Have you heard the new Animal Collective Sung Tongs?

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This is really a fun CD with so many likeable magic pop moments scattered throughout. Kind of like Stephin Merritt's sprawling magnum opus 69 Love Songs in that respect. Except in this case only one disc of goodness. At first it seemed a bit on the strange side, odd songs stitched together and punctuated with wonderfully inventive melodies and sounds. Lots of sounds. Fragile vocal harmonies. Nylon string guitars. Lots of acoustic guitars. Bubbling noises in the background reminiscent of Sparklehorse. Beatles psychedelia that brings to mind the playful inventiveness of Olivia Tremor Control and some of the other Elephant 6 collective. Some Simon and Garfunkel feel to it as well. Maybe you could call it contemporary folk music mixed with what some are calling indietronica, the modern blend of indie pop and electronica. Sounds a little goofy, I know. And I guess it is to a certain degree. But I've also found it to be highly addictive. One of the most critically acclaimed albums of the year right now in June according to MetaCritic, I imagine in no small part because of the inventiveness and weirdness. It's the best album I've heard so far this year and I can't remember the last time I listened to a new one so many times without a desire to change. It's the type of music that becomes almost like part of your environment, but not in a Eno-esque ambient background sense. This music is always interesting and in your thoughts, even though it seems to gently flow by without demanding your full attention.
Nice, predictably biased writeup at the Fat Cat site, but they do have about half the album available for full length MP3 download. Just click on the album cover below...

Edits: 13/05/20

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Topic - Have you heard the new Animal Collective Sung Tongs? - Davey 2 13:29:57 06/15/04 (3)

Rockin! Now we're gettin somewheres... - rhizomatic 14:40:59 06/15/04 (1)

I haven't heard the earlier ones.... - Davey 2 09:19:23 06/16/04 (1)

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