Collected Animals

Waiting for the “now what?” moment when we get to page 128 and nothing happens

now what?

We're here fellas, now this prophecy does come with a warning: don't scare the fish. We're in the right spot, but in order to catch the prize we seek, we must be silent and still, and simply wait for the heralded skiff to meet our own

*starts camp generator, pisses in river and blasts drake from beats pill*

the freebird was the friends we made along the way

feel like Passerby has become overlooked in the post-2019 boots. listening to the blast version and its climax is still jaw dropping, even sans autotune.

feel like Passerby has become overlooked in the post-2019 boots. listening to the blast version and its climax is still jaw dropping, even sans autotune.

the blast recording is a 2019 rehearsal

hehe I'm not as well versed in the boots as most of you

all good man! i’ve been in here 10 plus years and i have huge gaps as well

I've also been here for a while and had no idea what people were talking about with all these new song names

Will To Joy
Little Girl
Pan Flute Jam

The only thing we’re really upset about with the freebird is that it’s only parts of it. I think there are six songs out there now. People aren’t even able to get the full experience of the album, which bums us all out quite a bit. So if you’re listening freebirders [speaking directly into the tape recorder], put up those other three songs, man, pronto.

-Noah Lennox, 2007

whoa now fellas I’m just the messenger

thanks for reminding me to get freebirders

also just a reminder, if it does freebird, please do not post any links to download or stream the content. official resources only!

but yeah it's just a week now, not long to wait at all! there's so much cool music to fill up on, this one that comes out tomorrow is really great
https://moonglyph.bandcamp.com/album/milk-in-the-sun

Post made a 40+ hour playlist on spotify, go check it out!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7EFqC ... zd3c8hMb6G

Will To Joy
Little Girl
Pan Flute Jam

Pan Flute Jam is definitely the best track off Geologist's debut album from 2024

Strung With Everything is growing on me, thought it was a bit clunky at first. Also really vibe with that line in Mark Richardson's review where he says that Avey is so good at melodies they can almost become too jingle-y or twee for their own good, and that there's less of that this time around which is good.

Yeah, I assume Mark borrowed that line from me because I've been saying since CHz that so many of the melodies sound like fuckin Chicken Tonight or something. Catchy but lacking in weight. Stuff like Father Time (a lonnnggg tiiimmmme agooo) epitomises this, but there's loads on CHz, even stuff like the synth loop on Monkey Riches. Sticks in your head but no connection. Good to see Mark pannnnn the fuck out of the 10s output with the Skiff review, makes me even more excited for it.

might sound odd, and I don't typically feel this way about most bands, but I personally feel like AC is at their best when they're...idk...taking themselves seriously? They're are capable of injecting powerful emotion into their songs so when we get albums of gloopy florida rugrats songs (while that is unique and interesting in its own right) it feels like the band is not giving it their all? Maybe an unfair take, but hey. All this is to say I'm here for these loving community vibes of Time Skiffs.

I understand what you're trying to say. Yes.

Oh fuck oh fuck guys I think the freebird is inside of me
I don't know how it happened but I just woke up this way and it's very painful. I think I need to be cut open if we want to hear this. Those bastards! Fuuuuuck! Help!!?

I had a dream last night that I was going to the March concerts and Geo kept talking about me between songs and clearly wanted to be my friend. It was a little embarrassing to be put on the spot but he's a nice guy don't be hard on him.

I woke up to Royal & Desire and it's coming from inside me, ow, fuccccck

I woke up to Royal & Desire and it's coming from inside me, ow, fuccccck

quick, is it a steel guitar or a tremelo guitar

Oh fuck oh fuck guys I think the freebird is inside of me
I don't know how it happened but I just woke up this way and it's very painful. I think I need to be cut open if we want to hear this. Those bastards! Fuuuuuck! Help!!?

Like that guy in the dark knight

dio wrote:

I woke up to Royal & Desire and it's coming from inside me, ow, fuccccck

quick, is it a steel guitar or a tremelo guitar

Headed to ER but before I pass out from the most intense pain I've ever felt (a 12'' being lodged inside of my abdomen) it's...... steel guitar played into a PA with tremelo effect... Or a Leslie speaker... Beatles style...

Goodbye CA... Hopefully not... forever... And be careful what you wish for... It hurts

ok ok that's good but before you go who is singing with avey in the walker outro

ok ok that's good but before you go who is singing with avey in the walker outro

Nice call back

Wandering thoughts as we see how 128 unfolds....
Think they'll be wearing those time lord cloaks when performing on the upcoming tour?

Only avey and the deak will wear them. Panda and geo are too cool for that. But avey will dye his hair blue to compensate for that.

New review from Steven Hyden. Lots of preamble but the music section is very positive.

https://uproxx.com/indie/animal-collect ... fs-review/

Summertime Girls

Every review but one (The Wire- mixed) so far have been pretty positive. Feels good to see

that was a pretty obnoxious read, not gonna lie.

that was a pretty obnoxious read, not gonna lie.

yeah I could have done without the hipster stuff but I think looking at the last decade as a "wilderness period" is helpful to put things in context. Any long running band worth anything has some detours along the way but the at the end of the day the full picture is more important than any single album.

Also really excited to hear positive words on the Dragon/Car Keys combo. Still can't really picture Dragon Slayer opening but damn if they aren't two of the stronger tracks from this batch, great way to kick things off.

A strange piece that seems to nail certain aspects but also miss the point and outright get some things wrong. I don't think irony has ever been a thing with them, and that sincerity and lack of embarrassment is something I really love about themselves so much. It's why I eternally respect and admire their desire to make music that I won't necessarily like. I don't feel they're conscious of their audience at all, at least in the sense that they might respond to them in some way or another. There aware of the perception but I feel like their decision making is still entirely self-driven.

Also, I'm pretty sure for what it's worth that Carles was a big AC fan.

seemed more a meditation/reflection on AC and “hipster” culture looking back at the 2000s, but didn’t feel fully formed

I don't think irony has ever been a thing with them, and that sincerity and lack of embarrassment is something I really love about themselves so much.

This is really well put Stan. It's something I really respect about them too. A lot of artists who have come up over the last decade or so have a slight "self-aware" or "ironic" tinge to them and I find it exhausting. Almost as if they're too embarrassed to just be themselves. Hyper-pop has got to the point where essentially the whole genre is just people "being ironic". Part of me thinks it's a defence mechanism, like "well the reason this sounds so derivative is just because I was joking!".

the last decade as a "wilderness period"

"what am i gonna do? go into the forest until i can't remember my name"

in some crucial ways some of the bands lyrics and themes seem to anticipate their future. call them augur artists. "defeat" and the conference of birds seemingly predicting the pandemic, "fall be kind" preceding their fall from indie grace, the aforementioned amanita lyric describing the wilderness metaphor and harkening the dismemberment/re-membering of subject/object that stories through their movement from pre-merriweather (subjectivity immersed outside of itself) to merriweather (harmony of preobjective being with a true subject) to chz (agony of subjectivism) to painting with (postmodern objectivity, if you will; the lack of subject) to now time skiffs (the arrival to something like the "human, all-too-human" where the band doesn't play the human animal––they are their humanness––and the subjectivity of their early years are sublated or maybe just introjected; integrated into their songs as such).

anyway, i agree irony has never been a hallmark of the band. painting with probably plays with irony more than any of their records, but it's also their most critical and self-reflective record. irony just seems like a projection from popular music criticism, as is their "childlike naivety" a failure to keep listening with the band past their initial early years; a myth of development, of the american puer. let them grow up and let spirit vanish so it may return.

^damn sick concepts yr spitting out

also, hey y'all this is actually Dio's good friend. He unfortunately was pronounced dead early this morning-- cause of death listed as vinyl record lodged surgically into his chest cavity and he bled out once removed. The record in question is still with the coroner and we are wondering if this is some kind of press-campaign gone awry. If y'all have any info on who might have doxxed Dio, maybe a super fan or the band themselves, we'd greatly appreciate any info. I will be cooperating with law enforcement so feel free to DM this account with any pertinent tips, ty, bless and stay safe

thanks for reminding me to get freebirders

also just a reminder, if it does freebird, please do not post any links to download or stream the content. official resources only!

but yeah it's just a week now, not long to wait at all! there's so much cool music to fill up on, this one that comes out tomorrow is really great
https://moonglyph.bandcamp.com/album/milk-in-the-sun

This is Moses Archuletas project right? Love his solo stuff. Big deerhunter fan too of couese
EDIT jk i just clicked and saw its moon glyphs not moon diagrams