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#MELODICS CRACKED CRACK#
None of this is news- the periods and styles covered on Animal Crack Box have all popped up on previous releases. The Animal Collective of the early 2000s could evoke a more spiritual version of the Sun City Girls, a modern take on Faust and Amon Düül, or a less arty descendent of the Residents- but, as Animal Crack Box shows, the band offered a sunnier, more inclusive aura than any of those influences. The predominant feel is meditative, sometimes gentle, catching the vibe of shows that even at their weirdest were, in person, user-friendly. Those séance-like gigs often involved tribal beats, absurd masks, primal chants, and other ritualistic qualities designed to engage those in the room. Other sides seem less essential, but none are boring.
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Here we get a warped, back-and-forth take on "Who Could Win a Rabbit" and the hissy, Daniel Johnston-like spook of "Mouth Wooed Her". Those shows proved Animal Collective could sound just as surreal and hypnotic using simple acoustics as they could with electrified overload.
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That vibe is matched by the strum-happy Side F, taken mostly from the Avey/Panda duo tours that preceded the release of 2004's Sung Tongs. At side's end, a shorter take on Campfire Songs' "De Soto De Son" sounds like a melodic version of Finnish avant-folk. Take Side C, in which Avey and Panda trade patient vocals and sparse acoustic guitars, recalling the basement hymns of fellow East Coast experimental psych lords Tower Recordings. I'm partial to the noisier, denser material found on Side E- particularly the fuzzy version of Indian's "Hey Light"- and Side A, which peaks when the frenetic "Ahhh Good Country" (originally heard on 2001's Danse Manatee) bleeds into the acidic march-band beat of "Iko Ovo".īut the other end of the set's spectrum is just as entrancing. Which side you prefer will depend on which side of the band you like most, and maybe even on your state of mind. The variety also gives Animal Crack Box a mood-ring quality. Each side plays like a short story, and the shifts from heavy din to lonely plucks to whooping jams feel natural, much as they have across the band's career as a whole. The result is wide variety that's rarely schizophrenic. Side B, for example, offers murky textures from the trio of Avey Tare, Panda Bear, and Geologist around the time of Hollinndagain Side C, acoustic essays by Avey and Panda in the vein of Campfire Songs and side E, full-quartet trance-rock later perfected on 2003's Here Comes the Indian. The band sifted through hundreds of live recordings and practice tapes, and divided the chosen material- about 90 minutes worth- into six cohesive, era-specific sides. Much of that effect is due to excellent selection and sequencing. And though the set consists of material from their infancy (2000-2003), it sounds less embryonic than lab-like, as if their musical nucleus was there from the start, and their task was not to build a core but rearrange those atoms into infinite mutations.
#MELODICS CRACKED FULL#
Many of the signature elements they continue to rely on- soaring vocals, repetitive rhythms, childlike melodies, buzzing electronics, eerie acoustics- are in full bloom here. But even at its roughest, this inventive collection always sounds like Animal Collective, in ways any fan will recognize.