Animal Collective
Summertime Clothes

A Norman Records recommendation (25th June 2009)

This record left our Brett feeling happy.

'Summertime Clothes' is the latest single (or maybe even the first, I'm not even sure if 'My Girls' ever got released) from Animal Collective's super triple diamond hyper selling LP, Merriweather Post Pavilion - still well on course to be one of the albums of the year for me. This track's typical of their recent skewed, wonky pop genius with its bright, breezy manner and gorgeous harmonies but I'm sure you've all heard it by now so I'll move on to the three remixes - the Dam-Funk one's damn fucking rubbish, LD (of Hyperdub fame) bizarrely turns it into the Beverly Hills Cop theme tune while Zomby (of, erm.. Hyperdub fame) fares the best, deconstructing the tune into a disorientating lurch-stepper that's just that little bit slower than you'd expect and chucks in a mental one-note ascending ladder melody about halfway through for maximum oddness. I'm sure 'ladder melody' must be the right technical term.

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Sound clips for Summertime Clothes

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Zomby's Analog Lego Mix Play

What their label says...

· ‘Summertime Clothes’ is the second mind-blowing single to be
taken from Animal Collective’s universally acclaimed album,
‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’. ‘Summertime Clothes’ is a
deliriously warm and instantly infectious track with a euphoric
refrain, which is “so brilliant, so full of joy that it’s confounding” -
Plan B.
· Remixes are courtesy of Hyperdub’s elusive and spooky
beatmaker Zomby, LA’s ‘Ambassador Of Boogie Funk’ Dam-Funk,
and South London breakbeat and dubstep producer LD.
· Animal Collective recently gave a stunning performance of
‘Summertime Clothes’ on the David Letterman Show in the US.
The band were joined by Brooklyn dance troupe FLEX who will also
feature in the forthcoming Danny Perez directed video.
· Animal Collective return to the UK in June to perform at
Glastonbury, and again in August for their biggest British show
to date, headlining London’s Brixton Academy. They will also
headline the Friday night at Green Man Festival.
· The 12” is strictly limited to 500 copies.

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