Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009)

Artist: Animal Collective
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Label: DOMINO/ADA
UPC: 00801390021923
Release Date: 1/20/2009
Buy.com Sku: 210500054
Item#: M4JQ72
Buy.com Sales Rank: 2010
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. In the Flowers ~ Animal Collective
2. My Girls ~ Animal Collective
3. Also Frightened ~ Animal Collective
4. Summertime Clothes ~ Animal Collective
5. Daily Routine ~ Animal Collective
6. Bluish ~ Animal Collective
7. Guys Eyes ~ Animal Collective
8. Taste ~ Animal Collective
9. Lion In a Coma ~ Animal Collective
10. No More Runnin' ~ Animal Collective
11. Brother Sport ~ Animal Collective



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Audio Mixers: Ben Allen; Animal Collective.
With's 2009's MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION, Animal Collective fully completes its transition from a restless freak-folk act to an assured though still experimental electro-pop ensemble. Like its predecessor, STRAWBERRY JAM, MERRIWEATHER takes plenty of cues from PERSON PITCH, the acclaimed 2007 solo outing by singer/multi-instrumentalist Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), creating a mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic keyboard-heavy sound that might pass for pop in an alternate universe. While "My Girls" comes off like a dream collaboration between Brians Eno and Wilson, "Summertime Clothes" is a heavily looped piece of skewed synth-pop, and "Brother Sport" is a busy, highly percussive number that could almost pass for dance music. Though fans of Animal Collective's early lo-fi recordings may be alarmed by PAVILION's striking aural sheen, the album retains the group's signature strangeness, recasting it in bright, shimmering light. One of the best indie-pop releases of early '09, MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION is an impressive addition to the Animal Collective's revered catalogue, and marks a considerable step forward for the ever-adventurous act.
Animal Collective have brought the celestial down to earth with each record, but they've never sounded simultaneously otherworldly and approachable quite like they do on Merriweather Post Pavilion. Their eighth studio LP, it finds them at their best -- straining farther away from conventional song structure and accompaniment, even while doubling back to reach lyrical themes and modes of singing at their most basic or child-like. Where before AC expertly inserted experimental snippets into relatively straight-ahead songs, Merriweather Post Pavilion sees them reach some kind of denouement where pop music ends and pure sonic experience begins -- the sound is the only structure. Dismantling the framework of a pop song almost entirely (but using recurring passages in a very poppy way), the group offer a series of overlapping circular elements, all of which occasionally come together for a chorus but then break apart just as quickly. The music itself, at least what's describable about it, consists of deep bass pulses and art-damaged guitars with overlapping vocal harmonies that rise in a holy chorus. This may sound much like previous Animal Collective highlights, but where those records seemed like a series of accidental masterpieces -- the type of work that sounds brilliant only because it's been culled from hundreds of hours of tape -- Merriweather Post Pavilion is a perfectly organized record, not a note out of place, not a second wasted. It has the excitement and energy of Sung Tongs, the ragged sonic glory of Feels, and Strawberry Jam's ability to make separate parts come together in a glorious whole. Like the best experimental rockers surging toward nirvana -- from the Beach Boys to Mercury Rev -- Animal Collective have not only created a private soundworld like none other, they've also made it an inviting place to visit. ~ John Bush

Engineer: Ben Allen

 
Compilation Appearances
Dj-kicks
Dirty Diamonds 3
Shortbus
Electric Gypsyland 2
Body Language Vol 8

 
Associated Artists and Works
Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished/Danse ~ Avey Tare and Panda Bear

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 01/20/2009
Original Release Date : 2009
Catalog ID : 219
Label : Domino Recording Company USA (USA)
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00801390021923

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (p.66)
- 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he psychedelic heads of Animal Collective are evolving from raging sonic hallucinations into gentler, more melodic trips."

Spin (p.83)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "MERRIWEATHER plays like the summation of a long, strange trip, combining the group's career touchstones: harmonic Beach Boys pop, African tribal chants, minimalism, minimal techno, psychedelia, and dub."

Entertainment Weekly (p.65)
- "[A]n album full of effervescent, transportive oddity....'My Girls' floats on swirling chorus rounds an the occasional falsetto 'owooh!'..." -- Grade: A-

Q (Magazine)
(p.114)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "With MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILLION, Animal Collective have refined their distinctive vision, once again proving that they are ahead of the pack."

Mojo (Publisher)
(p.98)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith chorally arranged voices resounding in a virtual cathedral space....A dangerous whirlpool of delights....Even on a purely technical level, this is astonishing music."

Blender (Magazine)
(p.61)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is their sunniest, most likeable record, leavened by hints of light-footed dance music: 'Summertime Clothes' is guitarless glam-rock..."

Paste (magazine)
(p.52)
- "['My Girls'] is a loose-limbed jumping jack of a fem-positive pop song that sounds somewhere between Eno and Byrne's MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS and the Spice Girls' SPICEWORLD....'Summertime Clothes' is similarly addictive..."

Clash (magazine)
(p.93)
- "MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION still has the excitement, the unique craziness and the essence of terror, but the songs are easier to listen to, softer, and their melodies shine like never before."

Record Collector (magazine)
(p.90)
- 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hey sound more awestruck with the possibilities of life, love and music than ever before."

  
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