The Green Kingdom Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Apparently an Australian tour ep, import is available now, but will be released (and a little cheaper) January 23, 2007. Something nice to tide us over until the next album is out- 20 mins. of new AC! Here is a short review someone wrote on Amazon: One thing you can count on Animal Collective for: Evolution. The acid-rockers continue getting weirder and weirder in the "People" EP, which apparently heralds their latest twists in sonic experimentation. This is less pastoral and more acid-soaked than their last album, and if this is their new direction, then listeners will probably be happy to follow them. It opens with the gentle, melodious strums and little piano plinks. The melody starts to pick up, and heavy strings and harmonies start to weave around it. Then... buzzy synth kicks in, rattling and obscuring the catchy melody until the whole title track is a tangled fuzz opera, complete with bloodcurdling yowls. There's also a live version of this, which is more stripped-down and less synthed. It's still pretty eerie and screechy by the finale. In between these, there are two other songs: the sunny, crazyfolk "Tikwid" and the creepy ambient "My Favorite Colors," which is like listening to an opera aria underwater. Apparently "People" is a sample of what's to come for Animal Collective. Yes, it's totally insane -- in a good way. After years of working together, this band has gotten very polished -- they can weave together intricate tapestries of synth, lo-fi indie-rock, piano, whistles, sirens, and acidic washes of strings and fuzz. These are overlaid over catchy melodies and samples, creating very layered music that never sounds the same twice. I'll be honest here -- that earsplitting screeching in the live "People" is really annoying, as is the expanding scream in the original. But otherwise the Animal Collective sounds great here -- Beatles-on-acid warbles in "Tikwid," ghostly noises, and howls of "yeah yeah YEAH!" throughout the title track. "People" is a pretty weird, wild EP, and fans of Animal Collective will be thrilled by their new spins on their usual sound. Bizarre, breezy and absolutely mad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest absolu Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Good, 2007 starts strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted December 8, 2006 Share Posted December 8, 2006 yeah I've got this ordered already. I didn't realize it was gonna come out in the states. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Green Kingdom Posted December 8, 2006 Author Share Posted December 8, 2006 Yeah, you can get the import for $10.99 on Amazon now, very tempting, but I've decided to wait... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ambodino mutuumbooo Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 would you guys describe the animal collective music to me ? it seems interesting but i've never heard them at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 just listen to some sound samples. you're on the internets, after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ambodino mutuumbooo Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 just listen to some sound samples. you're on the internets, after all. dissapointing answer; correct information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted December 9, 2006 Share Posted December 9, 2006 this ep is nothing special really..nice but..weak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TooMuchLush Posted December 10, 2006 Share Posted December 10, 2006 Sung Tongs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awkward Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 isn't there a new live album out also? i read a bad review of it somewhere but live they were incredible when i saw them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 yeah, hollinndagain is a re-release of a very limited live album. it's not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awkward Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 people is catchy. yeah yeeeeah yeah yyeeeeeeah. nothing spectacular but i likey also liking that grizzly bear album which sometimes sounds a little animalcollectivy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taphead Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 this isn't really a sign of what's to come. these were recorded at the same time as feels. if you want a sign of what's to come download a bootleg of reverend green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest awkward Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spptrl alt del Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 sung tongs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nene multiple assgasms Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 yeah this is a nice addition to feels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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