#23: Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
Out of the chaos that forms much of their back catalogue, Animal Collective have finally made sense to me. Merriweather Post Pavilion is an album of fractured pop beauty, easily their most accessible record to date. Within it’s pulsating cover lies snatches of glorious harmony, glitchy riffs and pummelling basslines. It’s a hypnotic listen, and like a good comedy reveals something new to enjoy on each revisit. This has grown and grown on me throughout 2009, after first dismissing it on the basis that everything they’d done previously left me flat. Boy, I’m glad I did.
Animal Collective – In The Flowers (mp3)
Animal Collective – Summertime Clothes (video)
Buy Merriweather Post Pavilion
Photo: Peter Mooibroek @ Vera – Groningen, Holland, 07/07
