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| 5.0 classic | Ethics | October 8th 12 |
Here Comes the Indian is extremely unconventional and expresses the emotions we don't want normally wish to confront. Seems as if the band was looking to explore some of the darkest emotions the heart can hold and elicit them within this album. It's apprehensive, chaotic, hectic dreadful, and holds so much sorrow... and the sounds are presented in such a feral manner as if the band was actually possessed by animals as their name suggests. Imagine someone that's close to you who's nowhere close to being adept with nature being thrown into the a murky forest that spread fifty acres wide with no phone, water, or light and the fear or doubt of survival that would run through their mind. Here Comes the Indian is just that. The album is unique, there's no doubting that.. but whether or not it reveals qualities in music that are deemed commendable or distasteful is entirely up to the listeners interpretation in the experiences of emotions that elicit abandonment, insanity, and distraught.
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| 1.0 awful | patrickfannon | May 13th 11 |
Jesus. H. Christ. This has to be some sort of joke. It has to be. Holy hell.
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| 4.5 superb | Eno | April 29th 10 |
the sound of being immensely drugged out
speaking of drugs, whoever is responsible for making the soundoff minimum 50 characters is an asshole
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| 0.0 | Alex Robertson STAFF | April 2nd 10 |
The following soundoff is a conspiracy theory. Blame it on the rock-man: in early Animal Collective live performances, you could always see the duo of Avey Tare and Panda Bear banging out some thrashy psych-rock, but what's that other guy doing there? Leaning over a pile of effects pedals and other musical play-things, you could always see "new" (circa 2001) third member Geologist making the "noise", exploring feedback and fuzz. Song-ruiner? Maybe, considering the only thing that seemed to change between their pretty-great debut and the simply bad Danse Manatee was the addition of this member. And then, again, without Geologist making his noise, the Collective made Campfire Songs, a great and calming acoustic collection. So, add Geologist in AGAIN and we have Here Comes The Indian. Should be pretty crappy, right? Wrong. On this release, the group finally find an amazing balance between the disconcerting whirrs and buzzes of Danse Manatee and the poppier song structures of their debut, which results in great songs like opener "Native Belle" and psych-rock freakout "Slippi" (check that melody, yo!). A "trip", for sure, but not one that requires suspension of musical disbelief. Childish nay, robotic maybe.
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| 2.0 poor | fev | May 21st 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Meruem | April 15th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Koei | March 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | squelf | February 3rd 13 |
| 5.0 classic | ethixx | February 3rd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Claudio | January 22nd 13 |
| 2.5 average | devon | December 30th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Yotimi | December 29th 12 |
| 3.5 great | tarcus | December 15th 12 |
| 3.5 great | seldead | December 13th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | iRox | November 25th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Nrap | November 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh S. | September 11th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | DicyDax | September 4th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | Rudy K. STAFF | August 29th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | P4K | July 16th 12 |
| 3.5 great | elry2k | April 26th 12 |
| 3.5 great | hughes | April 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Filling | February 21st 12 |
| 2.5 average | Julia | January 29th 12 |
| 3.5 great | okamo | January 7th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Amoores | November 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | fox | October 21st 11 |
| 3.5 great | Klimt | October 11th 11 |
| 2.0 poor | pcar | September 27th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lakes | September 21st 11 |
| 3.0 good | JJwins | September 9th 11 |
| 3.5 great | BigSimo | September 3rd 11 |
| 2.5 average | krkat | June 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Batman | May 22nd 11 |
| 3.5 great | sklart | January 16th 11 |
| 3.0 good | C.F. | December 21st 10 |
| 2.5 average | TheDMV | December 16th 10 |
| 3.0 good | T.K. | December 15th 10 |
| 2.5 average | Quinn | December 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | ntoman | December 5th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | AMGuide | November 3rd 10 |
| 3.5 great | ti0n | September 7th 10 |
| 3.0 good | IAJP | August 14th 10 |
| 3.5 great | gosk8n | July 13th 10 |
| 3.5 great | zoso33 | March 27th 10 |
| 4.5 superb | Ian W. | March 22nd 10 |
| 2.5 average | Thef | February 18th 10 |
| 3.5 great | James | February 3rd 10 |
| 4.5 superb | ikubak | February 2nd 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Bleak | December 15th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Hulloder | November 26th 09 |
| 3.5 great | Kiran EMERITUS | August 31st 09 |
| 3.0 good | JoRos | August 7th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | feav233 | June 21st 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | alex | May 4th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ethan | October 14th 08 |
| 4.0 excellent | DsRaMoS | April 12th 08 |
| 3.0 good | Rudd13 | December 7th 07 |
| 3.0 good | sgrevs | November 29th 07 |
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