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A Guide to Animal Collective | Feels
I spent the last week learning why everyone loves the new Animal Collective album.
FEELS
"Feels is a near-stunning album a notable amount of the time; by focusing their instincts, Animal Collective has become freer than the freest folk, twice as wild as apes, and saturated with taste and invention that trump both." [Stylus gave Feels an A-]
"Some have unimaginatively characterized AC as freak-folkers." [The Village Voice likes it too]
"With each new album it becomes clearer that Animal Collective will not stay still." [Pitchfork gave Feels a 9.0]
"Feels is a psychedelic wonderland filled with life-affirming warmth." [Tiny Mix Tapes says 4.5/5]
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Check out the Village Voice's Guide to Animal Collective
LISTEN
* CRITF has 3 MP3s from Feels
* GVB has 1 MP3 from Feels
* Stream some tracks Feels tracks at Fat Cat
* Insound has 3 Panda Bear MP3s
Buy Feels @ Insound
Previously
Animal Collective worked with Vashti Bunyan
Feels # 1 @ Insound
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Comments (7)
This 'band' is so bad. Please stop drinking the pitchfork kool aid people. its not even music.
Posted by steve | October 28, 2005 3:39 PM
I prefer Sung Tongs over Feels. Both are incredible though. Haven't seen them live yet and excited/nervous for the Webster show. I agree that these guys should not be labeled as freak-folk. Perhaps it's best not to try and classify them
Posted by Chris | October 28, 2005 3:41 PM
Steve, I'd usually be the first to knock pitchfork right with ya, but not this time. These guys are on to something and I think we have yet to hear their best work.
Posted by Chris | October 28, 2005 3:44 PM
best record of 2005.
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2005 4:09 PM
couldn't get into sung tongs for some reason, but feels is one of my favorite records of the year. still weird, but slightly more structured and pop-oriented weirdness.
Posted by chris | October 28, 2005 5:45 PM
The steve person is obviously repeating something he has heard. No one can possibly listen to this album and say "it's not even music". It's much more acessible than anything they've ever done. It's not even that experimental; it respects classical song structure a lot more, and it's very clearly melodic.
How is a song like "grass" not music? How is "the purple bottle" not music?
Posted by Anonymous | October 28, 2005 6:29 PM
Fantastic album...in my top 10...I agree that that "freak folk" isn't right.
Posted by tim | October 29, 2005 6:21 PM