Finally, a first real look at the upcoming visual album from Animal Collective and director Danny Perez. The visual album premieres tonight at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
This may seem like an odd choice for the group coming off of 2009’s critically acclaimed Merriweather Post Pavilion (onethirtybpm Review / The Top 50 Albums of 2009) but the project has been in the works for a few years now.
On January 15th Panda Bear from Animal Collective played a show with Pantha du Prince at Hebbel Am Ufer. And it was all new material, most likely from the upcoming record (except for Daily Routine). He played guitar on many songs which I’ve never seen before.
The recording isn’t too good because the bass was too load for recording. Yet the sound is good enough to listen to it, to get the feeling and even understand the words.
I recorded Pantha du Prince too, but the sound of that recording is so bad that I think no one would want to hear it. If somebody wants to anyway, please comment and I’ll upload it.
Modest Mouse – Dramamine (This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About)
Ray Charles & Betty Carter – It’s Cold Outside
The Wombats – Dr. Suzanne Maddox PhD (A Guide To Love, Loss and Desperation)
Los Campesinos! – The Sea Is A Good Place To Think About The Future (Romance Is Boring)
Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Cold Light (Fever To Tell)
Nat King Cole – Orange Colored Sky
Portishead – Chase The Tear (Amnesty International Single)
Gang Gang Dance – Vacuum (Saint Dymphna)
Leo Sayer – You Make Me Feel Like Dancing (Endless Flight)
Pantha Du Prince – Satellite Snyper (Black Noise)
Animal Collective – Winter Wonder Land (Strawberry Jam)
Chicago – If You Leave Me Now (Chicago X)
Flight Of The Conchords – Too Many Dicks (On The Dancefloor) (I Told You I Was Freaky)
Spoon – Out Go The Lights (Transference)
A new Animal Collective video, then, eh? If you were expecting something ironic (the band standing there pressing buttons on a loop machine and mouthing the words, or something similarly boring) then you’ll be displeased. For the “Brother Sport” clip is as absurdly psychedelic as the previous three videos released from 2009’s behemoth Merriweather Post Pavilion. It’s got dogs, animation, eggs, loads of paint, and possibly the two coolest kids ever born. Enjoy.
Today the Sundance Institute announced the lineup of films selected to screen in the out-of-competition sections of Premieres, Spotlight, New Frontier and Park City at Midnight at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Amongst the films that were listed was Animal Collective’s “visual album” project with director Daniel Perez.
ODDSAC / USA (Director: Daniel Perez)–An earthy, psychedelic experimental narrative infused with the band, Animal Collective’s aural and musical sensibilities. World Premiere
ODDSAC, ey? Sorta sounds like the name of the new Yeasayer album. We’ll keep you posted as we learn more about the visual album, but in the mean time you can follow ODDSAC on Twitter.
According to Amazon.com, Animal Collective will be releasing a new record on December 8th. Visits to Domino’s US site have turned up devoid of any information… so far. Presumably, this will end up as an E.P., given Amazon’s $11.38 and $9.98 price tags for vinyl and C.D. respectively.
Back in August, fan site Collected Animals posted that a new EP would be coming sometime this year with live tracks “From a Beach” and “Grace” making appearances on the EP.
UPDATE:
Avey Tare confirmed the EP during an interview with Pitchfork. Other topics discussed include a tour hiatus and their upcoming film.
Animal Collective – Fall Be Kind EP
Tracklist:
01. Graze
02. What Would I Want? Sky
03. Bleed
04. On a Highway
05. I Think I Can
Run time: 28 minutes
Label: Domino
Release Dates (unconfirmed):
-Digital: mid November
-CD/Vinyl: December 8th
UPDATE 2:
Artwork:
UPDATE 3:
Animal Collective are set to release the new five track studio EP, Fall Be Kind, on November 23rd 2009 (digitally) and 15th December (physically).
