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Wasn’t expecting a freak folk album from Animal Collective, but they did pretty well here. I actually really enjoyed the album throughout and the acoustic guitar playing is beautiful. I also just really like freak folk music like Hop Along Queen Ansleis, early Regina Spektor, and Joanna Newsom, so I was really happy to listen to this.

When I first heard this I was really irritated with it, (especially with how low the vocal mixing is) but I woke up the next day with a better mood and yeah I think this album is pretty good. Some really nice songs here like Alvin Row, Penny Dreadful, and La Rapet. However, I still think the album would be a lot better if the vocals were louder cause they actually sound really nice here and remind me of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah.

the album loses a lot of momentum after ‘The Purple Bottle’ but the songs there are still pretty good in their own right. It doesn’t pick back up until the final track which is great. Very cool soundscapes here and the vocals performances are good throughout. Also, ‘Did You See The Words’ is a masterpiece!

For Reverend Green is their best song and there are other great ones too but some tracks just don’t melodically stick out to me.