Comments on: Animal Collective Makes Music For People On Drugs

By: Dunder Mifflin

Dunder Mifflin — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 19:05:20 +0000

Merriweather is incredible, you’re all just hipster assholes. Appreciate it for what it is, not how others perceive it. As they age and mature, they have more responsibilities to family and can’t do as many drugs/don’t want to do as many. It’s called growing up, you guys could learn a thing or two from them.

By: Wolftigerrosebud

Wolftigerrosebud — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:35:18 +0000

I sure hope that the AC moves away from this poppy shit. Even though I love much of the group’s music, I’m inclined to agree with much of what this review says. It’s a combination of a lot of things, and unfortunately, it feels diluted. Most of the songs have very limited re-listening value (I can’t fucking stand “My Girls” anymore). I don’t listen to that album at all anymore, truth be told. Same for Fall Be Kind. There’s something about it that’s… I don’t know. It’s just too synthy, it all feels uniform in a weird way. Part of the reason I love the Dead is because they have a great sensibility, and that’s a lot of what I like about Animal Collective, too. But at this point, all their shows sound pretty much the same (due to the heavy reliance on sampled sounds and synths), and their albums feel far too polished. I like it rough around the edges; I think my problem with new Animal Collective is that their music no longer feels natural and human the way it did on many of their previous albums. All in all, yeah: MPP kinda blows.

By: grace

grace — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:50:15 +0000

animal collective is pretty amaizing, i guarantee that if you have any sence of what muzik is you will come around to them. i instintly loved everything about them but most of my friends thought they would never like them, about 3 months later they all came to me beging for their cd’s. you just have to open your mind. 8)

By: xx

xx — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:49:29 +0000

god you guys are assholes

By: Skwerl

Skwerl — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:56:12 +0000

we don’t do that around here. we torture ourselves to make sure we’re giving everything we cover a fair shake. i double checked johnny’s assessment. i know a lot of people love this album, and it isn’t just manufactured hype. but i honestly think he was generous with the 2.5 stars. the album is a snooze.

By: TheFodge

TheFodge — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:20:58 +0000

This seems like such a reactionary review to months worth of hype rather than an honest listen to the album. Radiohead has nothing to do with AC, except that Rhead (my first favorite band) tried making sample-based albums like Person Pitch and MPP only to give up due to the difficulty. Radiohead started in mainstream pop and grew experimental, AC is the other way around. Your comparisons suggest that you have no idea where AC is coming from (sigur ros!?) and that you’re hating only because you’re old and don’t get it.

By: Skwerl

Skwerl — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:24:37 +0000

haha, fair enough. it happens. no disrespect intended.

By: Shawn Smith

Shawn Smith — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:13:14 +0000

Hey, our review wasn’t ridiculous, Skwerl, K Sawyer just liked the album a lot. If you read the comments, we didn’t even necessarily agree with him!

By: Skwerl

Skwerl — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 02:29:13 +0000

ugh. after reading this ridiculous review, i gave it a listen. shit sandwich.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:38:07 +0000

“raw, uncircumcised truth”

Give me a break.