Calexico Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 did the little invalid kid with the funny name win? An invalid? Jaysus, that's a new low! You sure you aren't thinking of Louis Walsh? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 An invalid? Jaysus, that's a new low! You sure you aren't thinking of Louis Walsh? well, i'm sure he'd at least be entitled to some kind of special parking badge for his car, if nothing else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
embiggen Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 is it really terrible? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chanman1128 Posted December 15, 2008 Share Posted December 15, 2008 Water Curses is not really mind-blowing...and could be difficult to get into, I personally love Street Flash and Cobwebs, as well as the title track, but I think if you are interested in really getting into them, you have to take your time and sit down with 'Feels'...I really think it is their best and probably their most rewarding when you 'get it'....gl hf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chanman1128 Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 this is a great cover of the new song 'my girls' Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigideas Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I'm interested in anything they'd put out. I prefer Person Pitch to Strawberry Jam. do you think that means i'll like Meriweather? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
slaorenz Posted December 23, 2008 Share Posted December 23, 2008 this is a great cover of the new song 'my girls' wow that sounds great... love that song. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Killer Whales Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 So this leaked and I'll be the first on here to say that it's probably their best record. It's remarkably produced, melodic, catchy, dance-able, and still very Animal Collective. It's simply amazing to hear Avey and Panda Bear working together vocally again. I'm just in love Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kalle Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 5 stars in Uncut, hmmmmmm. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giraffo Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 yeah, I have been listening to this since yesterday. it is awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted December 26, 2008 Share Posted December 26, 2008 Sounds real good so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 giving this my first listen...never liked this band, but this isn't giving me a headache like past records have, so that has to account for something! is it just me or is the production on this kinda muted and a bit distant? ie: on My Girls? sounds like i'm listening to it through a blanket almost. edit: hmm... Guys Eyes might be the first AC song i can say i outright love... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giraffo Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 giving this my first listen...never liked this band, but this isn't giving me a headache like past records have, so that has to account for something! is it just me or is the production on this kinda muted and a bit distant? ie: on My Girls? sounds like i'm listening to it through a blanket almost. edit: hmm... Guys Eyes might be the first AC song i can say i outright love... well, part of it is that it's a 160 rip, so the quality isn't crystal. I've heard My Girls that leaked early very high quality and it is very clear and the bass is very nice. man, maybe Ive just become a bigger fan over the past few months than I thought, but why aren't people freaking out over this album? I like it a ton more than a lot of recent acclaimed albums and find it incredibly unique. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
myboyblue Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I need to spend a bit more time with it but I like it much better than their previous release which was pretty hit and miss for me. My Girls stands out for me thus far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 well, part of it is that it's a 160 rip, so the quality isn't crystal. I've heard My Girls that leaked early very high quality and it is very clear and the bass is very nice. man, maybe Ive just become a bigger fan over the past few months than I thought, but why aren't people freaking out over this album? I like it a ton more than a lot of recent acclaimed albums and find it incredibly unique. i don't really find AC THAT unique i guess... well, original moreso than unique. they've always just kinda reminded me of a more nob-twiddling Beach Boys. as for the quality rip, hopefully you're right and the real thing sounds way better Quote Link to post Share on other sites
giraffo Posted December 27, 2008 Author Share Posted December 27, 2008 i don't really find AC THAT unique i guess... well, original moreso than unique. they've always just kinda reminded me of a more nob-twiddling Beach Boys. as for the quality rip, hopefully you're right and the real thing sounds way better knob twiddling beach boys? :\ I donno. I don't see anything Beach Boysie about this record aside from harmonies. the rest of it is completely contemporary..blips, bass, kick drums, interesting percussion, samples that float in and out. but even the ways they do vocals on this record isn't very similar to the Beach Boys. I mean, if that's what you think, but I just don't see it. Especially on Spirit or Strawberry Jam it would be hard for me to say that they were a Beach Boys influenced band. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have never understood the Beach Boys comparisons either. Person Pitch - definitely. Animal Collective - not so much outside of, like you said, the harmonies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted December 27, 2008 Share Posted December 27, 2008 I have never understood the Beach Boys comparisons either. Person Pitch - definitely. Animal Collective - not so much outside of, like you said, the harmonies. it's in the production & layering mostly. sure the instruments they use are quite a bit different, but to say that the BB's are not an influence on both bands is simply untrue imo, and I'm quite positive the band would even agree (i know Panda Bear likes Pet Sounds a lot least) http://www.supmag.com/checkit/archives/200..._bear_10_q.html So many of the harmonies have a profoundly Brian Wilson feel, from the harmonies in seventh chords to the old plate-sounding reverb. Was creating that sound of ethereal innocence something you were intentionally after for this record? The first Beach Boys album I heard was pet sounds and that was in college so about 8 years ago at this point. My good friends Brian Hall and Mitch Wimbish played it for me and I really liked it. I've heard most everything else, especially the later things (up until around Kocomo I guess) from the Animal Collective boys and Eric Copeland and Scott Miller out in Sacramento. I don't really know the albums like those guys do but there are lots of songs I like. I certainly didn't set out to make songs or to sing in ways that sounded like them, but I can see where people are coming from for sure and obviously its intensely flattering to be likened to them in any way because their jams are so good. As far as reverb goes it's just a quality of sound that I've always really responded to even before I'd heard music that really employed it in any heavy kind of way. I think there was a time when pretty much all music was experienced in a reverby environment (in churches and concert halls and that sort of thing-even though that reverb was the natural kind) and I'd like to think it was setup that way to encourage some kind of spiritual altered state. In a lot of ways, I'd like my music to do the same thing. On the most basic level I'd just like people to feel good when they listen to the jams. now i never said they were a Beach Boys ripoff, or owed everything to them or anything silly like that... i just don't find their music nearly as "unique" as a lot of their fanboys seem to claim (you should read some of the garbage they spout over on atease, it's kinda sad actually). much like Kid A wasn't really that unique or original either. one thing i do like about this new record vs. past ones is the songs actually feel like fully fleshed out songs and not a lot of childish melodies (which i realize was a big attraction for some, but it was a turn off for me). and i like that even huge AC fanboys are saying this is their most consistent album to date, which kinda tells me i wasn't crazy regarding past AC records... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Orkie Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I have never understood the Beach Boys comparisons either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
explodo Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I should clarify to say that I understand to a degree, but not to the degree to which it is generally lumped on them. At this point, Beach Boy comparisons are a dime a dozen and there are literally hundreds or bands better suited to be stuck with them than Animal Collective. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Hollinger. Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 it's in the production & layering mostly. sure the instruments they use are quite a bit different, but to say that the BB's are not an influence on both bands is simply untrue imo, and I'm quite positive the band would even agree (i know Panda Bear likes Pet Sounds a lot least) http://www.supmag.com/checkit/archives/200..._bear_10_q.html now i never said they were a Beach Boys ripoff, or owed everything to them or anything silly like that... i just don't find their music nearly as "unique" as a lot of their fanboys seem to claim (you should read some of the garbage they spout over on atease, it's kinda sad actually). much like Kid A wasn't really that unique or original either. one thing i do like about this new record vs. past ones is the songs actually feel like fully fleshed out songs and not a lot of childish melodies (which i realize was a big attraction for some, but it was a turn off for me). and i like that even huge AC fanboys are saying this is their most consistent album to date, which kinda tells me i wasn't crazy regarding past AC records... God the Animal Collective threads over on atease make me want to start a holocaust. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 God the Animal Collective threads over on atease make me want to start a holocaust. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
damo Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 is the quality you guys are listening to good? if so can i have a PM please Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebunk Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I do not get the Beach Boys comparison at all. Is there an influence? Sure thing, but no more or less then there is an influence from other sources (Pink Floyd, solo Syd Barret, Grateful Dead, etc.) that is unless you are talking about Person Pitch only. Solace, if the apparent Beach Boys rip has been your biggest pet peeve then you should check out their earlier stuff, namely Sung Tongs, Here Comes the Indian and Campfire Songs. You can also check out Spirit . . . if you want but it might be pretty difficult to get through. It is essentially a love or hate it album. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I can certainly hear The Beach Boys in what they do in the sense that they have a number of vocal parts at the same time which move about in the arrangment from backing to lead (i'm not explaining that right, but basically the vocal parts are often very fluid in terms of where they fit in the mix) - as opposed to lead vocals with people doing the conventional ooh and ahh noises in the background. Basically - it's not boring - and some effort has been made to actually arrange the vocals rather than merely sing the lead melody. And, I can't see how sounding like The Beach Boys is a bad thing in any sense. If anyone can actually name a band that people say sound like The Beach Boys that are shit, I'd like to hear it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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