Animal Collective new album title and tracklisting

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:47 am

anyone have a link? i need it for a coworker.

also, GREAT review from Pitchfork. i'd give it the same.

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:57 am

jsh Wrote:

or album name

anyone know the story behind that, other than geographical relevance?

MPP is a venue around the Baltimore/DC area. If you've lived in either area, you've no doubt seen countless shows there and it probably at least ranks as one of yr favorite places to see a live show. I would actually love to see AC do a show there, but its usually larger bands that play there.

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:34 pm

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

I'm actually really surprised this thread has stayed as dead as it has been since the album leaked a week or so ago.

I think the same thing every time I come here.

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

f4df · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:41 pm

Dalen Wrote:

anyone have a link? i need it for a coworker.

also, GREAT review from Pitchfork. i'd give it the same.

check mail

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:49 pm

Dalen Wrote:

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit

e-stone · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:09 pm

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

jsh Wrote:

or album name

anyone know the story behind that, other than geographical relevance?

MPP is a venue around the Baltimore/DC area. If you've lived in either area, you've no doubt seen countless shows there and it probably at least ranks as one of yr favorite places to see a live show. I would actually love to see AC do a show there, but its usually larger bands that play there.

i'd have to disagree and say it's a shit place to see a show...but that's probably because i always had lawn seats.

my ex lived in columbia and we could hear shows from her backyard. good times.

still wondering if there is a story as to why they named it this.

OPA! · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:13 pm

Dalen Wrote:

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

I'm actually really surprised this thread has stayed as dead as it has been since the album leaked a week or so ago.

I think the same thing every time I come here.

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

Haha...yeah OK. I don't know how any Animal Collective fan can tell me that this album is better than Sung Tongs. It's just not true.

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:29 pm

OPA! Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

I'm actually really surprised this thread has stayed as dead as it has been since the album leaked a week or so ago.

I think the same thing every time I come here.

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

Haha...yeah OK. I don't know how any Animal Collective fan can tell me that this album is better than Sung Tongs. It's just not true.

its MUCH better... I liked sung tongs but they've just gotten progressively better with each album

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:38 pm

F**K You, Dave Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

I'm actually really surprised this thread has stayed as dead as it has been since the album leaked a week or so ago.

I think the same thing every time I come here.

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

Haha...yeah OK. I don't know how any Animal Collective fan can tell me that this album is better than Sung Tongs. It's just not true.

its MUCH better... I liked sung tongs but they've just gotten progressively better with each album

yes, and yes.

i'm quite shocked that you're not feeling this Chris.

OPA! · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:40 pm

F**K You, Dave Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

I'm actually really surprised this thread has stayed as dead as it has been since the album leaked a week or so ago.

I think the same thing every time I come here.

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

Haha...yeah OK. I don't know how any Animal Collective fan can tell me that this album is better than Sung Tongs. It's just not true.

its MUCH better... I liked sung tongs but they've just gotten progressively better with each album

Not quite, they've progressively gotten more accessible. That's good and bad depending on how you look at it. IMO, they've lost what made them unique.

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:50 pm

OPA! Wrote:

F**K You, Dave Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

I'm actually really surprised this thread has stayed as dead as it has been since the album leaked a week or so ago.

I think the same thing every time I come here.

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

Haha...yeah OK. I don't know how any Animal Collective fan can tell me that this album is better than Sung Tongs. It's just not true.

its MUCH better... I liked sung tongs but they've just gotten progressively better with each album

Not quite, they've progressively gotten more accessible. That's good and bad depending on how you look at it. IMO, they've lost what made them unique.

I think what makes them unique is their ability to take the weirdness and make it accessible in ways that no one is doing right now...except for maybe grizzly bear, and to a much lesser extent.

f4df · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:51 pm

imo, too much expectation and hype to even talk about this rationally

Dalen · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:53 pm

OPA! Wrote:

F**K You, Dave Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

I'm actually really surprised this thread has stayed as dead as it has been since the album leaked a week or so ago.

I think the same thing every time I come here.

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

Haha...yeah OK. I don't know how any Animal Collective fan can tell me that this album is better than Sung Tongs. It's just not true.

its MUCH better... I liked sung tongs but they've just gotten progressively better with each album

IMO, they've lost what made them unique.

i don't think this is true entirely. their sound is still very, very unique, but in some ways the ideas are more flushed out, which is a plus imo.

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 4:54 pm

f4df Wrote:

imo, too much expectation and hype to even talk about this rationally

Yep. I have a feeling that OPA!'s opinion is a reaction to hype-aversion. I heard the album on Jan.1 and liked what I could hear. Looking forward to listening at home with a bowl of weed.

Vegetable Man · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:13 pm

discostu Wrote:

f4df Wrote:

imo, too much expectation and hype to even talk about this rationally

Yep. I have a feeling that OPA!'s opinion is a reaction to hype-aversion. I heard the album on Jan.1 and liked what I could hear. Looking forward to listening at home with a bowl of weed.

I've tested the 320 mp3 rip in the car, at the computer, on a little boombox, and yes, on weed. Due to the way the album is mixed (and probably the mp3), and due to the heaviness of the bass (compared with older AC stuff), it works well in each scenario. It ends up sounding different on every set of speakers.

I agree with the folks that find them progressing with each album. The ideas and fragments that they were working with in the past have become fully realized songs with wierdness, not just wierdness with occasional songs.

I like psychedelic pop music and there's no other way to describe MPP.

My wife's comment about 'Summertime Clothes' - upon hearing the "I wanna walk around with you" chorus was simply this: "So what do you think they'll try and sell with this? iPod? Cell Phone?" That chorus is an earwig/earbug for me - it just gets stuck there.

Anyway, yeah - count me among the hype-folks. My fave albums of their goes like this:

1. Merriweather Post Pavillion
2. Strawberry Jam
3a. Sung Tongs
3b. Feels
4. Hollindagain
5. Here Comes the Indian
6. Campfire Songs
7. Spirit...
8. Danse Manitee

So the overall trend is still better with each album.

Banger- · **Joined:** Tue Oct 03, 2006 12:57 am **Posts:** 939

F**K You, Dave Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

F**K You, Dave Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

I'm actually really surprised this thread has stayed as dead as it has been since the album leaked a week or so ago.

I think the same thing every time I come here.

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

Haha...yeah OK. I don't know how any Animal Collective fan can tell me that this album is better than Sung Tongs. It's just not true.

its MUCH better... I liked sung tongs but they've just gotten progressively better with each album

Not quite, they've progressively gotten more accessible. That's good and bad depending on how you look at it. IMO, they've lost what made them unique.

I think what makes them unique is their ability to take the weirdness and make it accessible in ways that no one is doing right now...except for maybe grizzly bear, and to a much lesser extent.

I like quote trees.

But seriously, it's much better than Sung Tongs.

discostu · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 8:44 pm

Banger- Wrote:

F**K You, Dave Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

F**K You, Dave Wrote:

OPA! Wrote:

Dalen Wrote:

barker Wrote:

Banger- Wrote:

barker Wrote:

[img][525:525]http://assets1.pitchforkmedia.com/images/original/146724.merriweather_0.jpg[/img]

Yeah, WTF??

This thing is a gem!

Where's the love!?

there are quite a few people on this board that just don't get shit like AC. sucks for them, as honestly, AC are writing some really creative and intelligent music, and they're missing out on it.

but their loss. fuck em, lets get on with enjoying it ourselves. to each their own.

Haha...yeah OK. I don't know how any Animal Collective fan can tell me that this album is better than Sung Tongs. It's just not true.

its MUCH better... I liked sung tongs but they've just gotten progressively better with each album

Not quite, they've progressively gotten more accessible. That's good and bad depending on how you look at it. IMO, they've lost what made them unique.

I think what makes them unique is their ability to take the weirdness and make it accessible in ways that no one is doing right now...except for maybe grizzly bear, and to a much lesser extent.

I like quote trees.

But seriously, it's much better than Sung Tongs.

HEEEAAADY

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:27 pm

e-stone Wrote:

Flying Rabbit Wrote:

jsh Wrote:

or album name

anyone know the story behind that, other than geographical relevance?

MPP is a venue around the Baltimore/DC area. If you've lived in either area, you've no doubt seen countless shows there and it probably at least ranks as one of yr favorite places to see a live show. I would actually love to see AC do a show there, but its usually larger bands that play there.

i'd have to disagree and say it's a shit place to see a show...but that's probably because i always had lawn seats.

my ex lived in columbia and we could hear shows from her backyard. good times.

still wondering if there is a story as to why they named it this.

Maybe each member takes turns? Haha.

Yeah, with the lawn I've never been to a good show. However, under the cover...

Dalen · **Posted:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 10:04 am

here's the VO version...

www.megaupload.com/?d=V3AYXNH1

jsh · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:19 am

I am relistening to everything I have of theirs until I'm able to find the LP in town, sneaking in a couple listens here and there. Every album from the beginning has brought their two main elements closer together and in better imperfect harmony: pop brilliance and primitive experimentation finally agreeing completely. With the added momentum of this record, on account of the bass, the lushness, and that they're pretty much on the fucking hose every second, this is easily their best and one of my favourite ever. Less filler and more direct songwriting â€“ words about brothers/sports, dads, summertime clothes, and building a house around your girls couldn't be more direct to me, and I don't even have girls.

jsh · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:26 am

And I think it's just a little better than Person Pitch.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:46 am

ish, it's like we share the same brain sometimes.

Dalen · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:09 am

i mean seriously, Brother Sport is fucking genius. the progression, the energy, the harmonies. this will kick up some straight up rave type shit when they play it live.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:05 pm

I've got several gift certs for various multimedia/book stores. I think I'll use one on this. I feel the need to get more PPDD in my diet.

I'm generally fascinated that a band like this can gain such notoriety regardless of if I enjoy the music or not.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Wed Jan 07, 2009 12:12 pm

The CD's not out until around the 20th, right?

I'm debating whether or not to pick up the vinyl if I can find it. Given that this album is supposed to be super-bassy, I think vinyl is gonna be the way to go.

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