Animal Collective, Meeting of the Waters EP A little personal backstory-slash-disclaimer here: This EP was originally recorded in the Amazon rain forest for the Viceland series Earth Works , as part of a branded initiative that I briefly worked on for the company.
Think of it as a precursor to Tangerine Reef , purely for reasons of contextualization. Admirable, but the punky attitude of Enter the Slasher House ends up being more enervating than it does enjoyable, reflecting his most challenging sonic side.
Still, this early release which you can track down on YouTube, if so inclined is interesting in the way it provides some insight into his formative influences, with rough tracks that recall Chelsea Girl -era Nico and minimal techno. Animal Collective, Live at Throughout the s, Animal Collective cultivated a reputation for live shows that could be as perplexing as they were revelatory, often using the majority of their set list to test out new material from their next album while touring behind their current release.
As the proud owner of lost-in-junk-drawer hard drives containing multiple live-set recordings from the Feels and MPP eras, they would surely be more interesting than this purely competent release. Animal Collective, Campfire Songs Just a few months before Animal Collective would close the door on their noisy, highly experimental early days with Here Comes the Indian , this initially limited-release one-take recording began making the rounds, offering a taster of where Portner and Lennox joined by Dibb for the first time here would take their sound just a year later with the epochal Sung Tongs.
If that proves confusing when trying to establish a sense of canon, keep in mind this was a loose, formative time for Animal Collective as a band, the core lineup having not yet been established on record. Down There is unquestionably his strongest non-AnCo project thus far, its swampy pop radiating with submerged melancholia and mossy melodies. Which is a weird position to take for an album that was critically acclaimed! Animal Collective, Strawberry Jam All you need to do is take a look at the records released in no, really, just look at them to make the inarguable call that it was the strongest year for music of the s.
Heavy shit, but only Lennox could spin such weighty subject matter into something so uniquely sublime. General Comment Sounds like a treasure chest with voices coming out of its mouth. Hahaha, you're kind of brilliant for saying so. General Comment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now you've got me foaming at the mouth, ready to hang babies at the hospital! It might be that this is actually a very happy story that goes wrong and she has a miscarriage "There's something living in these lines". And the remainder of the song is just the conflict that occurs from the idea that they were about to have this lovely child together.
I actually originally read the first verse as how communication in a letter can be incredibly hostile though the letter provided the information needed for the couple to hook-up. The next verse is getting dressed up and eventually the two having sex. The next verse is years later in a comfortable house and I figured it might have been the tale of a relationship before I realized its probably a much more sinister song. I've always read "Cuckoo Cuckoo" as being a song about miscarriage rather than loss of childhood innocence.
I feel like Sung Tongs is all about loss, as well. So perhaps there is more of a chance that this song isn't simply a ridiculously deep and open way of explaining the troubles between a couple, in particular how a guy is fucking pissed about the fact that he's having a kid, but rather about a miscarriage that on the surface is a relief but on a deeper level creates horrible anger.
Perhaps the entire song starts with a miscarriage and the remainder of it is them trying to go out on the town and have a good time and have sex. Perhaps the letter from the beginning was both her miscarriage and dually a letter from the doctor's saying the results are back and you are no longer pregnant.
And as the song progresses they try to continue their relationship like nothing is wrong "Let's try a kiss goodnight" but it simply doesn't work. At the end, everything is all wrong because there is something missing, and they break-up. AndrewVS on October 07, Link. General Comment oh man, i am grinning through the course of the whole song.
This is the best thing I've ever read Every Animal Collective song makes me want to ride my bike through space. General Comment i finally, finally get the genuine meaning of.
AndrewVS on May 21, Link. General Comment Parts of this song are cryptic, in typical animal collective fashion. Here's my two cents on the parts I can understand. The section about your newest kisser could perhaps be the narrator himself or a new romantic interest.
She is going out to a party and "dress your self up" refers to this. In the dance, or perhaps in a more sexual way she becomes "tangled up in arms and legs The romance has begun.
The next section about a nighttime in a house so "cozy" is a very personal one-on-one situation between the lover and his girl. Especially wonderful is his "test a kiss goodnight" which I believe reflects that tentative awkwardness between young lovers who are becoming intimate for the first time. The section about "look we have similar stiches etc The narrator is saying to his love that they have the same past and the same emotions frowns.
The ending is a bit strange I still haven't got my head around that. General Comment this is the kinda song that gives you butterflies in your stomach i cant understand half the words without reading them but i loooooooooooove it kate on February 25, Link. Artists - A. Rate These Lyrics. We do not have any tags for Did You See the Words lyrics. Why not add your own? Log in to add a tag.
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