Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 7:09 pm
by blindmowing
wrote:
Funny how we all remember interviews about the record differently
IIRC, the band wasn't contented with the first mix. They consequently mixed the record again, which is probably why Safer sounds so different (and much more in the vein of Feels, i.e., "dry") when it comes to the mix. The final SJ mix uses spatial effects in a way that's unique from the Feels/People/Safer mixes, in addition to the vocals and overall mix sounding clearer and yet harsher. I've attributed the contradiction in the mixing aesthetic to the album theme; both organic and fluid, artificial and abrupt.
IIRC again, the band was also having personal/interpersonal issues. I think Josh spoke in recent years about challenges with identity in the band (or something to that effect). I'd imagine that a close group of friends who make money together being creative are bound to run into issues with one another time and again, so who knows besides them what might have been going on.
Anyhow. I sense that they like the songs? Or most of them? Would be odd to play them live over the years if they didn't.
Good take, agreed
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2024 4:43 pm
by unrecordednight
very xmas
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2024 2:13 pm
by Hash
roopn wrote:
like Marvin gaye "what's going on" and "what's happening brother"
His was arguably more inexcusable, right next to each other on the same album and there's even "what's happening?" in the dialogue at the beginning of What's Going On!
Thanks for bringing him up, I hadn't thought about him in a while. I should listen to his music again.
destiny wrote:
roopn wrote:
like Marvin gaye "what's going on" and "what's happening brother"
fhjkaskjh it reminds me of a playlist i saw on spotify of a bunch of his songs whose titles were questions with the title "marvin gaye's clueless ass" gdaklgjg
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2024 4:39 pm
by opposite field
SJ 20th anniversary tour would be bad. I mean it would be good but bad, not the kind of thing I think any of us on this forum want from this band.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2024 6:57 pm
by tdegenaro
opposite field wrote:
SJ 20th anniversary tour would be bad. I mean it would be good but bad, not the kind of thing I think any of us on this forum want from this band.
at face value it seems like something that would be so amazing but like the day after isn't it now dropped last year everybody was ready for new shit, not more old shit.
(though what do i know everybody, myself included, was geeked about the sung tongs shiz)
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2024 7:11 pm
by we<3ourhive
grocerystore wrote:
we<3ourhive wrote:
None of them like sj very much iirc. Maybe we'll get a strawberry jam live album or something
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2024 9:06 pm
by opposite field
tdegenaro wrote:
opposite field wrote:
SJ 20th anniversary tour would be bad. I mean it would be good but bad, not the kind of thing I think any of us on this forum want from this band.
at face value it seems like something that would be so amazing but like the day after isn't it now dropped last year everybody was ready for new shit, not more old shit.
(though what do i know everybody, myself included, was geeked about the sung tongs shiz)
Yeah it just is not what I and most of us like about this band and feels inauthentic. I'd be there but it would be hard to shake this feeling. Most album tours with any band kind of sit wrong with me these days.
Sung Tongs always felt like the only one they could really get away with because it's so equipment/duo specific there's really nothing else like it in their catalog. It was very exciting not having been old enough to have seen them the first time around for those songs in their original forms.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:12 am
by thelucky1
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 12:52 am
by Alcohol
LOL
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:13 am
by Hash
Alcohol wrote:
LOL
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2024 5:15 am
by Fovrodi
Hash wrote:
Alcohol wrote:
LOL
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 4:38 pm
by coral lord
Album tours are fine if they are what a band needs to make a profit. I’d prefer new material but would never complain about another anniversary show. While I’m not a big fan of Good News for people who love bad news, I really liked that MM toured that and encored with the EP of material that was written around that time. AC obviously did that too with Sung Tongs and Prospect Hummer. If an SJ tour meant the return of Safer live I can’t imagine anyone here being upset about it.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 7:23 pm
by scrambledgreggs
the sung tongs tour wasn't even for an anniversary they just randomly felt like doing it (maybe because only Avey and Panda had capacity to tour in that moment)
would see a SJ show but doubt it'll happen, seems like the band members are in full solo & side project mode right now
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2025 9:38 pm
by marmoacolazionereloaded
opposite field wrote:
tdegenaro wrote:
opposite field wrote:
SJ 20th anniversary tour would be bad. I mean it would be good but bad, not the kind of thing I think any of us on this forum want from this band.
at face value it seems like something that would be so amazing but like the day after isn't it now dropped last year everybody was ready for new shit, not more old shit.
(though what do i know everybody, myself included, was geeked about the sung tongs shiz)
Yeah it just is not what I and most of us like about this band and feels inauthentic. I'd be there but it would be hard to shake this feeling. Most album tours with any band kind of sit wrong with me these days.
Sung Tongs always felt like the only one they could really get away with because it's so equipment/duo specific there's really nothing else like it in their catalog. It was very exciting not having been old enough to have seen them the first time around for those songs in their original forms.
Also, aside from the personal reasons behind that tour and the excellent live record, and the beauty of Noah singing Vashti's parts, as a celebration of that album, I feel that the ultra-epic Pitchfork show could have been a single event.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:56 pm
by opposite field
marmoacolazionereloaded wrote:
opposite field wrote:
tdegenaro wrote:
opposite field wrote:
SJ 20th anniversary tour would be bad. I mean it would be good but bad, not the kind of thing I think any of us on this forum want from this band.
at face value it seems like something that would be so amazing but like the day after isn't it now dropped last year everybody was ready for new shit, not more old shit.
(though what do i know everybody, myself included, was geeked about the sung tongs shiz)
Yeah it just is not what I and most of us like about this band and feels inauthentic. I'd be there but it would be hard to shake this feeling. Most album tours with any band kind of sit wrong with me these days.
Sung Tongs always felt like the only one they could really get away with because it's so equipment/duo specific there's really nothing else like it in their catalog. It was very exciting not having been old enough to have seen them the first time around for those songs in their original forms.
Also, aside from the personal reasons behind that tour and the excellent live record, and the beauty of Noah singing Vashti's parts, as a celebration of that album, I feel that the ultra-epic Pitchfork show could have been a single event.
I agree. (Selfishly cuz that was the only one I went to. I have regret now not going to one of the tour shows for another run through.)
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:39 am
by Alcohol
One of my favorite AC-related artworks is Abby’s cover image of Cows on Hourglass Pond. Looking at it tonight, never really made the connection before that the dude on the horse is Dave. But the bucket hat—Ah, there he is.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:00 am
by blindmowing
omgggggggggggggg what a revelation. thanks for sharing. 100%
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 6:35 am
by roopn
idk, it's a pretty big brim for a bucket hat
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2025 3:52 pm
by tdegenaro
dude lmao
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 5:29 am
by Hash
Yeah that looks like a straw hat or something
Here is the image we are discussing
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2025 7:08 am
by headroom)))
I remember there was a one sheet press release thing that Dave wrote for that album that had a short story type of prose to it. It mentioned Waylon Jennings and old country music. I wish he included that as an insert to the record, but whatevs.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Tracks by Ellicott Hooligan and Deakin on this comp
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 9:42 pm
by unrecordednight
the deakin track is gorgeous :')
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 1:17 am
by roopn
The Ellicott track is really cool too!
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2025 4:24 pm
by andthephantom
I'm reading The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, and there's a bar scene where the main character is chatting away about Russian literature, and then just abruptly shifts:
"Oh, wow, listen, they're playing 'Comfy in Nautica,' do you hear that? Panda Bear! I totally forgot that album. Anyway."
And then it keeps going.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 1:59 pm
by r_o_s_s
Listening to the Blast Radio Sessions at work this afternoon. I never listened at the time because I didn't want to spoil myself on upcoming tunes. What a treat. There's some really nice dissonance on some of these tracks that I wish carried over to the album-versions. Especially some of the Skiffs tracks. Fun listening regardless though.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 3:31 pm
by Daffy Duck
From Avey’s stories on Instagram.
Avey will be on the radio station
103.3 Asheville FM at 1 pm today.
Ellicott Hooligan (Avey Tare & members of Sham) will play new releases from various projects of theirs and talk about their many upcoming shows and tours and also will be playing with sounds and stuff on the air, live improv radio performance art.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 6:30 pm
by tdegenaro
i hope they archived it
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 6:43 pm
by PolarBear
They haven’t played any music yet, just vibing rn
But they might release an album together. I think Avey said they’ve recorded 7 hours of music together so far
I think they’re playing a track right now actually
Now they’re playing some Geologist
Now they’re doing some improv
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 7:30 pm
by augustjsmith
r_o_s_s wrote:
Listening to the Blast Radio Sessions at work this afternoon. I never listened at the time because I didn't want to spoil myself on upcoming tunes. What a treat. There's some really nice dissonance on some of these tracks that I wish carried over to the album-versions. Especially some of the Skiffs tracks. Fun listening regardless though.
Love the laidback glitched version of Broke Zodiac from the Blast sessions
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2025 9:44 pm
by jordanrandall
Ellicott Hooligan studio recording:
25 min jam to sound fx records:
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwH881PDnD8&t=1087s[/youtube]
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 6:59 pm
by andthephantom
PolarBear wrote:
I heard ellicott hooligan play tonight. this is something really special. I can’t wait for them to release a cd or something.
In the show linked on the Shaw Deal thread, they mention that ellicot hooligan has an album coming out. No deets. But it sounded like soonish to me.
Re: General The Animal Collective Talk (...cont'd)
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 11:17 pm
by Alcohol
In the interview above, the radio host says, “You’re going to Iceland because you’re going to be releasing an album.” Dave just says, “No,” and laughs. But he does say, “We’re putting together a CD for [Iceland]… just to have a first release.” Shane says they recorded like 7 hours of jams.
