Comments on: Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion Review

By: kate

kate — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:53:50 +0000

that album cover is a trip!

By: pete

pete — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:14:42 +0000

I agree with Aaron from Boston. I’m a big fan of AC and enjoy this album a bit. But there’s something about it that I’ve grown tired of very quickly. The absence of guitars? The virtual absence of Dave’s shrieks? For whatever reason, it just doesn’t engage me like most of the other albums.

By: SilverTab

SilverTab — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:08:12 +0000

I’m not the biggest AC fan overall (I enjoyed Feels, but barely listened to Strawberry Jam), but this album just does it for me… Perhaps it’s a bit more structured? Easier to like? I don’t know what it is.. but I love it! It certainly makes me want to give Strawberry Jam another chance!…

By: mmmDAVE

mmmDAVE — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:33:25 +0000

Good review. I’m about as into this band as you can be so I suppose my opinion is biased. I understand how the main organ part in Daily Routine can be annoying after a while, personally I love it, but still I understand. But contrary to you recommending to get individual tracks from this album to see if you like it, I would insist getting the whole record. If you don’t like it that’s fine, but the songs on here are meant to be listened together in order, and if you give it a chance as a whole I think there is much more to gain from these songs. Not that they’re not great on their own, but this is definitely meant to be heard as an album rather than a track skipper.

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By: Smithey

Smithey — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:40:19 +0000

I LOVE Animal Collective, but only got into them after listening to Panda Bear, and my love for them grew exponentially w/ this album

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:38:04 +0000

I like it, and your review certainly does it justice (you make your case and you sell me to boot), but before we get too carried away: this is Disney goes clubbing and steps on a Casio keyboard. And it’s great. But I hope these guys aren’t taking themselves toooo seriously. Just semi-seriously.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:25:19 +0000

I’m starting to develop a weird aversion towards Animal Collective. I enjoy the new album very much but it just doesn’t do it for me like Feels did. I really have no explanation for this – just one of those things.

Is anyone else experiencing the same thing?

As a Bostonian I feel obliged to direct you all to two local bands in a similar vein to AC that are absolutely phenomenal and both offer up their work absolutely FREEEEEEEEEE of charge:

Many Mansions (read/listen more)
Guatemala City (read/listen more)

By: MayZ

MayZ — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:53:53 +0000

I’ve never heard of them before, but after listening to the music clips, I think it’s a group I could come to love. I’ll have to download the songs and really listen. Thanks for continuing to enlighten my music world.

By: Half Note

Half Note — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:57:43 +0000

You’re definitely right about those hating AC will cont. to hate it. As much as I try to understand the hype around them, I can hardly bring myself to listen to them. I love music. I dont mind listening to experimental music or things that push the boundaries of conventional music. Regardless, I can’t bring myself to like AC. At this point I feel that if I do I’m only going to be hopping onto some sort of hipster bandwagon (no offense to fans of AC).

Nevertheless, I’ve read the reviews and agree with the rest that yours was well written. [:

By: Confusion

Confusion — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:56:53 +0000

The album is great. And I’ve never liked Animal Collective. To me, the difference is the song writing. No matter how much craziness the songs are engulfed in, they still shine through.

Good review, but I think it is possible to like, not love, AC. I do.

By: Brent

Brent — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:29:13 +0000

I am SO glad you gave this album a 8.5 and didn’t follow Pitchfork’s 9.6 rating. This album is, without a doubt, amazing and unique but a near perfect review is so not.

By: Joshua

Joshua — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:26:06 +0000

Man, I was just about to write a comment very similar to veenagre’s. This is probably the best review on this blog yet. I am very impressed with the insight Jeff. Your Britney article was fantastic. Your Maroon 5 review was sort of lacking. Glad to see you back on the ball!

Haha, is that a bit too much? I mean, you’ve only done 3 articles so far, maybe I shouldn’t judge you too fast! Keep it up!

By: veenagre

veenagre — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:14:31 +0000

i’ll have to say, this is the best MPP review i’ve read so far, and i’ve read a lot, trust me. In a full auto-paradox ( ) you’re able to put complex musical perceptions into simple terms, in a down to earth, sincere, articulate, non-poseur or pseudo-erudit, and always welcome reader-friendly manner.

Personally, i think the album’s absolutely brutal, filled with unheard intense electronic pop moments. Truly inventive and sublime. Nonetheless, i was having some trouble defining exactly what it was that sometimes made me disconnect from the album, i couldn’t quite pin-point it’s flaws, though i sensed some. And that was what you managed to do so eloquently, and that was actually what triggered this (currently boring) comment right here…

Anyway: kudos for that, my friend. Kudos.

By: Cloudmachine

Cloudmachine — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:13:31 +0000

Wow. I always knew this. At first I hated AC.. I just didn’t get it. But I never deleted it and now I absolutely love them. They are terrific. I didn’t get a chance to hear MPP yet but I definitely will (:

By: Jamie Milton

Jamie Milton — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:10:04 +0000

Daily Routine’s organ does not get old! That aside, fair review. Check out mine, it’s a little longer and more animal collective fan-boy – http://mfmic.blogspot.com/2009/01/m-i-n-d-b-l-o-w-n-album-animal.html