http://www.culturebully.com/animal-collective-merriweather-post-pavilion-review A Minneapolis-Based Music Blog Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:03:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.culturebully.com/animal-collective-merriweather-post-pavilion-review#comment-252007 mimideen Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:16:53 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=15032#comment-252007 I am new to Animal Collective. I started with Sung Tongs, then got Strawberry Jam, and just this week got Merriweather. It seems to me Tongs is the only album of the three worthy of the "brilliant" tag. I am still on the fence with Merriweather: hooky songs, nice harmonies, but the whole thing awash in a Phil Spectorish reverby mix that to my ears cheapens the music, sort of like a pretty girl with too much lip gloss. As for the band's turn to making electronic music, I'll bet one reason is that the electronic stuff is easier to perform live. I am new to Animal Collective. I started with Sung Tongs, then got Strawberry Jam, and just this week got Merriweather. It seems to me Tongs is the only album of the three worthy of the “brilliant” tag. I am still on the fence with Merriweather: hooky songs, nice harmonies, but the whole thing awash in a Phil Spectorish reverby mix that to my ears cheapens the music, sort of like a pretty girl with too much lip gloss. As for the band’s turn to making electronic music, I’ll bet one reason is that the electronic stuff is easier to perform live.

]]> http://www.culturebully.com/animal-collective-merriweather-post-pavilion-review#comment-242835 phil Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:56:16 +0000 http://www.culturebully.com/?p=15032#comment-242835 no kool-aid over here, just single malt scotch. ac have gone from the raw to the ethereal - layer upon layer of gold. they wear their hearts on their sleeves, the marked difference between them and the rest is that their hearts and sleeves are the rarest of truffles baked in sonic imagination while the rest are fucking with mildew. no kool-aid over here, just single malt scotch. ac have gone from the raw to the ethereal – layer upon layer of gold. they wear their hearts on their sleeves, the marked difference between them and the rest is that their hearts and sleeves are the rarest of truffles baked in sonic imagination while the rest are fucking with mildew.

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