Animal Collective

Warm and personal, kaleidoscopic and high definition - the baltimore four-piece's follow up to 'Centipede Hz' is joyous, and unmistakably Animal Collective.

lyrically, this album is concerned with art (cubism, Dadaism, and the distorted way those artists viewed the world) and the human experience, and the meeting of both; another step in their pursuit of a new electronic psychedelia. it's dizzyingly upbeat and gloriously realised, the album bounces and pops with an urgent, ecstatic energy, propelled by polyrhythmic beats and gurgling modular synth, with Noah Lennox and Dave Portner’s vocals gleefully falling in and out of syncopation and off-kilter harmony. ring the songs together. Recording took place in the legendary EastWest Studios in Hollywood, home to sessions by The Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye. The album features contributions from John Cale and Colin Stetson. "like a much happier, far more stoned version of Radiohead, perhaps; one fronted by duelling Brian Wilsons." - the observer

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the sleeve shown above is the 'panda bear' version. here are the other covers:



 

avey tare cover

Geologist cover