Collected Animals

Deakin and Geo are live-scoring a portion of a shadow puppet animated film this Saturday at the Parkway Theatre in Baltimore

Spoiler: show

Wow heck yeah! One of my favorite records of the past couple years is Dungen's score to this same film! It's called Häxan and it's beautiful. I've always wondered what AC's score of Prince Achmed would sound like...

https://dungen.bandcamp.com/track/peri-banu-vid-sj-n-2

why did they name their soundtrack to a silent film after a separate silent film? that seems confusing

why did they name their soundtrack to a silent film after a separate silent film? that seems confusing

"Häxan" translates as "the witch" in Swedish, the Witch being one of the main characters in Prince Achmed...

lol I misread and thought AC had called their soundtrack "Häxan"

So I was like "It's a German film though, there is no way AC would have given it that Swedish name by pure coincidence"

we had to say goodbye to our 8yo dog yesterday after a sudden cancer diagnosis. what's everyone's top 5 animal collective songs about dead dogs

i was feeling kind of shitty when i wrote this and it's not really the way i want to talk about my good dog tuck.

i've been singing "derek" to my son ever since he was born and think about its meaning a lot, how you can do right by a dog and take care of it competently + completely, but having a kid shows you how hard it can be to love and saturate an emotional + nurturing space. a dog will not ask more of you but a child will (and does, and does, and does). it makes it hard to look back on missed opportunities with a pet, but you can also find comfort in knowing that you did everything they needed you to.

i've been singing "derek" to my son ever since he was born and think about its meaning a lot, how you can do right by a dog and take care of it competently + completely, but having a kid shows you how hard it can be to love and saturate an emotional + nurturing space. a dog will not ask more of you but a child will (and does, and does, and does). it makes it hard to look back on missed opportunities with a pet, but you can also find comfort in knowing that you did everything they needed you to

I had similar feelings and conclusions when my dog passed a few years ago. It was real difficult, but I agree with you wholeheartedly, it was comforting to know that I did everything I could (maybe spoiled a bit too haha). It doesn't fill the hole, but it helps. Thinking of you brother.

Lots of love to you guys and hope you see your dogs in heaven. X

How is it that Enter the Slasher House has a run of Blind Babe, Little Fang, Catchy, That It Won't Grow, The Outlaw, Roses, Modern Days E, and Strange Colores, yet isn't thought of all that highly? That'sa serious run of tracks. A sender is an unreal opener too. Your Card doesn't do much for me at all. Duplex and Catchy are probably the next weakest but the bulk of the album is really great

Production bruh

^this

How is it that Enter the Slasher House has a run of Blind Babe, Little Fang, Catchy, That It Won't Grow, The Outlaw, Roses, Modern Days E, and Strange Colores, yet isn't thought of all that highly? That'sa serious run of tracks. A sender is an unreal opener too. Your Card doesn't do much for me at all. Duplex and Catchy are probably the next weakest but the bulk of the album is really great

Eh. Roses and Strange Colors are fun songs but don't really do anything special imo. A Sender is cool but loses steam halfway through and the lyrics get kinda lame when he starts talking about spirits.

I think most of these tracks sounded good live but didn't translate well into the studio. The aesthetic is cool, but I just don't hear a ton of emotion on this album.

The mix is a complete mess in my opinion. I saw the songs performed live, besides little fang, and I would prefer a live release instead. It's like Rosie Oh, but an entire album's length, noise wise.

Production bruh

I remember thinking there was something wrong with my copy of Slasher House because of how muddled everything sounded, but no that was just the production. I agree it was still pretty underrated though, and the live show was excellent

I remember Dave making a comment about that, saying he wanted to spend 12 hours a day mixing but the others didn't so they had to compromise.

Lesson: Dave knows what he's doing

Eh. Roses and Strange Colors are fun songs but don't really do anything special imo. A Sender is cool but loses steam halfway through and the lyrics get kinda lame when he starts talking about spirits.

I think most of these tracks sounded good live but didn't translate well into the studio. The aesthetic is cool, but I just don't hear a ton of emotion on this album.

I agree with everything you said here. I put Roses and Strange Colores in the same category as Spilling Guts

I'll also say that the 2013 Glasslands versions of TIWG and The Outlaw are two of my favorite live Avey performances

The production! Of course!

I still adore this album and think it's an essential Halloween listen. TIWG is my favorite Avey solo track and I would've killed to see them live! A live release would be most excellent as well!

the album version of duplex trip <<<<<<<<<<< the live version

would love to hear a version of The Outlaw done in a chz style

hooo we're talking about slasher flicks??? I LOVE SLASHER FLICKS

real talk, that album is what got me hardcore into ac. i had never spent a lot of time listening to side albums, or even their older AC albums until i saw slasher flicks live. it was amazing.

I'll also say that the 2013 Glasslands versions of TIWG and The Outlaw are two of my favorite live Avey performances

gosh i couldn't have even told you that the earliest slasher flicks boots were before the album came out

I’m working on a cover of “Pumpkin Gets a Snakebite” which I plan to put on a tape that I’m making which might release soon.

cody wrote:

I'll also say that the 2013 Glasslands versions of TIWG and The Outlaw are two of my favorite live Avey performances

gosh i couldn't have even told you that the earliest slasher flicks boots were before the album came out

really? the show being announced was a pretty big deal at the time. it was announced as just avey tare but then became avey tare's slasher flicks. very sick.

this album still rules.

yeah I was gonna say it was sort of a less involved point in my fandom but the grim reaper boots were like a week later and i was super into that. never really gave this project much of a chance, although I’ve listened to it a few times recently. I agree the mixing could have made a big difference

With so much amazing music in the pipeline, I can only hope that this current lull is because they're writing and planning and maybe even recording. Either that or they're just hooked on Goblin Slayer and The Great British Bake Off.

I think part of what's turned me off is Slasher Flicks' drum setup and beats, they seem so typical indie rock compared to most other AC releases.

With so much amazing music in the pipeline, I can only hope that this current lull is because they're writing and planning and maybe even recording. Either that or they're just hooked on Goblin Slayer and The Great British Bake Off.

Lull? They've been as active as ever the past 2 - 3 years.

We've seen two Panda Bear releases (1 upcoming), an Avey Tare album, Meeting of the Waters, new songs from Deakin, a Geologist tape, several one-off performances, a "live" LP, a super intense touring schedule, and probably some other things I am forgetting about.

But you're right, we haven't seen much "official" AC material in the past 18 months. I'd be very surprised of Dave and Noah weren't writing together while touring.

Ya they wrote at least one song, Sea of Light

But you're right, we haven't seen much "official" AC material in the past 18 months..

um, Tangerine Reef? Meeting of the Waters? The Painters? I think they've been more active than usual lately...

Yeah Tangerine Reef is as official as anything. I wasn't very enthralled with the music though.

2019...Defeat tour?

jusswerjk wrote:

But you're right, we haven't seen much "official" AC material in the past 18 months..

um, Tangerine Reef? Meeting of the Waters? The Painters? I think they've been more active than usual lately...

Painters EP was more than 18 months ago. Tangerine Reef isn't really "canon" AC in my mind.

But we both agree that they have been super active lately and are not in a lull.

I just meant the last few weeks.

But actually not joking, I mean since the Eucalyptus and MOTW and Homies stuff. That's quite a long time ago now. Homies was January. Not personally a massive fan of the Geologist tape or the Deakin stuff though I'm sure they have their fans.

The long and short is that I completely forgot about Tangerine Reef. Also, I'm excited for their next wave of releases because they're sitting on some genuinely brilliant material so I hope they also know that and get them recorded and released.

I think it's a bit silly that the Mothlight music hasn't been recorded or ever referred back to, as an aside. That's better music than anything they've released in the interim.

I starting to think that the dave solo songs won't ever be out

I starting to think that the dave solo songs won't ever be out

yeah and then one day he announces a album with 15 completely new songs...

you know what i wish he recorded that nobody address? death raga! i remember someone saying it was dave´s version of drone, what a crazy track!

hope one day they'll release of huge boxset with all the demos of the unreleased tracks thay have played live

I starting to think that the dave solo songs won't ever be out

:'( I'm worried about this too, there is some solid stuff in there that I'd love to hear refined or recorded better, but there are some decent boots that'll have to suffice...at least for now.

Asked Dave after one of the sung tongs shows if he was going to record the solo material and he said yeah but def got the impression it won’t be for a while. Down There b-sides he was vocal about there being no solid plans for it.

yeah it took him a few years to put out the Eucalyptus stuff which I think he mentioned working on in 2014 or 2015? we'll get them eventually, some of them might even turn into full-band songs!

I am fully expecting this next one to be a complete masterpiece. Dave and Noah's recent solo work has been very next level and based on people comments about the MBV set, it sounds like that was very next level as well.

Also, seeing them perform Sung Tongs live reminded my why I got into this band in the first place. It seems like they are on track to reclaim the "magic" that was lost after MPP.

I am fully expecting this next one to be a complete masterpiece. .

I feel that everyone is saying this about every upcomming album solo and in band