Collected Animals

Remember when Avey said it's actually "Am I the dancer" on an NPR interview or something

That interview was rad, where they broke down each track almost

The end of Daily Routine being like a clothesline swaying in the wind and then dropping down a cliff into a beautiful ocean

I think

Remember when Avey said it's actually "Am I the dancer" on an NPR interview or something

That interview was rad, where they broke down each track almost

The end of Daily Routine being like a clothesline swaying in the wind and then dropping down a cliff into a beautiful ocean

I think

I have it on my computer and will gladly upload it to media fire. I think I put a link in the mpp thread on the old boards.

Scooter, he says "am I the dancer?" And it blew everyone's mind on here when the interview aired. Some were convinced he was joking/spying on the board because it was the hot topic of the week in ac discussion.

I have it on my computer and will gladly upload it to media fire.

Yes plz

^id like that too!

XFM Interview with Dave and Brian (track by track analysis of MPP). Originally aired on January 13th, 2009.

Thank you so much!! Im very excited to listen to it.

same thanks!

it's really interesting how josh leaving actually inspired/spurred them to write the MPP songs because they needed material right away that they could play. I hadn't really thought about it in those terms exactly before.
like the fact that it actually sped up their process.

super cool interview, never even heard about this.

it's really interesting how josh leaving actually inspired/spurred them to write the MPP songs because they needed material right away that they could play. I hadn't really thought about it in those terms exactly before.
like the fact that it actually sped up their process.

Definitely. It is funny thinking back to people claiming that the 3 month long writing session for the first chz era set was rushed when the first mpp set was thrown together in 2 weeks!

So their most critically acclaimed and successful album was written in 2 weeks. Life is funny.

thanks dance! really nice interview

i just listened to this one http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=99607179 and was curious at about 27 minutes they were saying that there were three songs they recorded during mpp or something but didn't use them for b sides or anything... is that just fbk stuff?

So their most critically acclaimed and successful album was written in 2 weeks. Life is funny.

this actually makes so much sense to me, instincts will lead u to better tunez. Once you start questioning yourself and tweaking shit the emotion gets diluted in your work. I don't make music but I feel like it shouldn't be much different than any other artistic process. Get your core down quick when you are inspired, and spend time later supporting it with other elements. Don't fuck with the core. Don't overthink.

Totally agree! I am a songwriter and all of my best, most honest and direct stuff is written in 5 mins.

I'm listening to MPP a lot this week and connecting with the lyrics. My Girls and Daily Routine specifically (I'm having a baby girl next May!)

^ your girls : D

I know! So many tears this week from that song!

XFM Interview with Dave and Brian (track by track analysis of MPP). Originally aired on January 13th, 2009.

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thanks so much! such a great interview

Christmas really is the season for MPP. Rejoice in the joy!

this is gonna be the five-year anniversary of the freebird right?
that's pretty cool even though i didn't even know what animal collective was until a year later

Rejoice

Hahaha P nu you are on fire right now!!

I can't believe it's been 5 years since this freebirded! I feel old! Time is speeding up!

I can't believe it's been 5 years since this freebirded! I feel old! Time is speeding up!

yeah seriously this is scary!

I can't believe it's been 5 years since this freebirded! I feel old! Time is speeding up!

yeah really, yeesh.

err ima dance err ima dance

Oh thank you collage babe! Much better transcription there =P
I can't believe it took me almost a year of MPP'ing until I heard that sample.
Also realizing Bleed on FBK should actually be called Sleep if ya know what I means.

Ps. Cooll I miss your old avi dood. I think a new collage is due, maybe a new avey face one?

the opening vocal sample is so genius cuz it transforms like a million times for me...like im a dancer, will u dance, google glass etc

I'm sure this has been posted somewhere, but in honor of the Xmas freebird this tears for fears cover of my girls is pretty swell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL_N1dVtddM

Listening to this on really good headphones for the first time --- makes a *huge* difference. Crazy. I've listened to it 100+ times before but it's like a completely different experience.

What you've never heard MPP in headphones?! That's the only way to hear it!

I mean I've never heard it with actual really good $100 headphones

What you've never heard MPP in headphones?! That's the only way to hear it!

I think the headphone debate is a bit stale. Yes, decent headphone will provide higher quality sound than say laptop speakers or iPod earbuds. However, speakers of the same caliber in most rooms provide just as much sonic detail. Not to mention speakers allow for crossfeed, which can deepen the spatiality of music (especially for a LP like MPP).

A great thing about MPP is the playability. It has the spatiality and low-end to be blasted like a hip hop record on speakers, while still having the textures that make headphone listening so enjoyable.

^i agree, mpp needs room to breath

it fills up a room so well, it can turn any environment into a supernatural space

the opening vocal sample is so genius cuz it transforms like a million times for me...like im a dancer, will u dance, google glass etc

Lol @ google glass. Have to listen to it again..

AC predicted google glass

it fills up a room so well, it can turn any environment into a supernatural space

oh word

the opening vocal sample is so genius cuz it transforms like a million times for me...like im a dancer, will u dance, google glass etc

Phew...
I thought I was only one hearing the slick google marketing.
(Etc.= picnic bask, fishing mask, etc. etc.)

Funny you say that, I was just listening to Taste the other day and was blown away by how much was going on that I wasn't aware of. Also, +1 to listening on earbuds. I'm in a phase right now where I only want to listen to music on the iPhone speaker. Hearing things in mono makes me really listen to the song rather than nitpick sonic qualities.

The past few times I've listened with the apple EarPods and given my full attention to the album and it's allowed me to really focus on things I never noticed that were far in the mix like the sh-101 bass line during the chorus of Taste. There's also this whirring oscillation sound that happens right before the last refrain of "Am I really all the things that are outside of me" that reminds me of the sounds before Brothersport explodes into it's last section.

what how could you not hear those before??1/1

Yeah I find new stuff in it all the time listening. Its not like you'll hear every little detail the first listen.