[meys]

Curved Hair wrote:

Im deleting all negative deakin memes/posts on site, and giving out warnings.

He's a great musician and a great dude and we all need to support him.

We're an Animal Collective fan community- please show some fucking integrity.

..or just keep that shit on reddit or wherever else

Thank you, the general negative attitude toward Josh on here is kind of gross if we're being real

[Cussing Bum]

Honestly, though I don't really participate in the memes, I never thought they were mean-spirited. I thought they were because he seems cool. Watching Deakin dance the stage is one of the best parts of the live show. And his guitar makes SJ one of the best AnCo albums

[Leogan]

Y'all bored af.

[onebraineno]

Josh took the time to talk to me and my friend and was the nicest dude ever to us. It's ridiculous that people are so quick to judge him and make fun of him with memes and other stupid shit.
Being an artist is tough and it seems like he really wants to make things he truly believes in so stop being terrible people.

[alexpiercey]

Just want to pop in for a second, are you guys saying the phrase "freebird it Deak" (or any of the various Deak puns) is supposed to be negative or something? Or are there some comments I missed where people were actually being mean?

[Vovenarg]

ya the latter

[roopn]

preacherben wrote:

people went insane and turned evil

Yea, that's basically /mu/ summarised

[Texas Trill]

meysell wrote:

Thank you, the general negative attitude toward Josh on here is kind of gross if we're being real

It's not even just here. Whenever I see a post that involves Deakin on social media more often than not, someone comments a meme or a snarky comment about him. Ironically it's not even the people who have helped fund the Kickstarter. In fact they've been generally very supportive and understanding. Instead its always some dude who apparently has nothing better to do than to spend time and effort creating a stupid meme. Even phrases like "freebird it Deak," though not mean spirited, I can imagine being in Josh's shoes it being very frustrating. It probably makes connecting with any fan, even the good intentioned ones, very difficult.

Curved Air, you're a good dude

[roopn]

Yeah the Le ak it deak thing always made me uncomfortable

[Sad Cuck]

I don't think Le ak it Deak is so bad/mean at all tbh ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

[inkspot]

it's pretty mean considering deeks has bladder problems!

[roopn]

Inkspot why are your posts always so fucking weird?

[inkspot]

let's just say...

when they told you as a child DON'T DO DRUGS

they weren't lying!


oh god?

my poor brain!

I went insane when I snorted weed / smoked cocaine!

[tobinge]

i love you inkspot, thanks for coming back to CA. cool fella you are.

[CMPunk]

Good House by Deakin is a masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIMUZa7x_ZI

[Stanshant]

Let's hope that end of January/early Feb doesn't drag on too much. I just also think it's a really bad idea to release his solo album at the same time as the new Animal Collective. Even if it were a Panda Bear solo album, it would be seen as a footnote to new Animal Collective. Anyway, don't really know why I mention it, he's already said what he's said.

[Tropic]

Could be the basis for some new urban myth e.g. play both albums at the same time and they sync up to create a K-Pop record

[inkspot]

in the world where new chromatics was to come out Feb of LAST YEAR and The Wrens was supposed to follow up mellow glands by like... 2005? 2007? 2009? 2011? 2013? (the ten year anne man!) 2015? 2017?

who the hell knows!

sometimes

people... need to glows! wah

[Leogan]

<3 Wrens, talk about a torturous wait.

Makes 2 months for PW a cakewalk.

[WoodenSails]

The Malian Routes compilation that (I think people on /mu/ put together?) came out a while back is an incredible set of songs. Some of the really out there, really reverby and spacey transitions and interludes have this incredible "soaring" and harrowing quality to them that really makes me excited.

[Texas Trill]

That's probably my favorite fan made compilation. Reminds me of Lotus Plaza

[Avey Pear]

I just contacted Keep to ask if they could tell me what the surprise is that comes with the new Deakin shoes being that my feet are too big for the shoes but I'd buy them anyway if I knew I was getting music. They just emailed me back saying they wouldn't say exactly what it is but that it is music of some kind. I'm thinking it'll probably be a cassette.

[Vovenarg]

oooh good investigative work avey!

[Sam]

Closer to the shoe release date I might walk on down to the store and see if they'd throw a cassette my way with the purchase of another pair of shoes. I've been meaning to grab some new boots and they're about a 5 minute walk from my workplace I believe.

[gosly]

I am so so stoked to hear Deakin's album. I have no idea what it will sound like and that's super exciting. Sonic, can you describe it for us please?

[Texas Trill]

dud wrote:

from the painting with thread:

Sonic boom wrote:

I dont think Deakins lp is ready yet .....
He has a really sick set of songs though ......some stunning stuff ....
Reminded me of Nirvana , soft cell , 13th floor elevators & skip spence ( one if Noah's faves)

All recording is done & i think he has a bit of mixing to do , but i know he has it all on
the boil & ready to finally give out .....a book too i believe ....
Looks like a full year ...

[inkspot]

Imagine if LP2+3+4 all came out in 2017/2018/2019

a Trilogy after The True Debut!

and then part Phantom IV: Flaming Fantods + Howler Prowler Monks aka V!!!

in 2020

because back butt be-hind shite is ALWAYS!

[cows]

Is there an album name yet? Release date? Just heard recently about this album and ended up here. Seems like the right place for news. Big fan of Josh's work.

[Texas Trill]

It should be shipped out to the Kickstarter backers sometime this month. No other news as far as a wider release, or any other information about the album. We don't even know if any of his songs from his 2010 shows will appear on it

[Sam]

Release / ship date is still pending until a few things come back from the manufacturer (possibly components for the book if I'm remembering correctly). Us backers should be receiving an update once things are getting ready to ship! (Hopefully still within this month)

[dud]

Texas Trill wrote:

It should be shipped out to the Kickstarter backers sometime this month. No other news as far as a wider release, or any other information about the album. We don't even know if any of his songs from his 2010 shows will appear on it

i seem to remember someone saying that they talked to him after a DJ set in 2014/2015 and he said that the only track that will appear from the 2010 shows will be "2 friends", i'm like 95% sure that he said only one track from that tour will be on there, 80% sure that he said the track was 2 friends (i remember being disappointed that it wasn't island chase or footy). maybe someone can find this post? i remember it being in a thread for a specific DJ set in the live subforum...we'll know soon enough anyway

[cows]

Great, thanks! Excited for this, and the surrounding mystery regarding it's release date, track list, name etc. adds a special touch.

[Sam]

Maybe the Keep release will feature non album tracks / a complimentary EP of b-sides

[Vovenarg]

that would be so sweet

[atmosphericrex]

I'm just really starting to explore Deakin's solo work and it is absolutely amazing, I think Deakin gets a bad rep because he just seems to play "guitar" and most anco songs don't have direct elements of guitar, but after seeing live videos and whatnot I began to realize how iconic some of Deakin's parts are and how he artfully altered his guitar's sound to sound like everything but a guitar.

I just found this http://4chanmusic.wikia.com/wiki/Deakin and it's really immature and annoying (because it's 4chan)

If y'all know anything about Vampire Weekend, Chris Baio, the bass player, sort of has a similar position in the band as Deakin. But he recently released some stunning solo material that really made a lot of people reconsider his influence in the band. I hope Deakin's album will function in a similar way. I wish I was an anco fan back during the kickstarter, I would have loved to have been a part of this, even if it took so many years I'm sure it's worth it.

[Hash]

Isn't there a pretty huge amount of AC songs that have "direct elements of guitar"?


But I guess "most" is a little vague and so is "direct" so it's hard to debate

[lucasmoreira]

Mayweed Mas wrote:

So this could be coming any day now, right? Deakin said Late January at the earliest, Early February at the latest?

we are already on early feb so... any time now i guess

[Sonic boom]

lucasmoreira wrote:

Mayweed Mas wrote:

So this could be coming any day now, right? Deakin said Late January at the earliest, Early February at the latest?

we are already on early feb so... any time now i guess

I think its just manufacturing at this point.....
I have'nt seen it , but I know he has a nice deal lined up.....

[Sam]

We'll receive a heads up before things start to ship too so still a little ways to go yet. I (and I'm sure any other backers on the board) will be sure to post the next update from Josh which I'm assuming will be to let us know the product is in hand and ready to mail out.

[dud]

cool thanks for keeping us in the loop