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Dear Animal Collective,
Your old music is shit. Sure, all the musically obsessed, "never see the light of day because all they do is download music and go to shows", indie kids rave of your sound. You're "the new face of progressive pop", they say. Too bad every single song on your 2006 album, Hollinndagain, makes me want to punch babies (copyright Dane Cook). Yes, you have seven albums to date, but I don't care. Up until Feels, you sounded like crap. Crap overlapped with more crap. Even Feels was crap except for three saving graces: "Grass, "Purple Bottle", and "Did you see the words?" But now you have just released Strawberry Jam, your first album actually focusing on vocals, and what can I say? I love it. For once, there are actually songs that could be played on the radio. Shocking, I know, and probably what you've been avoiding all these years. But I got to hand it to you, Peacebone: electric. Fireworks; what did Pitchforkmedia.com say?
"tempered banshee vocals, some spacey dub elements to kick off the middle break, and one of the band's best melodies-- and layered and varied enough to have had two or three good songs built from it-- reveals the band's mastery of complex, experimental pop songcraft"
All I have to say is, finally, Animal Collective. Finally I see what everyone is raving about. Thank you for producing sweet, sweet music that doesn't make me want to cut off my ears.
your fan, lauren
Your old music is shit. Sure, all the musically obsessed, "never see the light of day because all they do is download music and go to shows", indie kids rave of your sound. You're "the new face of progressive pop", they say. Too bad every single song on your 2006 album, Hollinndagain, makes me want to punch babies (copyright Dane Cook). Yes, you have seven albums to date, but I don't care. Up until Feels, you sounded like crap. Crap overlapped with more crap. Even Feels was crap except for three saving graces: "Grass, "Purple Bottle", and "Did you see the words?" But now you have just released Strawberry Jam, your first album actually focusing on vocals, and what can I say? I love it. For once, there are actually songs that could be played on the radio. Shocking, I know, and probably what you've been avoiding all these years. But I got to hand it to you, Peacebone: electric. Fireworks; what did Pitchforkmedia.com say?
"tempered banshee vocals, some spacey dub elements to kick off the middle break, and one of the band's best melodies-- and layered and varied enough to have had two or three good songs built from it-- reveals the band's mastery of complex, experimental pop songcraft"
All I have to say is, finally, Animal Collective. Finally I see what everyone is raving about. Thank you for producing sweet, sweet music that doesn't make me want to cut off my ears.
your fan, lauren