TAS Super LP List! Special Merit: Informal
180g Double LP Featuring “My Girls”, “Summertime Clothes” & “Brother Sport”!
Merriweather Post Pavilion is the ninth full length album from AnimalCollective, recorded with Ben Allen in Oxford, Mississippi.
Located in different continents, Avey Tare, Panda Bear, and Geologist, havingoperated in their unique way since their inception, have now arrived at a pointwhere their inner logic makes perfect sense on the wide screen. Listening toMerriweather Post Pavilion you’ll hear echoes of everything they’ve recorded todate, especially the mesmeric and melodic repetition of Panda Bear’s last soloopus Person Pitch. The whoops and hollers that have previously held together thesublime, chaotic urgency of their earlier work, now signal the calm sense ofeuphoria and wonder that ripples through this wide eyed record.
Throughout Merriweather Post Pavilion, Panda Bear and Avey Tare sing in anewfound clarity, enraptured by the possibilities of the sound they’re making.This record feels like a defining moment for Animal Collective; linear, wild andbeautiful, it’s the sound of a band waiting, with arms open wide, to tell youabout what they’ve found. And it’s something pretty special.
“What they’ve constructed here is a new kind of electronic pop– one which ismachine-generated and revels in technology but is also deeply human, neverdrawing too much attention to its digital nature. It’s of the moment and feelsnew, but it’s also striking in its immediacy and comes across as friendly andwelcoming. Animal Collective have spent the decade following their own path,figuring out what their music is capable of while also working to bring morelisteners into their world. On Merriweather Post Pavilion, their commitment haspaid off tremendously.” – Pitchfork
“The boys of Animal Collective have mapped out some previously unchartedwaters, producing a style of music that could belong to no one else; adistinctive, flawless fusion of the semi- automated and the wholly organic.Psychedelic music has never sounded like this before, and it is safe to say thatfrom here on out it will never be the same. If this is your first experiencewith Animal Collective, dont be afraid to dive in through the ripples, justknow that you may never want to resurface.” – Consequence Of Sound
“Merriweather Post Pavilion is a perfectly organized record, not a note outof place, not a second wasted. It has the excitement and energy of Sung Tongs,the ragged sonic glory of Feels, and Strawberry Jam’s ability to make separateparts come together in a glorious whole. Like the best experimental rockerssurging toward nirvana — from the Beach Boys to Mercury Rev — AnimalCollective have not only created a private soundworld like none other, they’vealso made it an inviting place to visit.” – AllMusic
“Put the album on again. Listen hard. Focus on each sound, analyse it, pin it down, pull it apart. It’ll just shift under your gaze and run off laughing. Or you could just run with it.” – NME
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Double LP
• Gatefold jacket
• Printed inner sleeves
• Limited time full album download card
Selections:
Side A:
1. In The Flowers
2. My Girls
3. Also Frightened
Side B:
1. Summertime Clothes
2. Daily Routine
3. Bluish
Side C:
1. Guys Eyes
2. Taste
3. Lion In A Coma
Side D:
1. No More Runnin
2. Brother Sport
