This is my favorite album by them since Feels, I think. I liked Time Skiffs a lot, but this is exactly what I look for in an AC record and a major step forward. Melodic, entrancing, with a whole lot of weird. Absolutely fantastic all the way through—just totally immersive and unpredictable—and I got chills multiple times during my first listen.
hmm. i don’t really hear that. seems like a logical continuation of time skiffs to me, which makes sense since most the songs were written together
new Avey song with a bridge from Panda no indication yet whether it's part of a larger release or a one-off
Twenty years on, 'Sung Tongs' is still Animal Collective at their most elemental Probably my favorite AC album.
Went back to the recently remastered Spirit They’re Gone this morning and it’s such a special album. Wild how they were visionaries from the very beginning
Sinister Grift: 01 Praise 02 Anywhere but Here 03 50mg 04 Ends Meet 05 Just as Well 06 Ferry Lady 07 Venom’s In 08 Left in the Cold 09 Elegy for Noah Lou 10 Defense
It’s awesome. Between this and Reset (and two very good Animal Collective albums) bit of a late career renaissance for him.