Despite a newly chill methodology, the band still lapses into their past idiosyncrasies.
Animal Collective’s Time Skiffs is the work of a band who are leaning into the nostalgic observations that come with age.
The album aims for an enthralling vision of infatuation, but the band’s message rings hollow.
For both its earnest, uninhibited sense of play and impeccable pop, Painting With is a uniquely affecting album.
It’s all too murky and familiar, less profoundly complex than inaccessibly complicated.
This is an attempt to capture the essence of the past decade in music, as I’ve experienced it.
Fall be Kind is more of the same, which wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing but for the change in tone.
Indie 500: Andrew Bird, Bishop Allen, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, & Animal Collective
I’ve always been a trifle suspicious of my love for Andrew Bird.
The album finds one of the most talented, most creative pop bands finally and gloriously figuring it all out.
Animal Collective’s Feels fails to come together as a coherent whole.