Animal Collective - Time Skiffs (2022)

Haven't been this excited for a new AnCo album in a long time, tbh

same!

"Soul Capturer" is great, can't wait to hear the full version.

I mean, I loved Time Skiffs a ton, but I went into it with pretty low expectations. This time I'm actually really amped for the new one.

yea when I saw them live it was pretty clear they were still full of ideas. it's kind of rare to see a band that's been around 20+ years and not be thinking "oooh I hope they play X and Y and Z", instead I was just kinda hoping to hear more weird shit. some of the older tracks they played like "Wide Eyed" sounded totally new because they were so thoroughly rearranged. so yeah high expectations for this one especially since Time Skiffs was so good. also don't sleep on the Panda Bear/Sonic Boom album from last year, it's total ear candy from start to finish. I like it about as much as Person Pitch.

Oh yeah, that Panda/Sonic album was great too. 2022 was a good year for AnCo stuff.

I trained a new college radio DJ a couple weeks back, he was prob 18, he totally knew them and his fave was Spirit!

Reset & Person Pitch are the only AnCo solo records I have. In addition to Tomboy which I just ordered. What are the other good ones? Just checked on RYM and nothing Avey's done scores well but these are the folks who saddled Painting With with a 2.7 so idk how much I trust them

I dislike most Avey solo but REALLY REALLY like Eucalyptus!

Yeah, Eucalyptus is really good.

The two tracks from this forthcoming album make me dangerously happy but also absurdly nervous, because, you guys … THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED from this band right now.

Frogbs, get at this

https://aveytare.bandcamp.com/album/down-there

Also do not sleep on the Deakin record

I don’t love a lot of Panda Bear albums front to back but if he ever does a best of, it’s gonna be a home run.

ooh yeah, forgot about the Deakin record, I've heard good things

The first three tracks on “down there” are phenomenal too, I rank Laughing Hieroglyphics as one of his best tracks, including anco material. And yeah, eucalyptus is an amazing album, though I can never get past the first LP because it’s such a cohesive package to me already. Really need to give the second part a fair chance.

the new one is the best they've ever sounded, really lovely production (courtesy of russell elevado, notable for engineering/mixing a whole lot of neo-soul albums including voodoo & black messiah)

some of the songs are quite nice as well but i haven't really wrapped my head around all of them yet

i said the same thing about the last album's production but this one's even better in that regard

i think it's just the last two tracks i don't really care for

wow, release date is Sept 29, did this leak already?

yeah RYM already going bonkers over it

i'll be good and wait though

I did not expect myself to be this excited about AnCo in 2023, but I really am.

I did laugh at the digital bonus track, a "radio edit" of "Soul Capturer" that shaves it alllll the way down to 5:44 from 6:08. I'm sure those 22 seconds were exactly what kept that from blowing up on the IHeartMedia empire.

sorry my bad, "single version" not "radio edit", but still

well hold on, it could be a different cut or a different mix. I know in electronica it's not uncommon for a single version to have different elements than the album version, can def see AnCo doing something like that

ha, that's true, i just thought it was funny to see the timings

it just cuts off ~20 seconds of ambience from the start of the track lol

lol, top of the pops here we come!

I heard it on WFMU this morning!

If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit
So they cut it down to 5:44

hahah ok then