiled. Does it still have the awesome Auto-tuned Down down dooown?

not every time, but avey definitely brings the autotune in the second half

We almost need a new R&D thread for the wav bird. It's that good.

Not being funny but fuck off when Noah comes in halfway through on this unbelievable

They might've gone above and beyond with this one. I hesitate to gush or gas it. But i'm pretty sure this is might be one of their best moments. Atleast the passage at the end. Holy shit. It disarms me

We almost need a new R&D thread for the wav bird. It's that good.

Not being funny but fuck off when Noah comes in halfway through on this unbelievable

I was thinking the same. There's a massive frequency range that just wasn't in the vinyl bird at all. Every sustained chord is just, endless. Spacially.

that moment Noah comes in just leaves me a slobbering mess every fucking time

that moment Noah comes in just leaves me a slobbering mess every fucking time

his vocals cut so deep, like it snaps the cord that connects me to Time & Place and i feel totally utterly lost in the moment of his appearance, suspended in an all-encompassing awe that lifts me from any semblance of reality into the most perfect dream, like he is a benevolent apparition who has come to give us the exact gift we've been yearning to receive our entire lives.

it's The Moment of the year for me, a top X AC moment of all time ... hard to put into words what hearing his voice does to my ecosystem

this is striking a really deep chord in me. don't know how to explain it.

might be the best Animal Collective song, and that's saying something. transcendent. it's erased me to water, pure water, and i'm a river flowing back to my source

Amount of times I've cried to this song has now gone up to about 15

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Somebody in the main time skiffs thread said that they put a saxophone on R&D which had me anxious af. I'm pretty sure it's just autotune avey, right? In any case, this song is a beauty.

I think they definitely did. Sounds like it to my ears. works really well imo! Very subtle but it's there

Idk I think it's just a synth. Feels weird that there would be sax on the album but we haven't heard about anybody being credited for playing it. Don't think any of the boys would have played it lol.

Yeah I absolutely think this is the best song they've ever done. So deeply emotionally resonant and HEALING. Can't get over the imagery of being submerged in a shimmering pool. but like you can breath underwater and spend as long as you want down there. It's unreal that I'm left at almost a loss for words with it. Cannot get enough.

This was by far my favourite from the boots and it exceeded my expectations. Wow, they fucking did it. Haven't felt this way about an AC song since NTB.

I love those rising synths that sounds like twinkling lights whenever Avey sings the down doooooown down backing part.

*deep breaths*

SSSSOONG SHUUTSS MMYYY EEYYYEEES

REEMINDSSS MEE OF MY FIIIGHTTT

T-T-TO KN-kn..know....the...

O-oh god...

It's too beautiful...

fuck man. this freaking band.

this song is almost too emotional for me.. darn. Same with Banshee Beats

Yeah I absolutely think this is the best song they've ever done. So deeply emotionally resonant and HEALING. Can't get over the imagery of being submerged in a shimmering pool. but like you can breath underwater and spend as long as you want down there. It's unreal that I'm left at almost a loss for words with it. Cannot get enough.

It's really funny you should say this. I have a baby due soon and we're hoping to have a water birth. I was just listening to this song thinking how absolutely perfectly it would suit that whole experience. I just need to convince the wife now haha.

dio had mentioned this as well i think, but what are the chances that last guitar phrase is intentionally a call-back to "In The Flowers" ?

i'm hearing soooooooo many people saying this is the album they should've released after MPP, that this would have been them "capitalizing" on their moment. kinda interesting to me.