Description:	DMM vinyl on Fat Cat
	Format:	Double LP (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Experimental Indie
	Label:	FatCat
	Price:	£18.29
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...according to our Clinton on 24 February 2009.

The Animal Collective are the new wierdo yanks they all want you to like. The general chit chat about this band has seen them linked with the likes of Caroliner and Sun City Girls. It sounds like neither but does have the strung out experimentation of both married with the type of stretched, skewed melodies you might hope Flaming Lips would do if they shaved off their beards and got back to making interesting left field music. Lots of glitches and noise but what sets this aside from the type of Black Dice sheer experimentation (yawn) is the use of guitar, vocals and actual tunes. Its wildly experimental AND hummable. Something you don't get too much. Also it sounds pretty much (lazy references above excepted) like no-one. At last forward thinking music in 2003. 2 LP's is maybe pushing it but if you've got time on your hands and want something the opposite of the bland please-like-me around in these torrid times then look no further. Spirit They're Gone is on Fat Cat

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What their label says...

The debut Animal Collective album, here released on
DMM heavyweight vinyl – an absolute must have for any fan.

· Animal Collective’s debut album ‘Spirit They're
Gone, Spirit They've Vanished’ is a brilliant and
hugely original mixture of great songs with noisier
electronics.
· Released here on 180g DMM vinyl, alongside the
three other Animal Collective albums on FatCat:
‘Danse Manatee’, ‘Feels’ and ‘Sung Tongs’.
· Their latest album, ‘Merriweather Post Pavillion’,
was just released on Domino Records and did
exceptionally well at press and radio, with the band
touring the UK to sold out crowds.
· Never before released on vinyl, the songs on this
album range from speedy patchwork pieces to
slower piano melodies, a somehow coherent yet very
fragile brand of psychedelic music.
· “‘Spirit They’re Gone, Spirit They’ve Vanished’ is not
only outstanding, but one of the most original
sounding albums out there” – Pitchfork.

Spirit They've Vanished * April And The Phantom *
Untitled * Penny Dreadfuls * Chocolate Girl *
Everyone Whistling * La Rapet * Bat You'll Fly *
Someday I'll Grow To Be As Tall As The Giant * Alvin Row