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goyovista
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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:44 am Post subject: Animal Collective "Strawberry Jam" |
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Please tell me there's someone out there who also believes this is the best album to come out this year (or at least in the top three).
Like all their albums, this one takes quite a bit of time to get used to. Please give it some time.
Probably the most important band of the decade. |
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goodgood
Joined: 22 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: |
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haven't heard it yet, but everything else they do is magic. they're the most accessable (read: poppy and likable) experimental indie band out there, and they have been for a while.
looking forward to hearing it. |
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goyovista
Joined: 29 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:05 am Post subject: |
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Really? Most accessible? I feel that only half of Sung Tongs, pretty much all of Feels and the new one are accessible. Their early stuff is great, but hard to listen to sometimes.
What other experimental/poppy stuff do you like? I'm always on the lookout for new music. Modern stuff that comes to mind for me is Brightblack Morning Light, Broadcast, Deerhoof, Battles, US Maple, Fennesz, Grizzly Bear, Antony and the Johnsons, Liars, to name a few.
Good to find another into this sort of thing. |
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rumdiary
Joined: 05 Jun 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Animal Collective "Strawberry Jam" |
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| goyovista wrote: |
Please tell me there's someone out there who also believes this is the best album to come out this year (or at least in the top three).
Like all their albums, this one takes quite a bit of time to get used to. Please give it some time.
Probably the most important band of the decade. |
Not the most important band of the decade but they are great. This is thier best yet. |
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mehmeh
Joined: 23 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:26 pm Post subject: |
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meh....
AC can do no wrong but Strawberry Jam isn't their strongest. In terms of "most accessible" I'd vote for Feels.
It's nice to see there is a thread dedicated to the topic though! |
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applesandshanana
Joined: 09 May 2007
Location: Michigan
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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Strawberry Jam is still growing on me, but I know I will end up loving it.
If anyone is looking for new music, my fiance and friend upload some new albums on their blog pretty regularly: http://ongakubaka.blogspot.com/
Last edited by applesandshanana on Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:04 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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goyovista
Joined: 29 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| thanks applesandshanana! I will definitely look into it. |
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Billy Pilgrim
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| Animal Collective is not my thing. Overrated in the extreme. One good song (The Purple Bottle) and a whole lot of shapeless crap. |
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goyovista
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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Billy Pilgrim, I'm really surprised that someone who likes Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground would be so quick to call AC shapeless crap. (Some of VU's stuff off Nico and White Light border on shapelessness, but I love it nonetheless)
I agree that some of their music noodles a bit, but virtually all the tracks off Feels have a definite song structure.
I'm not going to argue with your opinion, but it sounds like you haven't given AC the adequate amount of listening they deserve. |
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thepeel
Joined: 08 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:05 pm Post subject: |
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I haven't heard SJ yet...
I like Animal Collective mucho. Check out Final Fantasy (the band, not game) and Panda Bear for similarly odd but catchy stuff. |
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applesandshanana
Joined: 09 May 2007
Location: Michigan
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| LOVE Final Fantasy. I mean, how could you not love someone who can get away with an album titled He Poos Clouds. |
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Billy Pilgrim
Joined: 08 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| goyovista wrote: |
Billy Pilgrim, I'm really surprised that someone who likes Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground would be so quick to call AC shapeless crap. (Some of VU's stuff off Nico and White Light border on shapelessness, but I love it nonetheless)
I agree that some of their music noodles a bit, but virtually all the tracks off Feels have a definite song structure.
I'm not going to argue with your opinion, but it sounds like you haven't given AC the adequate amount of listening they deserve. |
Oh, I've tried, but how much time do I have to give them? I've listened to Feels about 5 times, and Strawberry Jam 3 times, and there's nothing there for me. Sonic Youth has more shape than people give them credit for, but I'll take their guitar-based rawk over the cut-and-paste Beach Boys rip-off marching band psychedelica any day - there are no tunes, no bite, no edge. It's dull through and through.
Except for The Purple Bottle. That's a good song. Well crafted, chugging and engaging. They've made nothing else like it that I've heard. |
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Masta_Don
Joined: 17 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:40 am Post subject: |
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| Billy Pilgrim wrote: |
| Animal Collective is not my thing. Overrated in the extreme. One good song (The Purple Bottle) and a whole lot of shapeless crap. |
True, true. Tried them a couple years ago. Tried them more recently. TV on the Radio do a similar thing but better and even they don't really do it for me.
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I haven't heard SJ yet...
I like Animal Collective mucho. Check out Final Fantasy (the band, not game) and Panda Bear for similarly odd but catchy stuff. |
Panda Bear's in the same boat. One decent song and then meh.
Billy, if you like SY and VU then you might like the Liars. Only current band that I really dig. The new album is a little bit of a departure, more traditionally song structured, and the titles are beyond embarassing (non-sequitar is dead, give it up people) but try the album Drum's Not Dead. |
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