Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

wow. every line a gem.

trying to reconcile the two sides of taylor saporito creates a nightmare in your head

its a bad scene alright

i emailed taylor a link to the blog this morning. i hope he enjoys his mention.

Michael Chornomaz is the crucial detail that makes this total lolz

Michael Chornololz more like!

Hmm... 9.6 at pfork, can't say I'm surprised- even though I haven't got around to listening to it yet...

That's a higher rating (by 0.4) than anything received last year!

Are we looking at the Pfork #1 album of 2009, so soon?

now that this is done we should focus on this Dan Deacon record which is better i ain't bullshittin'

only if you twitter it.

in about 30 minutes, expect one.

now that this is done we should focus on this Dan Deacon record which is better i ain't bullshittin'

Fixed!

i haven't kept up with this thread after the beginning, but i just wanted to say that i'm afraid to download this album even from like iTunes

climate of fear

haha roxy terroristed you

could 2009 not have waited more than 5 days before landing me with the album which is going to annoy me more than any other this year by indie fuxors babbling on and on and endlessly on about it, culminating in its inevitable top placing in every publication's end-of-year list (jesus we've only just got rid of those fuckers!) despite it being completely unlistenable, directionless, pointless bullshit like everything else animal collective have done

i guess not!!

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If lex was ever gonna like an animal collective album, this was probably gonna be the one. Also, it is pretty good.

no

yeah i'm actually interested in this because of its reputed poppiness, despite never having heard more than a couple of animal collective songs in the past

no, yeah, I did get that you don't like it, its just that it has a fairly similar sound palette to lots of things you have liked on this in the past, guess its too indie or whatever.

going to wait for the vinyl to decide whether i love it or just like it. like i said before, great bits, but it bores me around the middlw

i just cant take a band called animal collective seriously -- its like calling a band zoobilee zoo

I really wish I could place a full page ad in the New York Times that says, "This album is good and all but come the fuck on."

this shit is for children grow up people are you bumping muppets soundtracks now nb. muppets are great obv

lex where did you hear this album? at durr when you went last week???

whiney i feel like the ny times is not the proper publication to reach the audience you seek

full page AA ad in p4k

i heard miss kittin and fischerspooner 'emerge' at durrr, ronan, and i reminisced happily about electroclash, and then i left early b/c it turned into justicey type shit :)

xp with Panda Bear's face over the model

going to durr for the electroclash=as believable as reading playboy for the articles

I mean I feel like I can't be like "hey, this record's pretty good" without sounding like one of those dudes rocking back and forth waiting for the 320 FLAC rip because the 160 is bullshit even though they played every day for two weeks.

i went to durrr b/c people i liked were there and it had been a while since i'd been on that scene. the 'lectroclash was a bonus.

Lex I'm surprised you can even talk with your knee so far in your mouth.

ah lex you know I'm just joking...I'm sure I'd enjoy the joyous indie atmosphere at durrr too

better'n the bloodless indie atmosphere of animal collection!!

captain save a middling-ciara-single lets have an equal opportunity for 'its really not that good' mmkay

i mean i agree w/ you but come on now

As a childless, unmarried, overworked hack, slave to the whims of society, I can't help but feel depressed by "My Girls", that beautiful, beautiful song.

It's like listening to a hottie sing about how "looks ain't everything".

He Poos Clouds >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> this

Owen, we know Turangalila is your evil narcissist alter ego.

Nej nej, but he/she is on the payroll.

But what I mean is, "My Girls" is my own personal "Jenny From The Block".

Hahahaha.

I like how Mark Richardson appears to have become Emeritus Professor of all things animal collective at Pitchfork.

i didnt think it was a bad review, but i dont think it would kill them to give an AC review to someone other than the biggest fanboy on earth

They kinda remind me of Ned's reviews of his favourite bands on allmusic.

MPP review: This album, which finds Animal Collective completely owning their unique sound, feels like the crucial next step in that conversation.

SJ review: Here, more than on any record yet, they own that sound completely.

not to be a dick, just noticed this. i haven't heard MPP yet but does it sound like SJ? i thought maybe it didn't.

no

i'm getting the vinyl tomorrow, and im hoping ill like this more than i already do. the good parts are just so great; i want the rest to make it worth it

blaming it on poor qual rip