Collected Animals

Yeah kinda wish they had used the poster/sweatshirt design from the tour for the cover. That was so cool. I’d like the art more without the text I think

It’s not about making pennies on streams, it’s about getting 3,000-10,000 sweaty nerds excited about the idea of hearing it for the first time on vinyl. Fans moist over the sentimentality of it all.


https://www.dominomusic.com/releases/an ... -lp-bundle

I was hoping this was a quote from the official Domino link haha

The font is fine, and they've used it in press stuff before. The art is great, hopefully it'll be shiny shiny like the original posters

They are the masters of freak-out vocals. Avey's great big cries are spectacular, sounds almost pre-historic

Sounds stellar

crazy takes, the art and cover looks rad as hell!

Sounds so sick. Those Avey crow screams are legendary. Didn't even cop the weight originally. Does beg the question why this wasn't all worked out in advance so it would release around the time of the anniversary. But I also don't give a shit, there's so much music out to listen to in the meantime. I'm 'over' caring about domino's slow roll outs.

There are little quirks on this track that I'm not sure were present during the European tour. They toured Europe then the States right? V excited to listen to the whole thing, particularly Softest Voice, Frogs, the back half of the album. The crowd filling in the claps in Mouth Water was such a nice moment

yeah it's a good guess that the band or the label may have felt strongly about having something sung tongs related to put out for the actual anniversary, but even then they missed it by a week..? just kinda morbidly curious about the nitty gritty of what leads to a bizarre move like this, i want to read the emails

People’s ability to identify and develop “cool” imagery declines rapidly with age. The boys are getting older, they can still make beautiful music but they do not have the wherewithal to identify corny visuals. Goes hand in hand with their late fashion sense

have been feeling this way for a while, i think this is especially particular to neo psychedelic music which is inherently walking the profound vs corny razor's edge at all times. that said i think this artwork is just pretty bad on a basic aesthetic level. the eye isn't naturally drawn anywhere because every square inch is violently battling for its attention. the maximal color and clutter distributed uniformly totally prevents the mud brown skeleton from standing out at all as a foreground element; even the text is fighting for its life. i thought the defeat cover was rough for similar reasons, but this one straight up looks the way that overly compressed music sounds.

sorry to bitch lol, kids on holiday sounds great and i'm excited for the digital bonus tracks

yeah not a fan of the cover/text combo either. especially glaring because of how great the ballet slippers cover was!

this sounds PHENOMENAL tho!!! probably the most excited about having those bonus tracks. panda vocals on i remember learning how to dive are soooo beautiful

I feel bad saying this but if you reverse phase the og track it's panda only. God bless Vashti Bunyan and I am very glad their collaboration introduced me to her

Sacrilege af but I honestly feel like this KoH sounds um. I mean is it better than the go record's version? Could these songs somehow be played better live over a decade after their birth? I mean all the YouTube of these shows do seem immaculate already. It's like the songs are so perfect that basically any version/recording of them is kinda 10/10

What are you saying dio

What are you saying dio

he said KoH sounds "um" didn't you read the post? i'm in a mood because i just wrapped up the lowest-ever cumulative gpa of my writing classes ever but like goddamn man just say it sounds "bad" or whatever "um" is supposed to mean.

Long time lurker here just wanting to chime in and say this live version of Kids on Holiday is absolutely blowing my socks off and it has me super hyped to hear the full record. I did see them perform it live during the EU tour, but hearing it in this context and how unhinged they go during the climax has me feeling like it's going to be a totally fresh listening experience.. Bless the boys for always coming through with something to keep us hungry fans well fed

Tropic wrote:

What are you saying dio

he said KoH sounds "um" didn't you read the post? i'm in a mood because i just wrapped up the lowest-ever cumulative gpa of my writing classes ever but like goddamn man just say it sounds "bad" or whatever "um" is supposed to mean.

lol I think he meant the opposite and that it was "better than the og record"

ya it sounds ummmm better than the og record. Studio Kids was never THAT good for me anyway, lower-mid tier as far as the album tracks go.

But they just sound like they're having so much fucking fun here. And both have incredible and full control of the rhythm, singing and crazy effects. And that kazoo at the end? Aint no Avey howls like this in the studio. so Yeah it's uMMMMMMM >>>>>> og record. ok? is that clear????

WELL NOW WHO HAS A READING COMPREHNSION ISSUE (ITS ME)

ya it sounds ummmm better than the og record. Studio Kids was never THAT good for me anyway, lower-mid tier as far as the album tracks go.

But they just sound like they're having so much fucking fun here. And both have incredible and full control of the rhythm, singing and crazy effects. And that kazoo at the end? Aint no Avey howls like this in the studio. so Yeah it's uMMMMMMM >>>>>> og record. ok? is that clear????

kazoo?

the language question continues...

ya it sounds ummmm better than the og record. Studio Kids was never THAT good for me anyway, lower-mid tier as far as the album tracks go.

But they just sound like they're having so much fucking fun here. And both have incredible and full control of the rhythm, singing and crazy effects. And that kazoo at the end? Aint no Avey howls like this in the studio. so Yeah it's uMMMMMMM >>>>>> og record. ok? is that clear????

noah mimicking a bass drum by blowing into the microphone is very inspired —— is anyone aware of any other artists doing that?

you should google beatboxing

ahahhaa

you should google beatboxing

ha yeah wasn't really thinking of it in that context, but a capella/beat box for sure, i guess i was thinking in the ~band~ setting where they're also playing instruments and stuff

check out matisyahu

Avery and panda almost seem TOO good at this acoustic + weird mic/pedals + minimal (mouth) percussion set up to not do it more/again. But I can't actually picture them doing this live full band. I feel like they want people to be able to like dance or at least mellow head nodding whilst standing at a club style venue when they are full band, and these shows purposefully were at more like "theatre" style venues which overlap with where they tour normally but like. eh anyway what im saying is, a full band version of this w/ geo on gurdy + field recordings and Deakin on piano sounds so sick, but I can't really picture them doing that..... unless?? I mean they might be done with the "rock band" vibe for a second after being forced to stay in that for like ~5 years and I don't SENSE that a techno/dance aesthetic is up next but who knows.

It's kind of an interesting moment because it does seem like they've done it all. The full band jam band thing from the last era was almost like the last stone unturned and an obvious peak that we all knew they would reach.

I don't even know what I would want them to do next. Maybe something electronic and mysterious. Like a 90 minute drone set could be cool. I think it's safe to say there won't be any news until at least 2026.

The art is great, hopefully it'll be shiny shiny like the original posters

Isn't the mpp reissue supposed to be shiny or something? maybe this one will be too

Shoutout to the Painting With era version of this too, shit slaps:

https://anmlcollectve.bandcamp.com/trac ... on-holiday

Just seems to be the perfect Animal Collective track that always translates super well live - really highlights the surreal trancelike nature of it when they're jamming it out

Damn, I want this version of Covered in Frogs

real excited for this to come out. been spinning sung tongs heaps lately

btw if they ever do archival releases I'd love the 2003 KVRX performance (pilot > softest voice > college) b/w always you or something. guess I should dream bigger given we already have these recordings but I just love those performances so much they deserve a physical release

Oct 4th is turning out to be the most stacked release day of the year and i can't believe this live album also comes out that day. gonna be a busy weekend of listening to new tunes

Slippi's Applesauce wrote:

the extra five songs are on the digital version, no vinyl tho

what do you mean? I don't see anything about an extra five songs

came here to say I was sad there was no Tuvin / Pilot / Prospect Hummer / Sea of Light but if there is then I'm happy again

I've been hoping and dreaming that these five tracks would at some point just kinda show up for me on bandcamp in that lighter shade of gray for unreleased tracks. But, still, I'm just seeing the thirteen main tracks. Somebody posted a link to a person whose bandcamp showed 18 tracks. Has anybody else seen evidence that we'll really get the five bonus tracks in the digital version?

I'm wondering if those extra tracks are somehow only available digitally for people who ordered the vinyl? Did anyone order vinyl through bandcamp? If so, what does the digital album look like on your bandcamp collection?

Didn't someone pm the band and they confirmed we'll get them? I wouldn't worry about it too much, I think the songs will definitely appear once it's been released. I would imagine it's not even possible through bandcamp for them to provide a different digital version based on which version you bought

yeah even if there's different versions, if anyone gets them we'll all get them since we're good at sharing on this board. bonus tracks on bandcamp don't usually appear on the site, but they're included in the downloaded files

Mine has been shipped yesterday from london so hopefully it'll arrive soon. Can't wait.

Mine has been shipped yesterday from london so hopefully it'll arrive soon. Can't wait.

ooooo man i am very excited for this to release

Got a notification that my record shipped. Don't think it will be long till a digital pops up.

can confirm the digital has bonus tracks. it's floating around out there

It’s unreal. Possibly better than 9.30

anyone got a link they can PM? not finding it on slsk but maybe my search terms are off