Collected Animals

Coral Lords

.... could I get some Cap'n Crunch? I ordered the vinyl btw.

uhh wait so what was that mothlight performance all about? what's the theory on that? another album incoming? it's different than eucalyptus right?

moonlight is a boot from a show Dave did earlier this year. All new songs, non of them are on the new project.

alt tracklisting. anyone else?: LOOO pt. 1, Roamer, Jackson 5, Ms. Secret, In Pieces, Boat Race, Season High, Melody Unfair, PJ, Sports In July, When You Left Me, DR aw one for J, Coral Lords, LOOO pt. 2, Selection of a Place

Someone called the new Twin Peaks the "pure heroin version of David Lynch." This feels like the "pure heroin" version of Avey Tare.

I love how dry and earthy Eucalyptus sounds, and so desert-y visually. It feels loose in a way that he hasn't sounded since Sung Tongs (a good companion piece to this, don't you think?). Brilliantly subtle and hallucinogenic in a way, even cinematic. The songs feel like pure Id, too; "first thought, best thought" kind of thing. I love how much space there is inside these songs, given how dense AC-affiliated records have been for so long. There is a part of me that feels like the record is kind of slight though, or sort of embryonic, like the songs were "picked before ripe." Maybe that's part of its appeal, too. It's raw and ramshackle vibe is really intimate, like a peek into Avey's head as all these ideas are germinating and flying around. First five tracks are my favorite, I think. "Lunch Out of Order Pt. 2" in particular; something about that vocal melody. "Family ties are everywhere"... is that what he's saying at the end of it?

Fantastically strange, evocative and immersive. Neo freak folk. Ha. I love it!

awesome post, my dude! agree on most of these points.

alt tracklisting. anyone ?

dont

Track list and album flow are perfect. No need to change anything

you are a biscuit head if you put when you left me anywhere but last

I am going to be hosting a listening party in my discord server around 5PM EST. If you'd like to join I'll be throwing in some AnCo trivia to boot!

https://discord.gg/kuYry4X

There's no other group of people I could express this toward other than you guys, so here goes...

Imagine back to Campfire songs, which is certainly not where the AC sound originated, but is a huge part of this angle of that sound...Now imagine you make this piece of essentially live acoustic music that is done so dramatically different than any approach toward that sound thus far, and soon follow it up with Sung Tongs, an album built on the same kind of free-wheeled, natural acoustic style.

Then take Feels, a different sonic approach, but with structural similarity to ST, and uncovering a good chunk of the tracks like DYSTW, or Flesh Canoe, Grass, Banshee Beat, or Daffy Duck....You get a similar ebb-and-flow to many tracks on ST with occasional sonic associations...Hence, a "natural progression for the band."

Both SJ(Cuckoo Cuckoo) and MPP(Daily Routine, No More Runnin') show more and more complex, even buried, glimpses of this winding pattern, this idiosyncratic idea of nature and birds chirping, and water flowing, and wind blowing...

What CHz and PW lack is that single strand. That, non-exclusive, but important part of what has been a huge, almost subliminal, key-point of their sound. One thing I feel like people loved and were enamoured by for so long was the "animal" in Animal Collective. Their sound felt like an unknown organism oozing out of an equally-unknown yet strangely-familiar place in nature...Whether a local swamp, an open meadow, or a dense forest...even a strange planet from No Man's Sky or whatever...

This all comes back to my ultimate point...This album brings it all around. I got into AC, familiarised myself with everything they'd done, obsessed, then FBK came out. Every release since hadn't felt the same from what I had obsessed over. But because I was aware of their approach, I eased myself into everything they'd done from then on and I've loved and found places for everything they've released since. Still, those few releases didn't feel quite right("magic"), and they were missing something that I so closely desired yet couldn't pinpoint...

Hearing this record puts it in perspective. It draws the lines. Truly reminds me of those particular idiosyncrasies I so longed for. I love this record. It's reminding me why I loved AC all along. It's a hell of an experience, and I'm happy to hear so many people are feeling the same way.

We're truly a lucky gang for this to be the band we're all so interested in.

iKahn, absolute belter of a post, mate. Well done.

Seconded stan, wonderfully said iKahn

We're truly a lucky gang for this to be the band we're all so interested in.

I think about this fairly often, there's really no greater pleasure than being part of a community full of people who feel the same

I think I realized I don't like the timbre of Angel's voice or something. I kinda wish it was all AV.

I've been feeling this too. I love her voice on Bitte Orca but it sounds weird in the context of Eucalyptus. Some of her vocal parts sound like they were straight up ripped from Enter the Slasher House, and sounds very awkward imo.

That's not to say I don't fucking love this album otherwise

after digging these songs and wrapping some of my brain around them they can be brutal to listen to. i want to bask in your ritual feel that im a good man

if down there is angry this is desolate, hopelessness. a broader sadness not just personally but about the world.

I think that Coral Lords is sneaking into my #1 slot for this album. I was kinda put off initially by how the auto harp section feels so grandiose and climactic yet comes less than halfway through the song, yet the more I listen the more it makes sense to me. What follows that section is one of the more unique and fresh sonic landscapes I've heard Avey do in a while. The way the bass sort of very clumsily stumbles into the resolving note combined with Eyvind Kangs truly excellent drones hits just the right emotional current for me. It's very beautiful, and the imagery it produces in my mind is so rich. Also the lyrics, or at least what I can make out of them are some of my favorite on the whole album (the line "more water in my coffee/than there is on dry land" is kinda baffling though?)

(the line "more water in my coffee/than there is on dry land" is kinda baffling though?)

i interpreted this as meaning that he and his fellow first world citizens have unlimited access to water which they take for granted meanwhile it's becoming scarcer and scarcer because of what humans are doing to the environment. im guessing he wrote it during the drought in california

i agree with you though, this song seems like the album's magnum opus in the best possible way, though i'll admit the second half has yet to fully grow on me. but up to and including the autoharp part is insanely beautiful

Hellomark wrote:

(the line "more water in my coffee/than there is on dry land" is kinda baffling though?)

i interpreted this as meaning that he and his fellow first world citizens have unlimited access to water which they take for granted meanwhile it's becoming scarcer and scarcer because of what humans are doing to the environment. im guessing he wrote it during the drought in california

Ah of course, don't know I didn't see it that way. That makes sense.

Coral Lords is easily the best song on the album.
Easily.

i think when you left me is probably the best song avey has written solo except for maybe laughing heiroglyphic and abyss song...

You guys, this album has my soul. It's so exquisitely beautiful. Pullhair rubeye is one of my favorite albums ever, I still listen to it regularly, and I feel like Eucalyptus has the same impact.

I just have such a connection with acoustic guitar Avey. This album is helping me move on from a rough breakup which I deep down know is the right thing, but it's still super difficult because I really care about her.

Thank you, Avey, for this gorgeous work of art. There are so many magical moments on this album, I don't even know where to start. It's so cohesive and lovely and melancholic and unique. I cannot stop listening.

man what is roamer even about lyrically/mood wise. from what i can make out it almost sounds like a dude taking a shower and like imagining having sex or something. theres a nice sustained mood in the trajectory in yet it covers a lot of ground. like i feel like i dont quite "get" PJ, roamer and boat race but i like them, esp boat race. and jackson 5 almost seems like it doesnt quite fit cuz its so positive and yet its so rickety sounding that it still kind of flows.

first 3 tracks, in pieces --> selection and coral lords are my favorites rn. sports in july is really weird for me but i like its weird jazzy turns. this album is still really surprising to listen to, didnt see most of these vibes coming at all..

can't wait to read along with the lyrics for this album

.

Coral Lords is easily the best song on the album.
Easily.

hey hey hey hey hey
Melody Unfair?
but ye, this fucker has been growing and it's almost as good as MU.


fuck dudes.
this is so good.
so good

man what is roamer even about lyrically/mood wise. from what i can make out it almost sounds like a dude taking a shower and like imagining having sex or something.

i like this yes.

fuck the only thing I don't like (love) is the SOAP-intro. too much bluesy emotional vomit without it even being aesthetic or interesting or something. c'mon Dave

imagine if this was actually 60 watt child

Oh fuck actually When You Left Me is the best. It's clicking with me so hard now. Getting goosebumps over here.

imagine if this was actually 60 watt child

lol far too soon

SO the ritual makes the perfect day...we make eachother...i love you guys

There's no other group of people I could express this toward other than you guys, so here goes...

Imagine back to Campfire songs, which is certainly not where the AC sound originated, but is a huge part of this angle of that sound...Now imagine you make this piece of essentially live acoustic music that is done so dramatically different than any approach toward that sound thus far, and soon follow it up with Sung Tongs, an album built on the same kind of free-wheeled, natural acoustic style.

Then take Feels, a different sonic approach, but with structural similarity to ST, and uncovering a good chunk of the tracks like DYSTW, or Flesh Canoe, Grass, Banshee Beat, or Daffy Duck....You get a similar ebb-and-flow to many tracks on ST with occasional sonic associations...Hence, a "natural progression for the band."

Both SJ(Cuckoo Cuckoo) and MPP(Daily Routine, No More Runnin') show more and more complex, even buried, glimpses of this winding pattern, this idiosyncratic idea of nature and birds chirping, and water flowing, and wind blowing...

What CHz and PW lack is that single strand. That, non-exclusive, but important part of what has been a huge, almost subliminal, key-point of their sound. One thing I feel like people loved and were enamoured by for so long was the "animal" in Animal Collective. Their sound felt like an unknown organism oozing out of an equally-unknown yet strangely-familiar place in nature...Whether a local swamp, an open meadow, or a dense forest...even a strange planet from No Man's Sky or whatever...

This all comes back to my ultimate point...This album brings it all around. I got into AC, familiarised myself with everything they'd done, obsessed, then FBK came out. Every release since hadn't felt the same from what I had obsessed over. But because I was aware of their approach, I eased myself into everything they'd done from then on and I've loved and found places for everything they've released since. Still, those few releases didn't feel quite right("magic"), and they were missing something that I so closely desired yet couldn't pinpoint...

Hearing this record puts it in perspective. It draws the lines. Truly reminds me of those particular idiosyncrasies I so longed for. I love this record. It's reminding me why I loved AC all along. It's a hell of an experience, and I'm happy to hear so many people are feeling the same way.

We're truly a lucky gang for this to be the band we're all so interested in.

This all the way. Thanks for verbalizing this idea, iKahn.

iKahn wrote:

There's no other group of people I could express this toward other than you guys, so here goes...

Imagine back to Campfire songs, which is certainly not where the AC sound originated, but is a huge part of this angle of that sound...Now imagine you make this piece of essentially live acoustic music that is done so dramatically different than any approach toward that sound thus far, and soon follow it up with Sung Tongs, an album built on the same kind of free-wheeled, natural acoustic style.

Then take Feels, a different sonic approach, but with structural similarity to ST, and uncovering a good chunk of the tracks like DYSTW, or Flesh Canoe, Grass, Banshee Beat, or Daffy Duck....You get a similar ebb-and-flow to many tracks on ST with occasional sonic associations...Hence, a "natural progression for the band."

Both SJ(Cuckoo Cuckoo) and MPP(Daily Routine, No More Runnin') show more and more complex, even buried, glimpses of this winding pattern, this idiosyncratic idea of nature and birds chirping, and water flowing, and wind blowing...

What CHz and PW lack is that single strand. That, non-exclusive, but important part of what has been a huge, almost subliminal, key-point of their sound. One thing I feel like people loved and were enamoured by for so long was the "animal" in Animal Collective. Their sound felt like an unknown organism oozing out of an equally-unknown yet strangely-familiar place in nature...Whether a local swamp, an open meadow, or a dense forest...even a strange planet from No Man's Sky or whatever...

This all comes back to my ultimate point...This album brings it all around. I got into AC, familiarised myself with everything they'd done, obsessed, then FBK came out. Every release since hadn't felt the same from what I had obsessed over. But because I was aware of their approach, I eased myself into everything they'd done from then on and I've loved and found places for everything they've released since. Still, those few releases didn't feel quite right("magic"), and they were missing something that I so closely desired yet couldn't pinpoint...

Hearing this record puts it in perspective. It draws the lines. Truly reminds me of those particular idiosyncrasies I so longed for. I love this record. It's reminding me why I loved AC all along. It's a hell of an experience, and I'm happy to hear so many people are feeling the same way.

We're truly a lucky gang for this to be the band we're all so interested in.

This all the way. Thanks for verbalizing this idea, iKahn.

yes

Oh fuck actually When You Left Me is the best. It's clicking with me so hard now. Getting goosebumps over here.

ya I had this yesterday.
my god
I dare to say this is Avey's best Solo work ever, and Also better than any Panda solo stuff except from PP.

god this is album is like saying hello to your best friend again, that you haven't seen in a (long)while,
and you can see IT in his eyes.
im crying.


(if anyone still needs a PM, pm me)

Came back to the album and starting to really froth it now. I'll be obsessed with it soon, I think.

Some of the subtle sonic touches are giving me heavy "classic" AC nostalgia. For example, the "bom, bah, bom bom bom" bit in the first few seconds of Ms Secret and the weird screamy bit at the end of Coral Lords. Avey's a clever guy.

I'm starting to think this album may have the best production as far as AC albums go

PM? Pretty please. Midnight blues need curing!

its cuz this album has a guitar again thats why everyone likes it

Finally, they're playing real instruments and real music again, not just pushing buttons.