Friday, August 24, 2012
Music
So You Wannabe Animal Collective? A Playlist!
Posted
by Lauren Beck
on Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 10:09 AM
Whether or not it was a deliberate move, you could argue that there was a noticeable shift among certain bands to foster a sound considered "more Animal Collective-y" after
Merriweather Post Pavilion came into the world three-and-an-half years ago. Watery synths, polyrhythms, tribal beats, chants, choral shouts, gurgling noises... pieced together, it's the sort of thing you know when you hear it. Rock music has long rested on the merits of recycling and reworking, and Animal Collective certainly aren't the first to make music from their wide-cast pool of influences either. But they are the first to put them together in such a way that made songs sound like 3-D excursions into Jurassic Park. Except when they sounded like the soundtrack to religious epiphanies. This was all really good, it turns out. Lots of bands followed suit. On the brink of
Centipede Hz's release, we take a look at the best of AnCo's derivatives over the last few years.
Tags: Animal Collective, Centipede Hz, Merriweather Post Pavilion, Body Language, Yawn, Alvin Band, Keepaway, Truman Peyote, Prince Rama, Sun Airway, Wavves, wannabes, derivatives, sheep, Video
