Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion/Fall Be Kind EP
(a whoose & a boosh!)
If you haven't heard of Animal Collective this year then you really can't pretend to know anything about popular indie music. Such is not my attempt to be an ass-wipe, but my desire to tell you how incredible this band is & subconsciously say"shame on you for not finding these guys!"
I've been dreading writing about this pick & my number 1 pick for the last week because I simply knew how difficult it was/is going to be to explain greatness. Queue feeble attempt:
The sonic adventure that is Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion is the grandest attempt to challenge listeners to expand their boundaries since Radiohead's Kid A - one of, if not the most important, incredible album of the decade. The Baltimore group has expanded their experimental sound since their inception in 2000 reaching what I believe to be a pinnacle of perfect pop electro devotion & underground indie experimental beats (but all so new). My Girls could be a song that holds the record for most genres: dance, electronic, rock, hip-hop, space station visitation and Chinese hieroglyphics - simply wonderful and I'm still bobbing my head to it from my first listen 11+ months ago in Jan/09.
Merriweather is a mind-bending, original masterpiece - followed up with a gem of an EP recently entitled Fall Be Kind EP. The brilliance of Animal Collective is their struggle & ultimate success in creating a new sound without sounding desperate. Many will disagree, many will be wrong. The album plays out as a journey searching for new and exciting musical landscapes. Overall, the pieces are discovered and instead of meshing together from the get go, each unique variable floats on top of the record while you pick them out puzzling them together with each enigmatic beat.
Standout tracks - #2 My Girls
Fall Be Kind EP - #2 What Would I Want? Sky
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