Posted October 10, 200915 yr 01 Graze 02 What Would I Want? Sky 03 Bleed 04 On A Highway 05 I Think I Can Wet the bed! Animal Collective may have already made one of the albums of the year in Merriweather Post Pavillion but that, it seems, is not going to be their only mark left on the year of our lord 2009. Rumours were rife yesterday about a possible new AC record when a mysterious listings page appeared for a release on Amazon. Some people got excited. Probably. Some people stood up from their office chairs, emotionless. Well, it turns out that there WILL be another Animal Collective release before the end of the year, something Avey Tare confirmed to Pitchfork earlier today. It'll be a five-track EP titled Fall Be Kind. Tare (a.k.a Dave Portner) told Pitchfork: "It's like 28 minutes long, five songs. The title is kind of a play on "fall behind," when you move the clocks back. Everything seems to be very seasonal or weather-oriented for us this year. I wanted to keep it a little bit in line with that...But with this one, we were hoping it would come out in the fall, so Fall Be Kind. I think digitally it's probably going to come out in the middle of November, with a pre-order kind of thing for vinyl or CD for the beginning of December." So there you have it, out in December with a digital release possibly in November. Portner also said that the songs were recorded around the same time as Merriweather and that some of the tracks have been played live already. The record, Portner says, is also a little darker than Merriweather, which was, at times, ludicrously upbeat. "I'd say - not in terms of the sound, maybe. Well, the melodies are definitely darker. It's not abrasive dark or anything, but I think the mood of it has just a little bit more of a nighttime, kind of dark, sad vibe." The band will also take a break from touring, Portner says: "We've done a lot of it in the past two years. At this point, it's time for us to take a break. It's the most we've ever taken one group of songs, one era out on the road. We were excited and enthusiastic to go to all the different places we've been, especially this year with all the festivals. I just think it feels like a natural ending to it all." Elsewhere in the interview, it's revealed that the band have just finished working on a film with Danny Perez. The film is untitled and is very much in the final stages, but Portner didn't reveal too much else about it, stating that it didn't really have a story and that it'd be "cool" to have it in theatres. A film aswell! :o
October 10, 200915 yr Darker sound? What Would I Want? Sky certainly doesn't sound very dark at all, it doesn't sound that great either :(. Hopefully i've just been listening to an unpolished version or something...
November 22, 200915 yr The first and last tracks are pretty amazing, but aside from that i don't see what's so stunning about it.... Tbh none of their EP's have been that great, except maybe Prospect Hummer. They said they wanted a bit of a darker sound compared to MPP (though Fall Be Kind is in no way dark at all), but MPP being so upbeat was what made it so amazing imo, amongst other things (i.e. the layering) Edited November 22, 200915 yr by Harve
November 22, 200915 yr What Would I Want? Sky is stunning and I'm saddened that you do not see its genius. :(
November 23, 200915 yr What Would I Want? Sky is the second song to get a 10/10 from Pitchfork.com, the first being 'While You Wait for the Others' by Grizzly Bear.
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