[vatstep]

First Single - Today's Supernatural !!!!

Pretty good. Only listened to it once, as I don't want to burn myself out on it before hearing the rest of the album, but I like the sound.

[SystemShock2]

http://www.nme.com/news/animal-collective/64345 Deakin: "I remember saying, 'This is going to be harder for people to swallow.' There's no doubt about it: people are going to react to this….There was an instant melodic gratification to Merriweather and I think we intentionally made a record this time that is a lot more…um… [laughs] We took a left turn at weird town. He added: "From the first note of Merriweather you’re like, 'Oh my God, I just wanna dance' or 'My heart's exploding.' This is more like, 'This is amazing but I'm confused and I don't quite know what's going on and I think I need to listen to it again and maybe I should turn it off.'"

I guess this statement doesn't apply to this song. It's a single, but I would have expected at least some influence from what the rest of the album is supposed to sound like.

[Citizen_Insane]

Today's Supernatural is fucking awesome. Going to be on repeat for the rest of the night.

[relaxor]

sounds good. reminds me of 90's music

[CrocMother]

First Single - Today's Supernatural !!!!

HYPED

[Expendable.]

Oh man, listened to this on headphones. Definitely fell in love. Can't believe we're getting a full new album in just about a month.

[Jitters]

I was really skeptical of this album, because I was disappointed when I heard they were going back to their roots. Not that those records were bad, I just liked the more accessible direction they went with on MPP. But I am really digging this track. Honeycomb and Gotham were good as well , so I'm pretty hyped.

[Croc]

Been listening to this a few times throughout the day and it's definitely growing on me. I think that's a good sign cause for some reason the songs that grow on me are usually the ones that I end up liking the most.

Also if the rest of the album sounds anything like this then I can see why Honeycomb and Gotham weren't included on it; they don't really have a similar sound to Today's Supernatural.

[Jitters]

I think Honeycomb would fit ,but I agree with Gotham.

[Bread]

I like it, but it doesn't wow me like past singles have. Can't fuckin wait for this album to come out.

[wenis]

This is a good fucking song.

Deluxe Edition LP is now pre-ordered :)

[Croc]

I like it, but it doesn't wow me like past singles have. Can't fuckin wait for this album to come out.

This is how I felt at first too but I think it's kind of because of that drastic change of direction that Deakin was talking about.

I'm a huge fan of their earlier stuff (Sung Tongs/Feels) but even still, listening to this the first time gave me that same "This is amazing but I'm confused and I don't quite know what's going on and I think I need to listen to it again and maybe I should turn it off." reaction. It's just taking it awhile for it to kick in that they aren't doing MPP-like stuff anymore and this is actual new material. It's not that often that you have a band return to an older and much less approachable sound.

[Scythian Empire]

This song is blowing me away. Panda Bear's drumming is off the hook on this track. And Avey's lyrics are really great too - "Our house is bigger than a mountain view" in particular. Still not keen on the middle part of the song, but man you're rewarded when Noah's backing vocals come in.

So. Much. Hype.

[Linius]

I love it. Can't wait for more. Together with Tame Impala my most anticipated albums :D

[Baggatoast]

I need to re-up for this.

[Orpheus]

So I had heard of Animal Collective, but never listened to any of their stuff until this new single.

It's interesting, and I want to hear more of their stuff. Far more interesting than most stuff I've run across recently.

[Steamlord]

So I had heard of Animal Collective, but never listened to any of their stuff until this new single. It's interesting, and I want to hear more of their stuff. Far more interesting than most stuff I've run across recently.

I'd recommend starting with Strawberry Jam or Merriweather Post Pavilion, since those are their most accessible albums. After that you can work backwards into their more experimental stuff, depending on how in-depth you want to go.

[Expendable.]

I'd recommend starting with Strawberry Jam or Merriweather Post Pavilion, since those are their most accessible albums. After that you can work backwards into their more experimental stuff, depending on how in-depth you want to go.

I'd go with MPP first, then Sung Tongs and Feels...then hit up SJ. That's how I came around to them. All great stuff.

[Linius]

Yeah, I'd always suggest beginning with MPP. Not 'that weird' but so good.

[Scythian Empire]

I started with Strawberry Jam, but that was in the winter... MPP is much more of a summer album I think, so either start there, or with Feels.

[Jitters]

They are right, I think starting with MPP would be a good idea. It kind of prepares you for the rest.

It is easily their most accessible album ,but it doesn't forfeit their "weirdness".

[Steamlord]

I found SJ a lot easier to get into than Sung Tongs or Feels, but that's just me. MPP is probably the best place to start though, I agree.

At any rate, I'd recommend saving Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished for last, though I'm probably biased since it's my favorite Animal Collective album.

[PSY・S]

My favorite band's new album on September 4, Grizzly Bear's new album on the 18th, and Bat for Lashes' album on October 15th.

I am so hyped.

[Expendable.]

Here's a live version of the album - http://beatsperminute.com/features/l...e-hz-download/

[JJDinomite]

Been listening to a lot of AnCo lately, so hyped for this. Best band of our time. Also, I just realized that you did a thread for MPP too, OP. I'm proud of you.

[CrocMother]

After listening to the single a bunch, its giving me serious Strawbery Jam vibes.

Nothing wrong with that!

[Expendable.]

Been listening to a lot of AnCo lately, so hyped for this. Best band of our time. Also, I just realized that you did a thread for MPP too, OP. I'm proud of you.

I do what I can. There's some insane releases coming out Sept/Oct.

[CrocMother]

I do what I can. There's some insane releases coming out Sept/Oct.

Paul Thomas Anderson, Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective within a 2 week span is how hipster black holes are created.

[Zebra]

Every time Animal Collective puts out new stuff, the first thing that pops into my mind upon listening to it is: "Is this music from the future?"

[Linius]

Paul Thomas Anderson, Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective within a 2 week span is how hipster black holes are created.

Many pants will be jizzed. Also waiting for Tame Impala.

[Bread]

i think im seeing them at MPP, less than 2 months away holy shit!

[Expendable.]

Paul Thomas Anderson, Grizzly Bear and Animal Collective within a 2 week span is how hipster black holes are created.

Yeah, plus add in The Avett Brothers, The xx, Band Of Horses, Dinosaur Jr., Flying Lotus, Muse, The Mountain Goats and Titus Andronicus and that's just music. Crazy.

[Linius]

Yeah, plus add in The Avett Brothers, The xx, Band Of Horses, Dinosaur Jr., Flying Lotus, Muse, The Mountain Goats and Titus Andronicus and that's just music. Crazy.

Did you just say Muse? Well, did you?

[gdt]

Yeah, plus add in The Avett Brothers, The xx, Band Of Horses, Dinosaur Jr., Flying Lotus, Muse, The Mountain Goats and Titus Andronicus and that's just music. Crazy.

New Titus Andronicus? Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit. And Band of Horses? Shhhhhiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

[Expendable.]

Did you just say Muse? Well, did you?

Their last album was horrendous, but I'm at least curious about this one. I bet it will be some fun, I'll listen once then probably disregard.

[Expendable.]

@Dominorecordco:

Animal Collective will PREMIERE their new album Centipede Hz on next Sunday night's (Aug. 19 @ 9pm EST) transmission of AC Radio! Tune in.

Oh yes.

[Scythian Empire]

@Dominorecordco: Oh yes.

Thought this would happen. Might just wait for the album to officially come out though... No idea what that streaming quality will be like.

[Bread]

@Dominorecordco: Oh yes.

wooo new animal collective and then new breaking bad, what more could i want?

[Expendable.]

The Wire review:

20 years from now Animal Collective will most likely be recognised as one of the signature groups of our era. Without meaning to be patronising, they carry a whiff of the skewed but hip aesthetic of Pitchfork, of city festivals, of American Apparel day-glo garb, of the archetypal American youth one sees in HBO TV dramas, and neo-slacker YouTube viral hits. In the same way as Led Zeppelin are eternally intertwined with the zeitgeist of the 1970s, these times are theirs. Given that many of this generation seem fixated on recycling the signifiers of previous generations, theirs is a phenomenal achievement. An act like Primal Scream – whose Bobby Gillespie last week scrutinised me angrily in a shopping centre – rarely achieve escape velocity from the past. Playing with sepia-tinted sounds is a Faustian pact, and although you can touch an audience without upsetting them, they’ll clench you to their chests as quickly as they forget you. This era’s harping after the past can be insidious. Above the underground, the sonic palette of the unit-shifting glitterati is explicitly a coked-out spin on 1980s synth pop. You’ll hear it from Lady Gaga to Rihanna, even from indie darlings like Chairlift and Metronomy, and the core of this now-sound lies in its seductive echoes of the The Human League and Donna Summer. In contrast, Animal Collective are a bunch of blessed quasi-autistic music makers who have made their way forth from the faux-naif skronk of Here Comes The Indian to their richly melodic lunar pop of recent years, seemingly oblivious to the commercial advantages that might be found via the slick permutations of the mainstream. On Merriweather Post Pavilion’s “My Girls” from 2009, Panda Bear prayed to be able to buy a house for his family, the implication being through proceeds from the sale of his music; a cynical management team might have steered the group into more lucrative waters. With glorious naivety they’ve kept the faith with their jumbled-up, almost dyslexic music, which forges an uneasy detente with pop music yet will never make the charts. Brief moments on this new album echo earlier musics. The churning synth stabs, baroque and at times overwrought sound fields and impassioned yet oblique singing put me in mind of the tail end of punk-shy prog rock: the Fairlight-heavy recordings of Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp, or Adrian Belew playing on Talking Heads’ Remain In Light. But perhaps this is just what happens when hairy indie kids shave and make like they’re embracing free market economics? Making a go of it in the straight world on their own terms, the once weird can attain a clarity, but frequently that clarity can make them sound even stranger. But essentially this is selfconsciously original music. It’s difficult to quantize, but at its best there isn’t much out there like Centipede Hz. Despite their pop savvy, it’s a surprisingly difficult listen. The barrage of sonic density – not noise, but panoramic intensity – is rare in music. Beyond, say, Xenakis’s electronic pieces such as La Légende D’Eer, musicians don’t generally think it’s a good idea to blister our cochlear nerves in this manner. Some of that sonic indigestibility must be attributed to the four-strong personality power of the Collective themselves. By their own terms, a recording with more than two members on board qualifies as an Animal Collective album, and at least two – Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished (2000) and Sung Tongs (2004) – were floated by just Avey Tare and Panda Bear. This time around they’re rejoined by Geologist and seemingly part-time Animal, Deakin. Merriweather Post Pavilion was already busy with him absent, and here they’re all busily grinding away. In time one becomes accustomed to its dizzying density, but it can become wearing. They must exhaust each other working in the studio; you can see why they need to work on their solo albums. The four song opening streak, “Moonjock” (joyous group harmonies), “Today’s Supernatural” (high-rolling salt lake dragster rock), “Rosie Oh” (Martian reggae redux) and “Applesauce” (Van Dyke Parks in lycra), might be one of the strongest of any album ever. To begin with, the intensity works in their favour. If the whole of Centipede Hz matched this remarkable suite it would be cause for celebration. Sadly, if inevitably, the level dips, with the tunes unable to carry the dense instrumentation. Mention must go to the strong “Father Time”, even if Avey Tare’s vocals are slightly wearing, and also to the neoclassical Fourth World dissonance of “New Town Burn Out”. But the last four tracks of the album, certainly when it’s listened to all the way through, are solid but grating.

[Bread]

Wow at the praise for the first four songs, martian reggae is one of the coolest descriptions for a song I've ever heard. I can't wait to hear this.

[Expendable.]

Today's Supernatural music video

Hilarious.

[Croc]

Hahahah yeah I lost it when it first showed Avey in that makeup. So good

[Jtwo]

I love ac as much as any other band but holy hell I can't stand reading anything about them. They just duuuuuudes.

[Jitters]

Today's Supernatural music video Hilarious.

That was horrifying, beautiful ,and funny all at the same time.

[braves01]

God that review is painful.

[Steamlord]

Today's Supernatural music video Hilarious.

Awesome video.

I love ac as much as any other band but holy hell I can't stand reading anything about them. They just duuuuuudes.

I had never even seen a shooting star before...

[brianjones]

wow this song sucks

panda bear should stay solo

[Jitters]

I think AnCo is more exciting and interesting than Panda's solo stuff.

[kitchenmotors]

From from what I've heard at one of their shows the new material is very good. It is going back to their roots a bit, but I'm alright with that. My first Animal Collective album was Here Comes The Indian and I'll never forget when I saw them open up for Mum, so the early stuff always get to me. Can't wait to hear the entire album.

[Dies Iræ]

It sounds like the pacing is front-loaded (reminiscent of Feels). I'm OK with that, however I've been looking forward to a Derek / Turn into / Brother Sport quality closer.