Collected Animals

^ here you go



in all seriousness it sounds like these shows are getting better and better, glad y'all had an awesome night.

Awwwwwwww. I saw a bunch of you folks last night. I even touched a few of you

oh wooow that was so worth it all! yes the visuals are almost as good as the music and i am understanding the concept of the album so much more.

it seemed to me like the new new stuff he played (if i can remember correctly) seemed a lot darker than the rest. are they the new ones people were talking about from psychfest?

i definitely saw five or so of you guys and i wish i had gotten to say hi! i thought the crowd was ok except for these whiny kids that i met who just kept yelling annoying shit the whole time ugh. i got away from them after regal degal but they saw me in the middle of take care (or whatever we're calling it) and pulled me over and started yelling & trying to mosh and everyone turned and stared and it was so embarrassing

this also made me glad i listened to the boots so i was able to anticipate the best parts... where i was the crowd just seemed caught off guard...

but man it was fantastic though i want him to come again and again and again

Fantastic show, that surprised me in being less dance-y and more emotionally heavy than I expected. It was a pretty overwhelming thing. And vilent_sibrate is right, Dark Cloud was definitely the hit of the evening.

I was a little worried it wasn't going to be loud enough but they bumped the volume it seemed a few songs in.

I heard this too, it seemed like the snare sounds on Heart and Soul were way too quiet... but maybe he's just re-worked it, I dunno. That's my only complaint from the night.

Hung out with Tony, and got to meet Brint and Edaan, who very nicely gave me a ride to my car afterwards. Thanks again guys!

Onward to Philly!

It was an awesome show. About three of the new songs he played sounded incredible on the first listen- the other ones will probably take some getting used to.

Gonna be all up inside of this shirt:



it will be lovely to see some of you again

i'll be with a somewhat tall fella & also my ladyfriend...we are pleasant folk...

I saw you! I was up on the balcony and pointed out your shirt to my friends, and then we started talking about Kool-Aid. I wish I had checked the forums before I went out. I would have said hi.

Oh man, that's such a bummer Aziza. Really hope you get to catch another show at some point.
And my god yeah, those kids yelling shit during Regal Degal's set were the worst. Luckily I kinda moved up closer to the stage/away from them when Panda started. Sad that I didn't get to hang with any CAers, wanted to try and track ya'll down after the show but my friend/ride for the night wanted to leave pretty much right after it ended.

^ yep 'those kids' are exactly the ones i'm talking about i think. where were you, we musta been pretty close?

I know I saw you in your Swans shirts Hellomark, but I hadn't read this thread beforehand and didn't know it was you. Also pretty sure I was standing next to strawberrymeat in the blue shirt when I had first gotten into the club. Catch you next time, guys.

I was on the right, probably only about 5-6 ft away from the stage. If you saw anybody with a Swans shirt off to the right of those kids, it would have been me.

VACUUM SONG (yeah?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQzT5XstB0I

Omg. It's so much more upbeat than I thought it was. Sounds incredible!!!!

Yess, that beat! Thanks for the upload!

Yeah there was a bunch of people talking in front of me and my friends too and my friend told them to shut the fuck up at one point. They were like "Oh yeah I love summertime clothes" and stupid shit like that the entire time. We get it, you like Animal Collective you're at an AC-related show that you played $30 for. Regardless though what a concert I've been waiting four or five years to see him now after his ottobar show on the tomboy tour sold out and it was so worth the wait.

i think i was right in front of these people. they talked the entire time! thought the crowd was sort of lame.

this show was so good though, the visuals need to be released with the album for sure! also, i liked panda's weird 'dancing.'

more song fragments! heart and soul, can't go back, strobey new one, last night at the jetty, scheherazade

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9NdbdJmLKA

danny perez is going rlly hard. the vacuum visuals were different than the psych fest show, maybe all of em were... and ya this album is gonna be after my heart

more song fragments!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9NdbdJmLKA

the sheharezade visuals are insane. woah, those who went are so lucky

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more song fragments!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9NdbdJmLKA

the sheharezade visuals are insane. woah, those who went are so lucky

yeah, the visuals are so sick for the live tour. I love how fluid they are, it fits the music very well.

Side note... There was this girl behind me who kept putting her hands on me. I shortly realized she was rolling face. She got in front of me and we danced basically the whole show. It was kind of weird at first but I just kind of went with it. Does anyone here who was there know an Angie?

Here's a shot I took. I'm not sure how I managed to catch the split second when there was no projection, but it looks nice all the same

http://i.imgur.com/GtJDfa4.jpg

I am feeling for everyone that said they found this material darker than his last two albums - this is how I felt the first time I saw him play it at the fest. I walked away like.. extremely saddened? but this time was so different because I was expecting it to be sad again and the whole thing seemed so much more happy and upbeat and lots more emotions came in. I think it takes a few listens to get your bearings. but yesss I keep dreaming myself back to this show, it was beyond my wildest dreams. truly one of the best shows I've seen in my life. and now I'm obsessed with songs I can't even listen to.

from my seat at the bar balcony I think I got a perfect perspective.. got to watch geo and panda and also see the light show on the ceiling and the sound was INCREDIBLE. not to mention I didn't have to deal with people touching me ahaha. (I am sorry to all you people who were in the mosh with those crazies in the middle. lol. I was watching that and cringing.)

what are we calling that song where his singing is half on a loop and half sung? hard to explain but you know what I mean if you were there. really upbeat and high energy. that is my favorite so far amongst a sea of fucking amazing songs.

I also appreciated the good crowd, everyone was really cheering and making me happy. good good good time.

that was the second or third song? pretty sure that's "Dark Cloud"

that was the second or third song? pretty sure that's "Dark Cloud"

yeah it was around there. sweet, thanks. :} that one's a gem.

Reading all of this makes me so stoked for the Toronto show!

other thing: i'm not sure but he didn't play the first half of heart and soul right? the part with the potential jimi hendrix or whatever drums? did that happen before?

Reading all of this makes me so stoked for the Toronto show!

So stoked!

Do you DC guys do any meetups?

Cant go Back is one of my favorites and he missed that change like he did in that Psych fest recording. Now it makes me think it's possibly intentional.

yeah i noticed that drop out too, his body language def made it seem intentional

I remembered these posts last night and paid close attention to the song at the Philly show, and there wasn't any dropout this time.

Do you DC guys do any meetups?

we should.

I made a video where I drew and animated some PBear/Grim Reaper action and talked about this specific show.

even though my freshly removed wisdom teeth were throbbing & my knees/back hurt tremendously, this was definitely one of the better AC-related shows i've seen thus far...

dark clouds is a clear standout, sounds monstrous live....take care & vacuum song were also quite good...the rest of the new songs were enjoyable, just paled in comparison to those three...i wish it was much louder and the bass hit harder (like it usually does there), but those are minor complaints...

the visuals are quite disturbing at times, w/ a lot of nude bald alien women slowly contorting themselves, but somehow it fit the music, so thats cool...

i saw a tony (gang gang shirt yeah?) & somebody who was wearing geo's hausu shirt (that HAS to be somebody from this board), but there were several vultures behind me waiting to snag a spot on the balcony railing, so I didn't venture out...

The amount of footage available from the start of this tour is depressing. Enough about everyone's clothes.

just found this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1ccDIbY-7Q

My friend took that. He's on this board. Lol

I thought the bass was hitting pretty hard. I was really sad during the first half of the set and the strobes were doing things to my eyes. Beautiful evening though.

sup Lemon! sorry you were sad the first half of the set. Such beautiful sounds that night. That video I recorded was basically just for my own documentation so I can remember what I heard that night. But I'll warn you all, it is pretty clipped out at certain parts. Still has got sum gems dough.

Hey Sprit! Thanks for doing the video I can kind of re-live the experience haha. I was only really sad in a heartfelt way in relation to how he was singing. Having never heard those songs before I had no idea what to expect. His new songs are killer. I'm re-listening now. I'm definitely glad I waited to listen to any recordings because I have so much to experience now while waiting for the album.

I teared up a few times myself…but just out of the sheer beauty of everything... the dead or alive harp song gets me every time. seemed like people were just blissing out the whole night. I know I was.

you guys are getting me so stoked for SF! Hey did he take out the four on the floor feel in Take Care or is the bass just not coming through in these recordings?

Panda's facebook page posted the tracklist of Geologist's super-groovin' DJ set from this show, here it is for anyone interested:

1. Charles Cohen - “Group Motion Performance”
2. Phonophani - “Lavenderloops”
3. Mammane Sani - “Lamru”
4. Kraftwerk - “Elektrisches Roulette”
5. Lonnie Holley - “Been Coming For So Long”
6. Craig Leon - “She Wears a Hemispherical Skull Cap”
7. Michael Garrison - “For You and Me”
8. Herbie Hancock - “Rain Dance”
9. Francis Bebey - “Super Jingle”
10. Conrad Schnitzler - “Untitled” B4 from Silver 74/75 LP
11. Gary Schneider - “Cast Your Fate to the Wind and the Breeze and I”
12. Bruce Haack - “Super Nova”
13. Leven Signs - “This Inner Space”
14. Dick Hyman - “Green Onions”
15. Jean-Jacques Perrey - “E.V.A”
16. Rob Jo Star Band - “Stone Away”
17. Kennelmus - “Goodbye Pamela Ann”
18. We The People - “My Brother The Man”
19. Fifty Foot Hose - “If Not This Time”
—Regal Degal set—
20. Antena - “Camino del Sol”
21. Stereolab - “Pop Quiz”
22. Robert Wyatt - “Heaps of Sheeps”
23. Halo Benders - “Bomb Shelter Pt.2”
24. Sundowners - “Summer Song”
25. Bobby Brown - “Sail On”
26. Bachelortette - “Love is a Drug”
—Panda Bear set—
27. Ralph Lundsten - “Alpha Ralpha Boulevard”
28. Pete Drake - “Forever”
29. Pete Jolly - “Seasons”
30. KLF - “Madrugada Eterna