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10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Monday, 14 May 2012 03:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

Can't wait for the animated gif album cover.

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 14 May 2012 03:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

Pitchfork: "The video also offers a list of words and phrases that may or may not make up the tracklist on the album."

Stereogum: "The video contains a dozen phrases that … may be song titles?"

this is all really fascinating

thommys got bendz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 14 May 2012 04:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

can't wait for them to be on the cover of Spin this year.

Bee OK, Monday, 14 May 2012 06:52 (1 year ago) Permalink

01 Moonjock
02 Today's Supernatural
03 Rosie Oh
04 Applesauce
05 Wide Eyed
06 Father Time
07 New Town Burnout
08 Monkey Riches
09 Mercury Man
10 Pulleys
11 Amanita

those 2 new songs are not there

nostormo, Monday, 14 May 2012 11:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

YAY for anyone who missed Dario G

Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Monday, 14 May 2012 11:53 (1 year ago) Permalink

everybody hz

am0n, Monday, 14 May 2012 14:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

ilx pre-covers?

jonathan - stl, Monday, 14 May 2012 14:44 (1 year ago) Permalink

YES.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 May 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

Fuck it, I will start a thread.

Ned Raggett, Monday, 14 May 2012 14:45 (1 year ago) Permalink

the actual tracklist just hit the web:

01 akikan
02 sleeping with hinako
03 lucky star
04 midori days
05 samurai pizza cats
06 qwaser of stigmata
07 unko-san
08 kiss x sis
09 puni puni poemy
10 excel saga
11 ebichu the housekeeping hamster

scott seward, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

more like centipede hzzzzzzzzzz ....

tylerw, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:35 (1 year ago) Permalink

i pede, it hz

btw didn't i braek ur heart (NickB), Monday, 14 May 2012 15:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

centipede humanz

emil.y, Monday, 14 May 2012 15:47 (1 year ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

Bee OK, Thursday, 21 June 2012 03:28 (11 months ago) Permalink

That's fucking horrible.

Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 21 June 2012 06:39 (11 months ago) Permalink

Just like everything else about them.

HIYOOOOOOO!!!!

Austin, Thursday, 21 June 2012 06:56 (11 months ago) Permalink

please centipede, dont hz 'em

Mark E. Match-up (haitch), Thursday, 21 June 2012 07:14 (11 months ago) Permalink

bet it sounds like dario g with crap singing

or

the beach boys

Morrissey & Clunes: The Severed Alliance (PaulTMA), Thursday, 21 June 2012 16:52 (11 months ago) Permalink

that really is phenomenally ugly

a dense custard of infinity (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 21 June 2012 20:25 (11 months ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

i dig.

Merdeyeux, Monday, 30 July 2012 03:05 (9 months ago) Permalink

mm doesn't seem to be working

http://www.youtube.com/embed/f6cWumQwCqA

Merdeyeux, Monday, 30 July 2012 03:07 (9 months ago) Permalink

sounds good to me

phantompenguin, Monday, 30 July 2012 03:48 (9 months ago) Permalink

sounds to me

am0n, Monday, 30 July 2012 03:59 (9 months ago) Permalink

Today's Supernatural is great. I hope the rest of the album has this sort of energy. They sort of lost it in between Sung Tongs and Feels.

Moka, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 05:46 (9 months ago) Permalink

He sounds a little like Zinc Alloy era Bolan in parts. I love it!

wk, Tuesday, 31 July 2012 06:35 (9 months ago) Permalink

sounds good, BUT for a band that more or less reinvent themselves each record - it sounds very familiar. somewhere between Feels and Spirit Theyve Gone

nostormo, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 16:48 (9 months ago) Permalink

after being struck by it on my first few listens i'm not so sure now, as a song i like what it's doing but i don't know that the sonic palette they're using is really working for me. a bit of an ugly mush, which is something they've made work before but here the mush doesn't really seem to be attaining any consistency. maybe an album's worth of said ugly mush will indoctrinate me.

(500) Days of Sodom (Merdeyeux), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 17:00 (9 months ago) Permalink

as a pre-album sigle - it's probably their worst since 2004

nostormo, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 17:10 (9 months ago) Permalink

The 'ugly mush' factor is what's been the problem for their last two albums, but strangely not things like the Fall Be Kind EP which is pretty good, and the last Panda Bear which was acers.

Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 18:12 (9 months ago) Permalink

Really like Today's Superman on first listen though - not actually too mushy sounding, and I like the fact they seem to be revisiting earlier styles (I hear elements of Sung Tongs in the drumming and also long-ago co-conspirators Black Dice's 'Repo' album in there). Sounds like they're having fun again after having nearly lost themselves in granular fuzz on MPP

Quickly, take hold of my hand, asshole! (dog latin), Wednesday, 1 August 2012 18:16 (9 months ago) Permalink

I did not like that

dmr, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 19:23 (9 months ago) Permalink

I'm a fan of almost everything they've done up to this point but I dunno, something is off there

i don't know that the sonic palette they're using is really working for me. a bit of an ugly mush

seems otm. maybe it will grow on me, I hated Strawberry Jam at first but kinda came around.

dmr, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 19:25 (9 months ago) Permalink

those heavy guitar crashes on the stop-start part, ugh

dmr, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 19:28 (9 months ago) Permalink

cmon let let let let let let let go

bionic hee haw

dmr, Wednesday, 1 August 2012 19:28 (9 months ago) Permalink

I seriously can't have enough of this song. Catchiest song I've heard from them since Purple Bottle.

Moka, Monday, 6 August 2012 03:32 (9 months ago) Permalink

album's gonna be streaming on http://radio.myanimalhome.net/ soon. (currently we have a mix by geologist.)

4'33" (dubstep remix) (Merdeyeux), Monday, 20 August 2012 01:57 (9 months ago) Permalink

(apryl fool playing at the moment, word.)

4'33" (dubstep remix) (Merdeyeux), Monday, 20 August 2012 02:00 (9 months ago) Permalink

just tuned in.. how much did i miss?

diamonddave85, Monday, 20 August 2012 02:20 (9 months ago) Permalink

this is the fourth song now.

4'33" (dubstep remix) (Merdeyeux), Monday, 20 August 2012 02:21 (9 months ago) Permalink

who's singing this song... deakin?

diamonddave85, Monday, 20 August 2012 02:29 (9 months ago) Permalink

this deakin song is nice (xp!). hoping that lo-ish-fi stream is a particularly bad format for this album, tho, cuz i'm continuing to dig the songs qua songs but finding it all a bit muddily busy.

4'33" (dubstep remix) (Merdeyeux), Monday, 20 August 2012 02:30 (9 months ago) Permalink

ya that was good. tho i am a major stan, i admit. the sonics became more appealing, though i'll wait until i have the proper version before listening again.

4'33" (dubstep remix) (Merdeyeux), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:02 (9 months ago) Permalink

the website now has all the tracks available to stream, btw.

4'33" (dubstep remix) (Merdeyeux), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:09 (9 months ago) Permalink

where do you see that/how can i get to it? i've been failing at this thing all evening.

john maus: a survivor's tale (kiss out the jams), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:12 (9 months ago) Permalink

nm found it

john maus: a survivor's tale (kiss out the jams), Monday, 20 August 2012 03:14 (9 months ago) Permalink

Can't get past the "ugly mush" production. Sounds terrible.

Benjamin-, Monday, 20 August 2012 03:18 (9 months ago) Permalink

Not enough Noah.

America's Mobile, Monday, 20 August 2012 18:15 (9 months ago) Permalink

MPP sounds very much like a Panda Bear album to me, and I've always been an Avey Tare fan (though Person Pitch is the best AnCo-related solo-album). Strawberry Jam and Centipede HZ are very much Avey Tare-albums, which is why I prefer them. Panda Bear is very much the twee one, while Avey Tare is the one who screams a lot. The perfect AnCo album is a mix of these two poles, with a surplus of Avey Tare-ness.

I love Centipede HZ, and I don't get why the reviews have been so bad.

Frederik B, Friday, 7 September 2012 13:47 (8 months ago) Permalink

They're not bad, though; average score of 74. http://www.metacritic.com/music/centipede-hz/animal-collective

Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 7 September 2012 13:48 (8 months ago) Permalink

73!

Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 7 September 2012 13:49 (8 months ago) Permalink

Frederik - See, I kind of object to most descriptions of AC as 'twee'. I think it's an incorrect

Thing is, if

many casual listeners see it as their definitive work.
then that means that it IS their definitive work, that's how these things get decided.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 7 September 2012 14:43 (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This isn't necessarily true. It just means it's their most ubiquitous. On the whole I think you're being particularly picky about the phrasing of my sentences here. I don't see what the problem with me saying that I think this album is hugely overrated in the context of their other work and that it saddens me to think a lot of people will be put-off or misled by its shortcomings.

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 7 September 2012 13:59 (8 months ago) Permalink

But it's massive and much-loved! No one seems put off at all; it came 8th in the p4k people's list thing. That's my point; you're worried people will be put off by its shortcomings but you're one of a small group who perceives any shortcomings, everyone else who's concerned seems to love it.

Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 7 September 2012 14:02 (8 months ago) Permalink

Are you serious?

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 7 September 2012 14:06 (8 months ago) Permalink

You could apply this logic to Scouting For Girls (They had massive hits! Everyone else seems to love them!)

There are plenty of AC haters on this very board, many of whom I'm pretty sure checked out MPP due to hype, thought 'what's the big deal about this?' and proceeded no further.

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 7 September 2012 14:08 (8 months ago) Permalink

From LA Weekly's list of worst bands ever, as number 5: I really wanted to like Merriweather Post Pavilion, even going far out of my way to appreciate the record as it was surely intended: super-stoned, miles from civilization in the northern California woods. Still, no dice. The problem is that Animal Collective are a special kind of unlistenable; their albums don't reward active engagement, but they don't make good background music, either. Their brand of twee is cloying and grating like an attention-starved, sugar-crashing eight-year-old who wants you to admire his finger painting, while you're trying to wash the dishes. -Ben Westhoff

http://blogs.laweekly.com/westcoastsound/2012/02/top_20_worst_bands_ever_complete_list.php?page=6

People like him should listen more to Here Comes the Indian. As should everyone else, for that matter.

Frederik B, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:14 (8 months ago) Permalink

and Sung Tongs.

Funny you say Noah is the twee one Frederik. If there's any twee member of the band I always figured it was Avey. His screeching and bawling can sometimes come off a little like a toddler in a high chair having a tantrum whereas Panda seems more placid, more restrained although his voice is sweeter.

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 7 September 2012 14:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

And then Panda Bear is the big brother who tells the little brother to calm down. Directly, in Brother Sport. And also the mother, in Take Pills. Well, perhaps twee is the wrong word, but he annoys me...

Frederik B, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:35 (8 months ago) Permalink

I try to ignore AC lyrics as much as possible - particularly on the newer material. I prefer to let the syllables wash past with certain key phrases looming out, so "frightened babies poo" doesn't even register to me and I feel better off for it. Again, AC singing is a kind of Liz Fraser thing for me so I don't generally get too hung up about the message.

That said I think what a lot of people construe as "twee" or "childlike" is slightly off. There is a running theme about childhood, about family, about memories, pets etc, but I don't think this represents a wish to "return to childhood" any more than Fever Ray is championing domesticity with her lyrics.

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 7 September 2012 14:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

MPP is stronger, more accessible, tuneful than their earlier albums imo. Except for 'Fireworks' and 'Rev Green'.

pandemic, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:50 (8 months ago) Permalink

almost everything that ever got called 'twee' was being called that unhelpfully and inaccurately tbh, except maybe 'a midsummer night's happening' by the sallyangie

thomp, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:55 (8 months ago) Permalink

that record's pretty fucking twee

thomp, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:55 (8 months ago) Permalink

also if i were to make a list of 'reasons why i might listen to animal collective', their ability to write melodies is not going to be high on that list, it's going to be nesting in place 109 or so between 'always liked bands who have a flashlight on stage with them' 'deakin seems like the kind of guy who'd make surprisingly tasty oatmeal'

thomp, Friday, 7 September 2012 14:57 (8 months ago) Permalink

agree^

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 7 September 2012 15:20 (8 months ago) Permalink

let, let, let, let, let go
erotic seesaw
(...)
let, let, let, let, let's go
bionic keytar

― thomp, Friday, September 7, 2012 7:35 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i hear erratic seasaw and bionic hee haw, which are just funny

mizzell, Friday, 7 September 2012 15:23 (8 months ago) Permalink

Kinda cool that noted ilm poster Bee OK got their user name on this album at the end of the Deakin song.

heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 7 September 2012 15:49 (8 months ago) Permalink

The two singles (Summertime Clothes and My Girls) do nothing to protect them from accusations of tweeness and verge on self parody.

In what way? Taking pride in being a traditional provider for your wife and kids doesn't strike me as a twee sentiment.

Animal Collective fans moaning about MPP as if its some kind of awful commercial sell-out or hideous tuneless dirge compared to all their other albums amuse me no end.

It's the lack of perspective that (sometimes) comes with fandom - the way some Nirvana fans talk about Nevermind as if it had children's choirs, gated reverb on the drums, and Perry Como spoken word sections.

Love curly brackets.

C++

B-Boy Bualadh Bos (ecuador_with_a_c), Friday, 7 September 2012 16:23 (8 months ago) Permalink

MPP doesn't really seem all that different from "Strawberry Jam" to me, at least sound-wise. As far as a sell-out i haven't read anything about that but then i don't go on AC message boards. I'm sure it's full of "Oh the early stuff was WAYYY better", but what band doesn't have those fans?

As for twee-ness, I think it's mainly in the singing: the higher pitch, the shakiness. Sometimes the singing sounds like a little kid who isn't getting their way or is otherwise upset, super emotional, super manic with the cadences, etc. Like the first day of school you get in a fight with your friend and are crying to your mom about it, that's what some of AC vocals sound like, to me. Not completely, but if someone to accuse them of being twee, this is what i would think most of that criticism is directed towards.

Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 7 September 2012 17:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

For me the biggest problem of this record after the poor song writing is the production and incessant desire to constantly throw noises into songs. that DOTH NOT make a song 'interesting', in this case it's really actually a very painful listen, especially with the way it was mixed and mastered. It's got no dynamics and it just one long barrage of semi painful noise. Hi I'm new and I guess a grandma.

marginal victory, Friday, 7 September 2012 17:39 (8 months ago) Permalink

Hi I'm new and I guess a grandma.

new board descrip

flopson, Friday, 7 September 2012 17:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

idk when i listen to this band they've been throwing noises into songs basically forever and it's really annoying but at least on this record it seems like "the point"

call all destroyer, Friday, 7 September 2012 17:42 (8 months ago) Permalink

so far the noises thrown on top of Rosie Oh are kind of ruining it for me, but it's the type of thing I need to hear a bunch before I decide

mizzell, Friday, 7 September 2012 18:53 (8 months ago) Permalink

the way some Nirvana fans talk about Nevermind as if it had children's choirs, gated reverb on the drums, and Perry Como spoken word sections.

ahah. I would love to hear that ! Nevermind... Naked !

AlXTC from Paris, Saturday, 8 September 2012 07:35 (8 months ago) Permalink

also, someone tell me what the first few words to the single are, because i keep hearing it as

let, let, let, let, let go
erotic seesaw
(...)
let, let, let, let, let's go
bionic keytar

lyric sheet says 'erratic see saw' and 'bionic hee haw'. obv.

the spin centipedia thing is great, i guess the massive overlap with stuff i like goes some way to explaining my anco fanboydom.

tubular, mondo, gnabry (Merdeyeux), Saturday, 8 September 2012 13:43 (8 months ago) Permalink

haha same here

wk, Saturday, 8 September 2012 16:35 (8 months ago) Permalink

same

centibutt hz (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 8 September 2012 16:40 (8 months ago) Permalink

This might be the best AC since Feels.

Moka, Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:17 (8 months ago) Permalink

the four opening songs at least are. Nothing like the one-two punch of did you see the words and grass, tho.

Moka, Sunday, 9 September 2012 02:18 (8 months ago) Permalink

so basically anyone who at least likes this album can neck themselves

i'm being quite reasonable in my opinion this time around btw

Architecture & Immorality: The Mr Kelly Story (King Boy Pato), Sunday, 9 September 2012 10:58 (8 months ago) Permalink

I loved MPP and doubt I will love this one as much. At first, found it pretty meh but it's growing on me with every listen so I might end up liking it.
"Amanita" is pretty good (which is fun since it's the track I covered for the ILX comp !).

AlXTC from Paris, Sunday, 9 September 2012 19:16 (8 months ago) Permalink

the first 2 songs are pretty dope. "amanita" rules. theres good stuff to be found.

billstevejim, Sunday, 9 September 2012 19:39 (8 months ago) Permalink

I'm liking it, not sure I fully grasp people's expectations with this record. Animal Collective (still) release experimental music, some of it works, some it doesn't. In general, most of their records are consistently interesting...

MikoMcha, Sunday, 9 September 2012 20:10 (8 months ago) Permalink

So it's growing fast : now I begin to really like almost all the songs !
Actually, I begin to really like some parts in all the songs.
very interesting and catchy bits here and there.
"Amanita" is definitely great. the final is so fun.
Over the album, it seems there are less vocal harmonies/interactions between Avey Tare and Panda Bear than on MPP. Not too sure about that impression and will have to listen to the whole thing attentively though.

AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 10 September 2012 14:41 (8 months ago) Permalink

yeah, it's def one or the other this time around. the guys complement one another so well it's sort of a shame, and i really can't figure why they figured it wouldn't be part of this latest release - almost thinking panda bear's last solo release really distinguished himself to point that the other band members thought they'd either botch any song PB was in, didn't want to compete, or just rather liked his own single voice presiding above all. for an album that's so rife with shit poking you in the head and subtly interrupting every second before it, maybe they wanted just one vocal to make for at least a sense of clarity and relief from the mush?

kelpolaris, Monday, 10 September 2012 17:45 (8 months ago) Permalink

Avey and Panda should ditch the other two and make another Sung Tongs. I've also noticed their voices rarely interact together this time which is one of the few complaints I have about it right now. Kelpolaris does have a point tho, maybe having vocal harmonies on top of this heavily saturated soundscapes was a little too much.

Moka, Monday, 10 September 2012 17:55 (8 months ago) Permalink

I'd love to hear a new take on the stripped back sung tongs sound - since then they just seem to be adding more and more layers of mess

This Is... The Police (dog latin), Tuesday, 11 September 2012 00:54 (8 months ago) Permalink

lol i hadn't listened to it. they're acoustic but still with annoying noises thrown on top

mizzell, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 01:37 (8 months ago) Permalink

‘Centipede Hz’ is growing on me big time. I was underwhelmed (or rather; sonically overwhelmed) by it on first listed but I found myself going back to ‘Today’s Supernatural’ again and again in time it’s almost helped me find an accessible porthole into the album as a whole.

It still sounds unnecessarily cluttered at points but with each listen I’m finding it easier to see through the haze to the melodies at the core of each track. I’m not particularly fond of the wet and watery sounding effects applied to a lot of the vocals, it’s a dangerous move when than sound has become synonymous for so many as a hallmark of poorly encoded MP3’s.

It’ll take time to love ‘Centipede Hz’ as a whole I think but I can see it coming, and not though dogged determination to want to like it either. Despite adoring everything the band has done since ‘Sung Tongs’ I’m not closed to the idea of them making an average album. I came to this one on the back of being soured by their wholly alienating live set at Primavera in 2011 as well so I don’t feel personally like I was wanting to like ‘Centipede Hz’ in any kind of fanboy way.

Lyrically the album is very strong. I was thinking that from what I can make out so far myself but this article helped me along the way and is worth a read. http://www.prefixmag.com/features/animal-collective/the-10-best-lyrics-on-animal-collectives-centipede/68500/

Clearly ‘Centipede Hz’ is destined to disappoint a lot of people who came to the band via MPP and while I can understand their frustrations somewhat I think that in the end it was MPP that was uncharacteristic of Animal Collective as opposed to ‘Centipede Hz’ being so.

InternetAlan, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 08:29 (8 months ago) Permalink

6 months pass...

I saw them live back in March and these songs sounded just as strong as the stuff from Merriweather and Feels. I didn't understand the lukewarm reception this album received at first.... has it begun to be reevaluated yet? I think this album sounds so texturally rich... it cranks and churns like an organic machine... idk, it seems like a really highly developed form of what has always been an interest for them: injecting an earnest, often uncomfortable, pre-sexual kind of sensuality into electronic music.

severely depressed robots are "twee" (Pat Finn), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 22:37 (1 month ago) Permalink

I really love this album and pretty much loved it at first blush, I think its very accomplished. I doubt it would turn anyone who was skeptical but if you're already a fan this is surely one of their strongest records.

Badmotorfinger Debate Club (MFB), Wednesday, 10 April 2013 23:48 (1 month ago) Permalink

1 month passes...

MPP = Rumours

Centipede Hz =/= Tusk

i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 16:59 (1 hour ago) Permalink

listened to this again today. idgaf what anyone says, i think it's a really enjoyable listen.

Spectrum, Tuesday, 21 May 2013 17:16 (1 hour ago) Permalink

It obviously rules, it was just releases during a low point in their hype cycle so people had to pretend to dislike it.

Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 17:32 (1 hour ago) Permalink

no, a lot of genuine fans were disappointed by this record, nothing to do with hype cycle. probably would've been cool to start hating by strawberry jam anyway

i also enjoy in line skateing (spazzmatazz), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 18:31 (23 minutes ago) Permalink

I <3 centipede hz a great deal. The criticisms mostly didnt make sense to me bc i still think its at least as "immediately enjoyable" as MPP and has more replay value. I understand ppl have different experiences though... for me this is an important album.

Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 18:40 (15 minutes ago) Permalink

i was mad hyped for it and even though i had misgivings on my first listen i thought i'd get over them with repeated listens, but nop, they came to dominate my feelings about it. but that's fine, it happens, i'll eagerly anticipate their next album anyway.

ohmigud (Merdeyeux), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 18:43 (11 minutes ago) Permalink

Their live show with this album is good... They incorporate video montage in a way that makes sense for the vibe if the album.

Michigan seems like a dream to me now (Treeship), Tuesday, 21 May 2013 18:46 (8 minutes ago) Permalink


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