Merriweather Post Pavilion is the album and it's crazy. The songs are so great, but unlike I've ever listened too. Animal Collective is the band. I actually started listening to Panda Bear first, one of the members of AC. It's a side project/solo album and very Phil Spectorish/wall of sound. Anyway, the point being, I started backwards into this crazy electrical, musical, looping phenomenon.
So what does it sound like: cars carrying The Beach Boys, Pink Floyd with Syd Barrett, Pere Ubu and Boards of Canada collide at an intersection and accidently exhange band members One carload stops to get stoned at Syd Barrett's house. Syd attempts to put his vinyl copy of "Endless Summer", only to discover it has melted in the sun, and fused with his copy of "Piper at the Gates of Dawn". He plays it anyway. Everyone goes in the studio next door, where the drummer passes out from too much wine and is replaced by a drum machine, calliope, and retro synths submersed in an endless ocean of reverb. Everything gets too much Digital signal processing and is slowed down by half speed, after which the Beach Boys lay down vocals.
Truely great and will be remembered as a classic. Both totally pop, and totally wierd at the same time. Track densities approach "King's Lead Hat" by Eno in some cases, and if you like textures, this is for you. Nice package too.
Until next time...
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