We always find something new to bring back.”īrian “Geologist” Weitz makes time to discuss Time Skiffs in the hours before he’s due to pick up his kids from school in Washington, D.C. And when we come back together, we have absorbed a new energy and we’ve come back as different people. “We’ve gotten into a habit of working on an album together, then everyone spreads out and works on other projects. The alchemy of our energies,” Josh “Deakin” Dibb says the day before Thanksgiving, while at home in Baltimore. “It’s what everyone was bringing in that moment. It’s simply where Animal Collective were at the time of recording, held in time as if in amber. But there’s no sense in rationalizing-this isn’t Animal Collective’s “mature” album. Time Skiffs wraps up more than two decades of Animal Collective’s endless creative pursuits, presenting some of the most traditional music they’ve ever made.
It’s also their first official LP since 2016’s Painting With and the first music created by all four members of Animal Collective in nearly a decade-a would-be return to form, if Animal Collective had ever solidified into one shape. It’s a creative journey that spans more than three years and culminates with Time Skiffs, the group’s latest album. Now float straight ahead, and you’ll approach Animal Collective’s newest adventure. Then, listen to the ambient rainbow of Tangerine Reef. Look up: See neon oranges and yellows, projections of a tropical reef in a 2017 Miami art exhibition called “Coral Orgy,” and watch the Animal Collective members playing a one-time performance of amorphous, somersaulting sounds to match nature’s underwater psychedelia in bloom. Then, listen to the ultra-lo-fi, stargazing Campfire Songs. Pick a wormhole and turn left: See the young friends huddled together on a cold November night in 2001, recording rambling, ethereal folk songs live on a screened-in porch in Maryland against the backdrop of the crackling, ambient night noise. There have been numerous combinations of band members and unorthodox sources of inspiration-ideas that go against every sensible, time-tested and practical notion of “what works in the music business.” Yet, it all, somehow, pushed Animal Collective to become one of the biggest, most beloved names in independent music.
#ANIMAL COLLECTIVE FULL#
They are full of stories that have gradually transformed into myths and, for Animal Collective’s playfully obsessed fanbase, from myths into legends. They’ve been making music and art together since they were freakishly creative teens, meaning there are now decades of full records, EPs, solo projects, film scores, visual albums, one-off concert pieces and other uncategorizable experiments-each with some unique creation story. The four friends from Baltimore with funny names-Deakin (Josh Dibb), Geologist (Brian Weitz), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) and Avey Tare (Dave Portner)- are all in their 40s now. Keep your eyes open and, of course, your ears alert. And, if you’re willing to crawl inside the wormholes, then there are curiosities at every turn. The Animal Collective universe is deep and winding.
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