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doggyinacoma wrote:love that avey says dude 2wice in the end of GG. don't think he's said dude since WWIW?S, also 2wice. double dudes.
i love when AV says dude
was going to say something to this effect
roopn wrote:doggyinacoma wrote:love that avey says dude 2wice in the end of GG. don't think he's said dude since WWIW?S, also 2wice. double dudes.
i love when AV says dude
was going to say something to this effect
he says dude in applesauce
roopn wrote:doggyinacoma wrote:love that avey says dude 2wice in the end of GG. don't think he's said dude since WWIW?S, also 2wice. double dudes.
i love when AV says dude
was going to say something to this effect
he says dude in applesauce
he's on a whole other level. doesnt have apple products.
bullseye wrote:this album feels like drinking coke for the first time when you only ever had water before
come on, it's not that bad.
i'm really starting to love it, it just feels very samey to me still. i wish they kept that vocal effect for only a few tracks. or left a few off, had a very short 33 minute album and then an ep that followed. not sure, still exploring it. but i do really like it a lot.
FIRST, LET'S DISPEL WITH THIS MYTH THAT ANIMAL COLLECTIVE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
dervish wrote:bullseye wrote:this album feels like drinking coke for the first time when you only ever had water before
come on, it's not that bad.
i'm really starting to love it, it just feels very samey to me still. i wish they kept that vocal effect for only a few tracks. or left a few off, had a very short 33 minute album and then an ep that followed. not sure, still exploring it. but i do really like it a lot.
i meant that in the most positive way possible
like it's so sweet and sugary that it's kind of overwhelming
i still love water though
bullseye wrote:dervish wrote:bullseye wrote:this album feels like drinking coke for the first time when you only ever had water before
come on, it's not that bad.
i'm really starting to love it, it just feels very samey to me still. i wish they kept that vocal effect for only a few tracks. or left a few off, had a very short 33 minute album and then an ep that followed. not sure, still exploring it. but i do really like it a lot.
i meant that in the most positive way possible
like it's so sweet and sugary that it's kind of overwhelming
i still love water though
haha cheers
i guess i dont like soda then
also, do we know definitively who wrote which song? i want to make the face cover art correct for each track
stetson isn't actually on litg, those are geo samples
I think this has been said in one way or another, but it's kind of refreshing to get these vitriolic reviews.
Wish the band would log back on here and tell us all to shut the fuck up
i think it'll be a good review though. 7 or more
demonclusters wrote:Hey CokePotCrack, I'm with you man. It's a fun album, but when I think about how *spiritual* so much of their discography is for me...
Like, listening to feels for the first time after hearing painting with just throws it into comparison. it's jarring. I love AC, and I definitely haven't lost faith in them, I'll always enjoy their output. It just honestly feels like something's missing.
Sorry for the negative reaction bros
I did exactly the same thing, also feels. and yes,
there is something missing, like I said right after the freebird. it doesn't contain the same magic feels as anything they did pre-Oddsac. BUT, for me at least, there's much more playfulness and inventivity here than there was on CHZ, so I'm really happy with that, and if you just take this album for what it is it's pure joy that is repeatedly growing each listen. actually I enjoy it alot more than I thought I would, so that's really nice.
Lacrimosa wrote:demonclusters wrote:Hey CokePotCrack, I'm with you man. It's a fun album, but when I think about how *spiritual* so much of their discography is for me...
Like, listening to feels for the first time after hearing painting with just throws it into comparison. it's jarring. I love AC, and I definitely haven't lost faith in them, I'll always enjoy their output. It just honestly feels like something's missing.
Sorry for the negative reaction bros
I did exactly the same thing, also feels. and yes,
there is something missing, like I said right after the freebird. it doesn't contain the same magic feels as anything they did pre-Oddsac. BUT, for me at least, there's much more playfulness and inventivity here than there was on CHZ, so I'm really happy with that, and if you just take this album for what it is it's pure joy that is repeatedly growing each listen. actually I enjoy it alot more than I thought I would, so that's really nice.
It's obviously not uncommon for a band to put out really emotionally charged, intense music when they're in their 20's and 30's, only to settle in to a more mellow sort of groove as they get older. I think any perceived lack of "intensity" or "feels" in AC's new music is mostly just a result of that natural progression...Animal Collective aren't young men going through the growing pains of break ups and huge life changes any more, or they've at least been around those blocks a few times, which means their music is going to settle in to more of a calculated, less emotionally visceral sort of place as a result.
As someone who's getting in to their mid 30's this is something that I've spent a lot of time reflecting on, and honestly I don't think it's a bad thing. Sure, you don't feel quite as much as you did before, but you also gain perspective, and it's at that point that you're able to tackle some of the really big questions. It also forces you to start approaching your art in ways that you never considered before, which can result in really rewarding stuff getting made. The danger of course is becoming some kind of "professional musician" who just cranks out the same old, workmanlike, middle of the road albums over and over again while your fan base circle jerks you in to artistic irrelevancy, but...I really don't see that happening in this case.
TBH I think you guys just can't understand the words, they are as reflective and hearty as always...
It's obviously not uncommon for a band to put out really emotionally charged, intense music when they're in their 20's and 30's, only to settle in to a more mellow sort of groove as they get older. I think any perceived lack of "intensity" or "feels" in AC's new music is mostly just a result of that natural progression...Animal Collective aren't young men going through the growing pains of break ups and huge life changes any more, or they've at least been around those blocks a few times, which means their music is going to settle in to more of a calculated, less emotionally visceral sort of place as a result.
As someone who's getting in to their mid 30's this is something that I've spent a lot of time reflecting on, and honestly I don't think it's a bad thing. Sure, you don't feel quite as much as you did before, but you also gain perspective, and it's at that point that you're able to tackle some of the really big questions. It also forces you to start approaching your art in ways that you never considered before, which can result in really rewarding stuff getting made. The danger of course is becoming some kind of "professional musician" who just cranks out the same old, workmanlike, middle of the road albums over and over again while your fan base circle jerks you in to artistic irrelevancy, but...I really don't see that happening in this case.
so many screens that I am seeing screens appear behind my eyes (of all places!)
r1pvanw1nkl3 wrote:stetson isn't actually on litg, those are geo samples
what?
how?
I think this has been said in one way or another, but it's kind of refreshing to get these vitriolic reviews. I think it would be much safer for them to make an album very similar to an older one, but clearly the change has rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. It's exciting-- I'm not sure it's like Dylan playing electric guitar at Newport, but it's better than no change.
Also - I was just reading The Quietus' review and I almost didn't make it past the second paragraph.
"...unique highs would emerge like fleeting firebirds from the strange tundra laid out by their loops and lo-fi acoustics..."
I give fewer than 0 shits about his opinion of the record, but why do reviewers of all types feel the need to write such insanely flowery analogies that serve almost no purpose in the description of anything relating to the thing they're reviewing? What is this trend?!
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