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[The Luscious Phil]

So yeah this album is really solid. Bros might be one of the best songs of the year. The production on this thing is fantastic, sure it seems quiet and distant, but it also makes it warm which just keeps me coming back for more.
Between this and Andrew, 2007 is looking really nice.

(and if you wanna link, go in the fish thread, lets keep this discussion oriented).

[vurt]

I gave it a listen last night. As a non-AC fan, I thought it sounded pretty good. Less shrill and annoying than the AC stuff I've heard. Definitely need to listen again though.

[The Luscious Phil]

definitely. I am not an AC fan at all (Feels has some good stuff though) . This is just so much more chill and laid back (sorta what i think Sung Tongs was going for).

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I like AC to an extent, but not this. So maybe that's gonna be the trend or something.

[Pavement Ist Rad]

Is this similar to Young Prayer?

[Chronodiggity]

2 minutes in I have high hopes for this already.

[taste the waste]

Is this similar to Young Prayer?

Imagine Young Prayer co-produced and co-written by Brian Wilson, but with Panda Bear still the main possessor of the reins. It's the Feels to Young Prayer's Here Comes the Indian.

[Roland]

Take Pills and Bros are fucking great.

[Simakos]

i'm crazy about this record.

all of you who were on the fence with animal collective in the past might want to give this one a try. it's the prettiest thing anyone near the band has released, but still you know, weird and tribal and creepy and childlike.

the first track, comfy in nautica, sounds like something off of the pet sounds box set.

[Melted Cheese]

As a manic Animal Collective fanboy, allow me to overreact: This record is unbelievably good. Certainly my favorite of the '07 discs I've heard so far. While I enjoyed Young Prayer I wasn't exactly wild about it, so putting on a pair of headphones and putting this album on with no expectations was such a treat. The last 3 minutes of "good girl/carrots" would sound totally at home on Pet Sounds... I mean some of the melodies on this album are PHENOMENAL. wow wow wow. First genuinely great disc of '07.

[biggie mcsmalls]

[Raleigh]

I'll go ahead and say that this is great. I'm only a quarter of the way in though. Best Beach Boys album since Surf's Up (with the exception of Smile, of course)

edit: It's kind of unfair to call it a Beach Boys album. Let's just say it invokes the same feelings I get when I listen to the Beach Boys, which doesn't happen often.

[r.i.p.]

I enjoy this a lot more than A.C., which has a lot to do with the vocals. I don't hear Beach Boys as much as early Krautrock and Eno.

[Cinnamon P.]

I'm gonna let it grow on me. I like it a good bit. I really like it actually. much better than young prayer. it's no sung tongs but it's really good.

[vurt]

I enjoy this a lot more than A.C., which has a lot to do with the vocals. I don't hear Beach Boys as much as early Krautrock and Eno.

Yeah, I hear Eno in here too. And I find it far, far less grating than your average AC release.

[Cinnamon P.]

actually, I'm starting to like this quite alot. it feels like what I wish feels woulda felt like or something. bros is so amazingly good. why did I ever doubt any of these crazy guys. cause they signed ariel pink and released feels. psshhh. anyway, this is really fucking good.

[Simakos]

i can't stop spinning this thing.

[Chronodiggity]

2 minutes in I have high hopes for this already.

Met. This owns.

[Cinnamon P.]

by the way, Search for Delicious is fucking awesome. it's like being underwater with rainbow light beams shooting through.

[Simakos]

second half of "take pills" just slays me...