Album Rating: 3.0

I thought it was good but doesn't envelope me the way their earlier efforts did. It feels less humanThis Message Edited On 01.06.09

it makes me feel like shoving a dick in your mouth
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sorry all this talk about penis is making me horny

Album Rating: 3.5

faggot

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm gonna listen to this as soon as I'm finished listening to Civil War.

Album Rating: 5.0

I can't decide whether My Girls, Lion in a Coma, No More Runnin' or Brothersport is my favorite ugh

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

My Girls or Brothersport or Summertime Clothes or In the FlowersThis Message Edited On 01.06.09

Album Rating: 4.5

you guys are all faggots if you don't think bluish is the best song ever

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

oh yeah bluish

Album Rating: 3.5

anything but in the flowers

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

whats wrong with in the flowers

Album Rating: 5.0

its the least amazing song on the album

i like lion in the coma the most, i love all the others equally

Album Rating: 3.5

socialist

Album Rating: 1.5

In response to Lewis, I was thinking in terms of the bond between songwriting and production. On Sung Tongs the weird production blips and vocal quirkiness were the melodies and harmonies. On Strawberry Jam there was a lot more noise and errant sampling, but the production became increasingly disconnected from the chord progressions and actual sung melodies. The production goofiness was like ornamentation for an underlying, more standard sound. On that album I heard an unfortunate streamlining of their weirdness. It was like they had the production gimmicks to keep it weird when the backbone of the music was becoming safer. Now on MPP we have an album that is completely split into two pieces. Every song could easily be reduced to an acoustic version that has just been rendered into something characteristically AC by way of the production, instead of songs on their previous album where the process of creating the production quirks yielded the actual melodic and harmonic content of the songs. I hope that makes sense. To answer your second part, the reason I listen to AC is because they're doing weird original shit, some of it inspired, and some of it affected and lame. Like I don't want to hear their most mainstream effort. It's the same reason I listen to Xiu Xiu. If they ever put out a "safe" or "accessible" (whether intentionally or unintentionally) album I think I'd find myself turned off. Xiu Xiu's safest album is probably The Air Force and I hardly listen to it and prefer Fabulous Muscles and A Promise much more.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

...this is really fucking good

I mean like really, really.

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Now on MPP we have an album that is completely split into two pieces. Every song could easily be reduced to an acoustic version that has just been rendered into something characteristically AC by way of the production, instead of songs on their previous album where the process of creating the production quirks yielded the actual melodic and harmonic content of the songs. I hope that makes sense.

Album Rating: 5.0

this is at once the weirdest album animal collective have made the easiest to listen to I think

That makes complete sense, actually. I never approached it like that but then again I don't approach things as technically as you do + I got into Animal Collective because of Feels and everything else filed suit afterward. You do bring up a great point and I think one where we still don't agree; I like Sung Tongs a lot but I find a lot of the time despite the production and not because of it. I admire it more than I genuinely enjoy it, which is where the actual songwriting comes into play and not just the quirks they add to or upon it. I like the disconnect of production on Strawberry Jam because it made the album feel like a genuine attempt at a departure, not to mention Avey Tare became the album's MVP. Which also comes down to where I don't feel like "accessible" equals "safe."

Album Rating: 4.5

I'm curious as to what DeFelon would rate this.