๐๐ป๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ต๐: ๐๐ฟ๐ธ
This review may be a bit shorter than the others, mostly because I don’t really have much to say about this album. Ark is a strange moment in Animal Collective’s discography, and one that is mostly overlooked by listeners, often in favor of the albums succeeding it. If I’m being completely honest, every time I’ve come back to relisten, ... read more
Danse Manatee but make it better.
There was a huge flaw that made me score Danse Manatee as low as I did, and it was the sound quality. This album sounds so much better you’d think they’d become the next Sunn O))).
This album also is more engaging than Danse Manatee and Campfire Songs. Danse Manatee was just random noises, and the following album was just a long, drawn-out indie folk album. This album turns the “random sounds” into real music.
However, this album ... read more
This makes me want to splash my face with colors
This album is pretty much Danse Manatee but more polished and fleshed out. My problem though is that I’m still not really drawn to the sound as much :,) It’s definitely a lot less scattered but idk, I’m still just kinda scratching my head with this one. I like when they tend to get experimental, but I feel like this is almost a step too far. Especially with a song like Panic, which is a bit unlistenable for me. As mentioned ... read more
This album is quite like Danse Manatee, in that its very experimental and noisy. Also much like Danse Manatee, I'm not a big fan of it. This album is a bit better than that one though, as I feel the noisiness works out into more coherent songs this time. Slippi and Hey Light are some pretty good noisy tracks, they kinda remind me of a toned down version of Lightning Bolt at points. Tracks 3-5 don't really do that much for me though, they're mostly instrumental/sound palette songs that I could ... read more
1 | Native Belle 3:52 | 83 |
2 | Hey Light 5:41 | 76 |
3 | Infant Dressing Table 8:35 | 77 |
4 | Panic 4:48 | 66 |
5 | Two Sails on a Sound 12:20 | 72 |
6 | Slippi 2:49 | 80 |
7 | Too Soon 6:27 | 72 |
#40 | / | Pitchfork |