Collected Animals

Insane Headphone Experience Album

Jotted down a few thoughts on each song - kind of a long post, sorry

Floridada - still a banger, and serves well as the album's hype man

Hocus Pocus - love the intro ("well if you're out and about on the freeways this morning nooo dinosaurs to worry about") and the vocal dive-bombs at the end - someone said it earlier but I too am also very glad that we have Panda vocal dive-bombs on studio trax and not just live boots. I think these give the record more of a raw energy

Vertical - Honestly prolly my fav right now. dat beat is just yummy - it brings the 2011 live Taste vibes that I wanted on this record. I absolutely love the parking lot line as well as "a tree we are with limbs extending to the sun"

Lying In The Grass - definitely works well in the context of the album. I love how they weave their voices together on this track and the "oh eh ee ah" vocals running throughout bring the caveman vibes

The Burglars - holy fuck this song. Those Panda vocals at the end are some next-level shit. This song sounds exactly like what I wanted Slasher Flix to sound like, with Angel doing the Panda parts. Definitely going to be sick to have Jeremy on drums for this

Natural Selection - I found this song to be very jarring based on the amazon sample. But hot damn has it grown on me - very techno Ramones - some of my fav Panda vox here too "the pact is written before the act" he sounds so robotic its awesome - kind of reminds me of the repeated "mine"s on ATP Principe Real. I'm still hoping/calling that we get a sweet live jam of this into Chores on the upcoming tour

Bagels In Kiev - I have loved this song since the tracklist dropped based on the title alone and it does not disappoint. I love the mid-section (its so floaty) and then we come back to "bagels for everyone, that's the kind of thing he would have wanted" it makes me smile every time

On Delay - sweet jesus this song brought the feels for me. I agree with another previous poster who had said the back half of this song lacks the emotional punch of the first half, but I'm totally cool with that. I need that nice jaunty piano to bring me back from the brink of tears

Spilling Guts - this one took a few spins to grow on me. it really started to click for me once I tuned into the marimba-like flourishes that round out this track. All of those background noises and such (I'm looking at you, Geo) really make this one imo. The chompy synth beat reminds me a lot of Selfish Gene

Summing The Wretch - This was one of my favorite samples and I love the way that this track grows and evolves into something completely different from the start so subtly. I get where this song might not click with some people, I think that Avey's half-beat vocals sound a little off, like he's a tad behind where he should be. If you hone in on the vocals too closely it sounds a little choppy, but when I dig more into the music, I find the vocals here work much better as their own instrument, or more as "decoration" (I guess?)

Golden Gal - this is such a sweet gem of a song. I totally associate this song with my gf because of her very blonde golden hair, and this tune totally goes with her vibe.

Recycling - very solid closer, definitely went some unexpected places for me based on the amazon sample. Can't wait to spin that slipmat and jam this one

tl;dr every song is good

enjoyed that man, thank you

but honestly I read pitchfork a lot because I personally like them and agree with a lot of what they say, and based off of this album and what they like to see in music I feel that this record is definitely going to get It Is OK. I feel like it would fall in the high 8 range, I don't see it getting over a 9. If I had to guess I would say I think it will get an 8.7 which is a great score.

Personally this records is a 10++++++++ for me I love it, but that's just what I predict pitchfork will give them based on what i know about them and what they like to see in records.

Yeah, I enjoy reading Pitchfork reviews because their descriptions of things are usually pretty accurate (their TLOP review was fantastic, I thought... hit everything right on the head, though I thought they would've given it a lower score based off of the actual review). I'm looking forward to what they have to say about this one.

get ready for a high 7 or low 8 from p4k
as for my feelings, I like it so far, haven't gotten to listen to it too much (kanye's album captivated me) but after 2 listens or so it's cool but kind of jarring. It doens't really sound like an anco album, but it kind of does. There's more goofiness and lightness to it than their other albums, it's like a tone they haven't covered at all before... idk it's a grower i think

enjoyed that man, thank you

thank you for reading!

Wanted to add that those "flourishes" I mentioned in Spilling Guts make me think of slot machines going off when there's a winner

Literally can't sleep after listening to this album lol it's like having a coffee before bed

i feel like centipede hz - mpp - sj all had pretty similar structures to them as albums. this kind of throws it all out the window into something new! so fresh!

Golden Gal - this is such a sweet gem of a song. I totally associate this song with my gf because of her very blonde golden hair, and this tune totally goes with her vibe.

loved reading this post! I had a lot of the same thoughts and it's cool that you say that about your girl
I was literally just thinking that if you visualize or associate that song with an actual girl, you probably love her/have a keeper idk it's just the vibe i get when listening

I would probably agree with your list if you made one
Definitively ranking things kind of stresses me out so all I'll say is vertical, burglars, bagels, and golden girl are definitely standouts for me
I think lying in the grass, on delay, and recycling are prob the most likely to creep into the mix, but I've probably over listened

I was really sleeping on avey this time around!

Edit: over listened to litg, that is

AHHHHHH WHAT THE FUCK PITCHFORK FUCK YOU!



http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/213 ... ting-with/

ANCO IS DEAD, LONG LIVE ANCO

Lol I knew they'd pan it

To be 100% honest with you guys now, taking off the CA member blinders and listening to this for what it is, I honestly only like about 4 songs and one of them is FloriDada and I almost can't stand hearing that anymore. Can't imagine myself listening to this much going forward

lol dam

i mean i dont think its great but 6.2 damn

good. now AC is all for us REAL FANS who stick by em. no p4k bandwagoners!

ugh when it comes to the venerating of pitchfork writers opinions.. i just dont know what to say for you guys.. lets move on quick

I wrote pitchfork a strongly worded tweet

if someone wants to be a pal and pm me some flacs that would be really sweet i pm'd bansheeb but never got back to me );

"Painting With was the first time the band jumped right into the studio. Work can be scheduled, magic can't"

beautifully written review i should add

but anyway yes let's move on

"Painting With was the first time the band jumped right into the studio. Work can be scheduled, magic can't"

The truth of that quote really stings here considering it's coming from the guy who wrote that really great piece on his relationship to sung tongs 2 years ago

yep it really resonated with me too

But 6.2 is too low that's they same score they gave the new justin bieber

hahaha wow

This is still like an 8.7 in my book, but I can see where that reviewer is coming from

Their loss.

knew it'd be 2deep4 p4k

big lol at them giving TLOP a 9 while giving this 6.2.

loved reading this post! I had a lot of the same thoughts and it's cool that you say that about your girl
I was literally just thinking that if you visualize or associate that song with an actual girl, you probably love her/have a keeper idk it's just the vibe i get when listening

I would probably agree with your list if you made one
Definitively ranking things kind of stresses me out so all I'll say is vertical, burglars, bagels, and golden girl are definitely standouts for me

Glad you liked it! As for my "golden gal" she is a total keeper and I guess I'd say that this song fills me with a lot of happy feelings I associate with her. She's holding out for the full LP so I look forward her reaction to this song and then telling her how much it makes me think of her, she'll love it.

As for list making, I couldn't agree more! Trying to rank all 12 of these tracks is a bit overwhelming. I think every song is great in some way so that's why I decided to draft that manifesto of a post. The ones you listed above are all so great. This album rules \m/

And I write all this just as P4K shits all over this magical music

big lol at them giving TLOP a 9

"I, for example, remember being in the basement of a sushi restaurant in Charlottesville, Virginia, watching Sung Tongs before anyone knew it existed"

Shut up dog

k guys, im s


"collective"
when he program up, click anywhere m list and at the top there that says 'refresh' then it will. sort byand find the As. listening party !

classic p4k

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p4k didnt like slasher flicks much though, and this is most similar to that, but more confusing. makes sense it wouldnt be in their ballpark.

that's a fucked up review and rating

This review annoys me like the beach house "Thank Your Luck Stars" review, it isn't really reviewing the album's music, it's just criticizing the album based on the band's previous work rather than the value of the music on the album by itself, standalone. The TYLS review was about the records release.

The whole concept of reviews for music is ridiculous. Don't look at them positive or negative

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listen to the first 30 sec of On Delay

then listen to the first 30 sec of this then know the knowledge that that was one of the songs that played after panda's show at The Roxy last year. a clear influence i think.

"I, for example, remember being in the basement of a sushi restaurant in Charlottesville, Virginia, watching Sung Tongs before anyone knew it existed"

Shut up dog

hahaha yeah I was thinking the same thing.
This album sucks, couldn't even break a 7/10 rating from a TRUE ac homie from way back.

This is my problem with pitchfork these days (I feel like such an old man typing that but I'm barely in my twenties)
they don't review the actual music most of the time
usually at least the first 2-3 paragraphs read like a wiki article on the band's career this far
then some bullshit justifying the score abt how this fits into the "arc of their career" (see above wiki shitposting)
Insert a couple smart-ass lines about the actual music (burritos anyone????)
Tie it all together somehow

it kind of bugs me that the review is a lot more about the reviewer's relationship with the band than the actual album.

also kind of funny (not a criticism of the review) that he criticizes it for not being debuted live first, when the prevailing tide on here the last few cycles has been to criticize the records for not being as good as the original live performances. but oh well.

Now I see the album is not as good as I thought.