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'{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Animal Collective | background = group_or_band | image = Animal Collective-3.jpg | image_size = 280 | landscape = | caption = Animal Collective performing in 2008. From left to right: [[Geologist (musician)|Geologist]], [[Avey Tare]], and [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]]. | alias = | origin = [[Baltimore]], Maryland, U.S. | genre = {{flat list| *[[Experimental pop]]<!-- this only a general overview of the information in the musical style section! please don't make unexplained changes --> *[[psychedelic music|psychedelia]] *[[indie rock]] *[[electronic music|electronic]] *[[freak folk]] }} | years_active = <!-- Do NOT change to 1999. See talk page. -->2003–present | label = {{flat list| *Animal *Catsup Plate *[[Secretly Canadian|St. Ives]] *[[Paw Tracks]] *[[Fat Cat Records|Fat Cat]] *[[Domino Recording Company|Domino]] }} | associated_acts = <!-- see criteria at Template:Infobox_musical_artist#associated_acts -->{{flat list| *[[Automine]] *[[Black Dice]] *[[Vashti Bunyan]] *[[Gang Gang Dance]] *[[Kría Brekkan]] }} | website = {{URL|myanimalhome.net}} | current_members = * [[Avey Tare]] * [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] * [[Geologist (musician)|Geologist]] * [[Deakin (musician)|Deakin]] }} '''Animal Collective''' is an American [[experimental pop]] band formed in [[Baltimore]], Maryland in <!-- Do NOT change to 1999. See talk page. -->2003. Its members and founders are [[Avey Tare]] (David Portner), [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] (Noah Lennox), [[Deakin (musician)|Deakin]] (Josh Dibb), and [[Geologist (musician)|Geologist]] (Brian Weitz). The band's music is characterized by [[studio experimentation]], [[vocal harmony|vocal harmonies]], and an exploration of various genres which include [[freak folk]], [[noise rock]], [[ambient drone]], and [[psychedelic music|psychedelia]].<ref name=allmusic_bio>{{cite web|last1=Monger|first1=James Christopher|title=Animal Collective - Biography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/animal-collective-mn0000919603/biography|website=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=August 2, 2015}}</ref> Records released under the name "Animal Collective" may include contributions from any or all of its members. In the case of Dibb, who often takes breaks from recording and performing with the band, his time off does not constitute full leave.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Spitznagal|first1=Eric|title=DEAKIN OPENS UP ABOUT HIS ANIMAL COLLECTIVE STAY-CATION|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2696783/animal-collective-centipede-hz-interview-deakin/|website=mtv.com|date=August 27, 2012}}</ref> The band members met in school and started recording together in various forms of collaboration from a young age. Originally a duo comprising Lennox and Portner,<ref>{{cite web|last1=McGovern|first1=Kyle|title=The SPIN Interview: Animal Collective|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/01/animal-collective-painting-with-new-album-interview/|publisher=[[Spin magazine]]|date=January 26, 2016}}</ref> the collective was not officially established until all four members came together for the album ''[[Here Comes the Indian]]'' (2003). Most prior collaborations between the band members were then retroactively classified under Animal Collective's discography.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Carle|first1=Darren|title=Everybody Hz: Josh Dibb on his return to Animal Collective|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/music/interviews/everybody-hz-josh-dibb-on-his-return-to-animal-collective|magazine=[[The Skinny (magazine)|The Skinny]]|date=October 20, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Abraham|first1=Barnabus|title=Dissected: A look at Animal Collective's extensive career|url=http://www.thefourohfive.com/music/news/article/dissected-a-look-at-animal-collective-s-career|publisher=The 405|date=August 28, 2013}}</ref> In 1999, they established the record label [[Paw Tracks]], issuing what is now considered their debut album, ''[[Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished]]'' (2000), as well as work by other artists.<ref name=IDTheory2005>{{cite web|last1=Simonini|first1=Ross|title=Interview: Geologist and Avey Tare of Animal Collective|url=http://www.identitytheory.com/animal-collective-interview-geologist-avey-tare/|publisher=[[Identity Theory (webzine)|Identity Theory]]|date=August 29, 2005}}</ref> In 2009, the band released their most commercially successful album, ''[[Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)|Merriweather Post Pavilion]]''.<ref name="UncutMPP">{{Citation|title=Merriweather Post Pavilion Review|url=http://www.uncut.net/animal-collective/animal-collective-merriweather-post-pavilion-review|year=2009|quote=right now Merriweather Post Pavilion doesn't just seem like one of the first great records of 2009, it feels like one of the landmark American albums of the century so far.|author=Stephen Trousse|publisher=Uncut|accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref> Its rich, [[reverb]]-heavy sound proved influential to much subsequent popular music.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kloczko |first1=Justin |title=Heavy Reverb: The Still-Resonant Psych-Pop Influence of ‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ |url=https://www.theringer.com/music/2019/1/4/18167715/animal-collective-merriweather-post-pavilion-10th-anniversary-panda-bear-avey-tare |website=The Ringer |date=January 4, 2019}}</ref> ==History== ===1990s–2007=== ====Origins and early influences==== Animal Collective grew out of childhood friendships in [[Baltimore County]].<ref name="wheeter post">{{Citation |url=http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=28255 |title=Questions for the Collective~ Early Years and Music |publisher=Collected Animals |year=2006 |authors =post by Dave Portner under the username "wheeter" |accessdate=April 12, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720171546/http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=28255 |archivedate=July 20, 2011}}</ref><ref>Nasrallah, Dimitri. [http://exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=114&csid2=778&fid1=27343 "On the cover – Animal Collective – Flux Capacity"], ''[[Exclaim!]]'', September 2007.</ref> Noah Lennox and Josh Dibb met in the second grade at the [[Waldorf School of Baltimore]] and became good friends.<ref name="city paper">Harvell, Jess. [http://www.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=11022 "Out Of The Woods: Animal Collective Beats A Path From Baltimore County To Indie Fame"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814161951/http://www2.citypaper.com/music/story.asp?id=11022 |date=August 14, 2011 }}, ''[[Baltimore City Paper]]'', October 19, 2005. Retrieved on July 5, 2010.</ref> After the eighth grade, Lennox went away to a [[Waldorf education|Waldorf]] high school in [[Pennsylvania]], while Dibb enrolled at [[Park School of Baltimore|The Park School of Baltimore]], where David Portner had studied since grade school. In 1993, Brian Weitz moved from [[Philadelphia]] to [[Baltimore County]] and began attending Park as well, becoming friends with Portner.<ref name="city paper" /> According to Lennox, they attended "progressive" schools that emphasized creativity, imagination and artistic self-expression as part of "a complete kind of education".<ref name="mother nature">[http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2009/01/animal-collective-feels-directors-cut.html MOTHER NATURE'S SONS: Animal Collective and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti] by Simon Reynolds, The Wire, 2005</ref> Weitz and Portner started playing music together at the age of fifteen because of their shared love of the band [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] and horror movies. Their musical range included cover songs by [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]] and [[The Cure]] as well as the songs "[[Poison (Bell Biv DeVoe song)|Poison]]" by [[Bell Biv DeVoe]] and "[[Seasons In The Sun]]" by [[Terry Jacks]].<ref name="wheeter post" /> When Portner and Weitz met Dibb later in high school, they started an indie rock band called Automine with schoolmates Brendan Fowler (a.k.a. [[BARR]]) and David Shpritz, being the only ones they knew who wrote their own songs. "We [once] set up a show with four bands—bands that were different formations of us", Portner remembered in an interview with ''[[Baltimore City Paper]]''. At that time, the group did not have any contact to the music scene in Baltimore and "was more about the back porch."<ref name="city paper" /> In 1995, Automine self-released their first and only record, the 7-inch-single ''Paddington Band''. Around that time, they also had their first experiences with psychedelic drugs like [[Lysergic acid diethylamide|LSD]] and started to improvise while playing music.<ref name="wheeter post" />{{refn|group=nb|When Portner was 16, he wrote and performed the song "Penny Dreadfuls" with Automine, which later appeared on the first Animal Collective album ''[[Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished]]''.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}}}} {{quote box | align = right | salign = left | quote = We had never heard so-called experimental music at the time, we didn't know that people made music with textures and pure sound. So we started doing that ourselves in high school, walls of drones with guitars and delay pedals and us screaming into mics. | source = —Dave Portner, 2005<ref name="mother nature" /> | width = 33% |}} The four started to discover psychedelic and experimental music like Noggin, as well as [[krautrock]]-related bands such as [[Silver Apples]] and [[Can (band)|Can]]. Meanwhile, Dibb had introduced Lennox to Portner and Weitz, and the four of them began playing music in different group lineups (and often solo), producing several home recordings and swapping them and sharing ideas. Using a drum machine for the first time, Weitz and Portner started a duo called Wendy Darling, whose sound was inspired by soundtracks of horror movies like ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]'' and ''[[The Shining (film)|The Shining]]'', especially [[György Ligeti]] and [[Krzysztof Penderecki]].<ref name="wheeter post"/><ref name="mother nature" /> In 1997, Lennox and Dibb both went off to college in the Boston area ([[Boston University]] and [[Brandeis University]]), while Portner and Weitz attended schools in New York City ([[NYU]] and [[Columbia University]]).<ref name="city paper" /> Lennox and Dibb assembled Lennox's debut album, ''[[Panda Bear (album)|Panda Bear]]'', during this time from the [[multitude]] of [[Sound recording and reproduction|recordings]] Lennox had made in the previous years and established their own label, [[Paw Tracks|Soccer Star Records]], to release it. ====''Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished''==== {{Main|Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished}} Abhorring the new life as a student at NYU, Portner, along with Weitz, returned to Maryland every summer to meet Lennox and Dibb and play music together. At that time Portner was also working on a record, which would eventually become ''[[Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished]]''. Portner asked Lennox to play drums on the record and they recorded them along with piano and acoustic guitars in the summer of 1999. The rest of the year, Portner returned to Maryland on weekends to record overdubs and finish the mixing.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=20827&highlight=#20827 |title=Questions for the Collective~ Several Questions |publisher=Collected Animals |year=2006 |authors =post by Dave Portner under the username "wheeter" |accessdate=April 12, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720171602/http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=20827&highlight= |archivedate=July 20, 2011}}</ref> It was finally released in the following summer under the name ''Avey Tare and Panda Bear''. Soccer Star morphed into the Animal label, with the intention of putting out music that came from the four musicians. In parallel with his environmental policy and marine biology studies, Weitz hosted a noise show at WKCR, Columbia's college radio station. On weekends, he and Portner borrowed avant-garde music records and listened to them all night at Weitz's dorm room which rapidly broadened their musical horizon.<ref name="mother nature" /> {{quote box | align = right | salign = left | quote = ... everything since then has been a variation of what we explored that summer. Dave and I had already made the [[Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished|''Spirit They're Gone'' record]], but during the summer we really cracked the egg open. It seemed like we could go anywhere we wanted after that. | source = —Noah Lennox, 2005<ref name="mother nature" /> | width = 33% }} In the summer of 2000, the four friends spent several months at Portner's apartment in downtown New York City intensely playing music together using antiquated synthesizers, acoustic guitars, and household objects. According to Lennox, in this summer the basis for all of Animal Collective's later music was created. However, all recordings of this period were stolen when Portner changed apartments and packed up the car the night before he moved. While studying, Dave Portner organized shows at [[New York University]] for a while. As he had class together with [[Eric Copeland]], he organized a show for his band [[Black Dice]] and eventually became friends with him. In 2000, ''[[Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished]]'' was finished, Lennox and Dibb left school in Boston and moved to New York and the group's music became much more [[collaborative]] in nature. After introducing Lennox to Copeland, Portner and Lennox played their first show together in New York at ''The Cooler'' with Dogg and Pony, [[The Rapture (band)|The Rapture]] and [[Black Dice]]<ref>[http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/pandabeariw.htm Interview with Panda Bear] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045759/http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/pandabeariw.htm |date=February 22, 2012 }}, The Milk Factory, April 2005</ref> in late summer of 2000. This was also the first time they wore makeup and masks, which later became a prominent characteristic of the group's live performances. From there on, Portner wore a mask for the first two years of the group performing. Lennox wore a panda hood on his head and later put face paint on; throughout the Europe tour in early 2004 he wore a white wig and went by the name Edgar. Dibb performed masked during the ''[[Here Comes the Indian]]'' tour. On the Australia tour in November 2006 and inspired by [[Halloween]], they wore masks for the last time.<ref>[http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=103313&highlight=aussie#103313 Collected Animals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929142805/http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=103313&highlight=aussie#103313 |date=September 29, 2011 }} Post by Deakin, January 9, 2008</ref> According to Portner, the reason for disguising was to "help us be more relaxed and find an easier place in that other world we wanted people to join us in."<ref name="Collected Animals">[http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=103168&highlight=flowers+masks#103168 Collected Animals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929142810/http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=103168&highlight=flowers+masks#103168 |date=September 29, 2011 }} Post by Dave Portner under the user name "wheeter", January 9, 2008</ref> They eventually stopped because they felt like it could become "too gimmicky"<ref name="Collected Animals" /> and distract from the music, although Weitz still sports a head lamp at live performances, as he did from the beginning. ====''Danse Manatee'', ''Campfire Songs'', and ''Here Comes the Indian''==== {{Main|Danse Manatee|Campfire Songs (album)|Here Comes the Indian}} After Portner and Lennox had played clubs around New York in twos, Weitz came on board in the end of 2000 and began performing with them. Much of the live material from this time would eventually end up on ''[[Danse Manatee]]'' (Catsup Plate). ''Danse Manatee'' was released in 2001 under the name of ''Avey Tare, Panda Bear and Geologist''. Notably, the close friendship with [[Black Dice]] has been a major influence throughout the group's career. In the summer of 2001, Black Dice took them as support on their first tour, which was captured on the 2002 live album ''[[Hollinndagain]]''. It was released by St. Ives, a boutique label run by [[Secretly Canadian]] which releases limited edition vinyl only records. Limited to 300 copies, each of which featured a one-of-a-kind handmade cover, ''Hollinndagain'' is among the rarest of Animal Collective artifacts. It was re-released, both on CD and vinyl, on October 31, 2006 through the [[Paw Tracks]] label.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.paw-tracks.com/hollinndagainpresspage.html|title=animal collective "hollinndagain" press page|website=www.paw-tracks.com|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref> At this point, Dibb began to perform with the group. The next album to be released was ''[[Campfire Songs (album)|Campfire Songs]]'', again working with Catsup Plate in 2003. The ''Campfire Songs'' concept and some of the material dated back to the earliest Avey Tare and Panda Bear shows in New York. Recorded live in 2001 on Portner's aunt's screened-in porch in [[Monkton, Maryland]], the record is one take of five songs played straight through.<ref name="city paper" /> Attempting to make a record as warm and inviting as a [[campfire]], the band recorded their performance straight to [[minidisc]], with one recorder outside to grab the ambient sound of the environment. Field recordings of the surrounding area were also added. The original album is out of print but Paw Tracks reissued it on January 26, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paw-tracks.com/news.html |title=news |publisher=paw tracks |accessdate=August 18, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810010426/http://paw-tracks.com/news.html |archivedate=August 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After this recording session they started to work on new material which was later released on ''[[Here Comes the Indian]]'' and they were faced with some serious problems within the group. In early 2002, they went on their first big tour which took them to the South of the US and turned out to be "pretty brutal{{nbsp}}...". "We all lost our minds on that tour", Portner recalls.<ref name="mother nature" /> Right before their next tour in summer, Weitz got the message that he was accepted to his first choice graduate school in Arizona. After three chaotic days on the road with their tour van breaking down, equipment getting damaged bundled with a lack of money, the tour was about to be cancelled. "At that point we all knew we'd get back from tour, record the songs, and then we needed space from each other, and we still had more than 2 weeks left on the road", Weitz said on the Collected Animals message board.<ref name="veyesor post">{{Citation |url=http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=16347&highlight=job#16347 |title=Questions for the Collective~ Not on Albums |publisher=Collected Animals |year=2006 |authors =post by Brian Weitz under the username "veyesor" |accessdate=April 12, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720171625/http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=16347&highlight=job |archivedate=July 20, 2011}}</ref> Worrying that ''Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Deakin and Geologist'' would be too long-winded a moniker, and with record companies advising that a unifying name would be necessary for the marketplace, the group decided to adopt a catch-all name. Using their old label of Animal as inspiration they picked "Animal Collective". This formation was to be different from a straightforward band, giving the musicians the freedom to work in combinations of two to four, as dictated by the project at hand or their mood. Their first entry under this name was ''[[Here Comes the Indian]]'', which was released in 2003 by their newly formed record label, Paw Tracks, formed with Carpark Records' Todd Hyman. Animal Collective makes decisions on what Paw Tracks is to release, while Hyman runs the day-to-day operations. The group was happy to find someone like Hyman, who had experience running a label and was dedicated to the group's music; the Animal label was more or less abandoned upon the formation of Paw Tracks. ''Here Comes the Indian'' was the first record to feature all four of Animal Collective. After the two releases in 2003 attracted much attention, [[Black Dice]] introduced the group to the [[Fat Cat Records]] label which eventually ended up with the group beginning a relationship with their new admirers. The first Fat Cat release from the Collective was a double disc package of ''Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished'' and ''Danse Manatee.'' ====''Sung Tongs'', ''Feels'', and ''Strawberry Jam''==== {{Main|Sung Tongs|Feels (album)|Strawberry Jam}} [[File:Animalcollective1.jpg|thumb|Animal Collective performing live on December 27, 2006. (left to right: Avey Tare, Geologist, Panda Bear.)]] After the dense soundscapes of ''Here Comes the Indian'', Portner and Lennox decided to concentrate on more stripped-down material. Each of them began composing material and they performed as a duo usually with just acoustic guitars, a single drum, some effects and their voices. The duo toured the world for the better part of a year with this new material, opening for [[múm]] and [[Four Tet]] among others, before retreating to Lamar, Colorado to record the material with [[Rusty Santos]], a New York musician and friend. The result was ''[[Sung Tongs]]'', released on [[Fat Cat Records]] in 2004 to critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/191-sung-tongs/|title=Animal Collective: Sung Tongs Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref> In the meantime, Brian Weitz returned from Arizona and he and Josh Dibb joined the duo again. All four started writing new songs together which finally ended up on their 2005 release ''[[Feels (album)|Feels]]''. Animal Collective, as the duo of Panda Bear & Deakin (a.k.a. Noah's Ark), toured in Japan for the first time in February 2004 with Carpark Records' artists [[Greg Davis (musician)|Greg Davis]] & Ogurusu Norihide. In early 2004, they started touring with their regular setlists including exclusively post-''Sung-Tongs'' material, except for "We Tigers" and "Who Could Win a Rabbit?", which have been performed regularly up to the present. During their Europe tour, the group was introduced to [[Vashti Bunyan]] in Edinburgh, Scotland by [[Kieran Hebden]] (AKA Four Tet), who had recently played in Bunyan's band. Being fans of the cult folk singer's 1970 album ''[[Just Another Diamond Day]]'', the group had dinner with Bunyan and asked her to collaborate on some recordings. The group encouraged her to sing lead vocals on three songs left over from the ''Sung Tongs'' era, released on the ''[[Prospect Hummer]]'' EP in early 2005. Weitz, who had started a day job in early 2004, could not join this tour and therefore missed the recording session with Bunyan, but contributed one instrumental song to the EP.<ref name="veyesor post" /> Spring of 2005 saw the group refining soon to be released ''Feels'' material while on tour''.'' The spring tour included performances at small to mid-sized venues such as BAR Nightclub in New Haven, Connecticut and the [[Bowery Ballroom]] in New York City. Colleges and universities throughout the northeast United States also held concerts, including [[Middlebury College]], [[Bennington College]] and [[State University of New York at Purchase]]. Ariel Pink supported as an opening act for the tour and Animal Collective's sets were well received as the buzz around the band slowly increased.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/animal-collective-6bd69a76.html?page=57|title=Animal Collective Concert Setlists (page 57)|website=setlist.fm|access-date=2018-11-25}}</ref> In October 2005, Animal Collective released their sixth studio album, ''[[Feels (album)|Feels]]'', recorded in Seattle with [[Climax Golden Twins]]' Scott Colburn, known for his work with the [[Sun City Girls]]. Following the release of ''Feels'', Animal Collective mounted their most extensive tour, which lasted into the Fall of 2006 and saw them visit Australia and New Zealand for the first time in addition to many European festivals and North American dates, including a headline set in the Carling Tent at the [[Reading and Leeds festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.readingfestival.com/sites/live.inviqa.readingfestival.com/files/images/history/poster/2006.jpg |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621000633/http://www.readingfestival.com/sites/live.inviqa.readingfestival.com/files/images/history/poster/2006.jpg |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the summer of 2006, Dibb's father died, which led to a show breakup after only two songs at [[Rock Herk]] Festival on July 15.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=19322&highlight=belgium |title=Live Discussion~ Animal Collective @ Rock Herk |publisher=Collected Animals |year=2006 |authors =posts by user "catterpillarstrangle", Brian Weitz under the username "veyesor", and Josh Dibb under the username "deakin" |accessdate=April 12, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720171641/http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=19322&highlight=belgium |archivedate=July 20, 2011}}</ref> [[File:Animal Collective-15.jpg|thumb|left|Performing in 2007]] In the late fall of 2006, Animal Collective released ''[[People (Animal Collective EP)|People]]'' in Australia as a 7" on their Australian label Spunk Records, and worldwide as a 12" and CD [[Extended play|EP]] in early 2007 on FatCat Records. It contains three studio songs "People", "Tikwid", and "My Favorite Colors", as well as a live version of "People".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9818-people-ep/|title=Animal Collective: People EP Album Review {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref> In January 2007, Domino Recording Company announced that they would be releasing the new, then still unnamed, Animal Collective album. During the recording process in early 2007, Dibb announced via the Collected Animals forum that he would take a break from touring for a "myriad of personal reasons" until fall.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=33326 |title=Questions for Deakin |publisher=Collected Animals |year=2007 |authors =post by Josh Dibb under the username "deakin" |quote= ... I am most likely taking a break from touring with the band until sometime this fall. It was a hard choice to come to, but for a myriad of personal reasons I decided I would benefit a lot from spending a little less time running around the world. |accessdate=April 12, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720171651/http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?p=33326&highlight= |archivedate=July 20, 2011}}</ref> Animal Collective performed live as a three-piece from that time until late 2009 with Deakin making his return to live performances in 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/live/deakin-re-joins-animal-collective|title=Deakin Re-Joins Animal Collective|work=Clash Magazine|access-date=2017-07-25|language=en}}</ref> On July 4, 2007, ''[[Strawberry Jam]]'' was leaked online. The album was released in the U.S. on September 11, 2007 and received much acclaim and multiple accolades, including Album of the Year from [[Pitchfork Media]] and [[Tiny Mix Tapes]].<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.tinymixtapes.com/2007-Tiny-Mix-Tapes-Favorite |title=Tiny Mix Tapes Favorite Albums of 2007 |publisher=Tiny Mixtapes |year=2007 |author =TMT (Tiny Mixtapes) Staff |accessdate=April 12, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122013820/http://tinymixtapes.com/2007-Tiny-Mix-Tapes-Favorite |archivedate=January 22, 2009}}</ref> {{-}} ===2007–present=== ====''Merriweather Post Pavilion''==== {{Main|Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)}} The band toured extensively throughout 2007, completing several American and European tours. Beginning in May 2007 the band debuted a brand new batch of post-''Strawberry Jam'' live songs. These songs were written in an intense two-week session before the tour, months before the release of ''Strawberry Jam''. On October 5, 2007, the band, in its full four-man line up (as opposed to its three-man lineup performances in 2007 and 2008) made their national television debut on [[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]] performing the song "#1" in support of ''Strawberry Jam''. {{listen|filename=My Girls - Animal Collective.ogg | title = "My Girls" |description=Released as the first single from ''[[Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)|Merriweather Post Pavilion]]'', "[[My Girls (Animal Collective song)|My Girls]]" was later voted the 248th greatest song of all time by ''[[NME]]''. |pos=right|filetype=[[Ogg]]}} On March 12, 2008, ''[[Water Curses]]'' EP leaked and was released on May 5, 2008. On April 9, the song "Water Curses" was released by itself digitally. In early 2008,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dominorecordco.com/uk/news/10-10-08/merriweather-post-pavilion/ |title=Domino &#124; News &#124; Merriweather Post Pavilion |publisher=Dominorecordco.com |accessdate=August 18, 2010}}</ref> sans Dibb, the collective entered the studio to record tracks for their eighth studio album. The album, entitled ''[[Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)|Merriweather Post Pavilion]]'' after the [[Merriweather Post Pavilion|outdoor concert venue]], was officially announced on the band's official website on October 5, 2008<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.myanimalhome.net |title=Merriweather Post Pavilion Announcement |publisher=Animal Collective |year=2008 |accessdate=April 14, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009005548/http://www.myanimalhome.net/ |archivedate=October 9, 2008}}</ref> and was released January 6, 2009.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.dominorecordco.us/usa/news/11-12-08/animal-collective-release-vinyl-early-announce-release-parties/ |title=Animal Collective Release Vinyl Early, Announce Release Parties |publisher=Domino Records |year=2009 |accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref> The first single released from the album was "[[My Girls (Animal Collective song)|My Girls]]". The band set to tour throughout Europe and US in 2009, notably being one of the headlining acts at September's [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|ATP New York]] Festival, where Lennox also performed a solo set as Panda Bear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atpfestival.com/events/atpnewyork2009|title=ATP New York lineup|last=|first=|date=|website=|access-date=}}</ref> [[File:Animal Collective --- Boulder Theater --- 06.02.09 (3592041025).jpg|thumb|right|On tour promoting the album in June 2009]] Starting with their first tour dates in early 2009, the band introduced a new song, "What Would I Want? Sky". This song was also part of a BBC Session recording, and the May 2009 tour saw the debut of "Bleed" - both of these songs would later be included on their ''[[Fall Be Kind]]'' EP. On May 7, the band made their second television appearance, on the [[Late Show with David Letterman]], performing the single "[[Summertime Clothes]]" from ''Merriweather Post Pavilion''. The appearance included the regular three-man lineup indicative of their 2007–2009 tours, which excluded Josh Dibb. Four dancers draped in sheets also appeared on-stage behind the band, a first in their live performances. The video accompanied the release of the single on July 7, 2009, also featuring remixes by Zomby (Hyperdub), Dâm-Funk (Stones Throw), and L.D. In an interview with Pitchfork Media, Portner announced the last single from the album would be "[[Brother Sport]]", which was released November 9 on vinyl with the live B-side "Bleeding".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/36749-animal-collective-to-release-brothersport-single/|title=Animal Collective to Release &quot;Brothersport&quot; Single {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref> The release of the ''[[Fall Be Kind]]'' EP followed on December 8, which included ''Merriweather'' leftovers "Graze" and "I Think I Can", along with "What Would I Want? Sky", containing the first ever legal [[Grateful Dead]] sample,.<ref>{{cite web |last=Phillips |first=Amy |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/35966-animal-collective-license-first-legal-grateful-dead-sample-ever/ |title=Animal Collective License First Legal Grateful Dead Sample Ever |date=July 7, 2009|accessdate=July 10, 2012 |publisher=[[Pitchfork Media|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> Also included were "On A Highway" and "Bleed".<ref name="TourHiatus">[http://pitchfork.com/news/36753-animal-collectives-avey-tare-reveals-all-about-new-ep-film-tour-hiatus Pitchfork Media: News] "Animal Collective's Avey Tare Reveals All About New EP, Film, Tour Hiatus", October 9, 2009</ref> ====''ODDSAC''==== {{Main|ODDSAC}} For four years, the band had been working on ''[[ODDSAC]]'', a visual record, with Danny Perez, who directed music videos for the band's "[[Who Could Win a Rabbit]]" and "[[Summertime Clothes]]" singles. The movie featured visuals which were developed and edited simultaneously with the music they recorded for it. Panda Bear stated they would like to "create a movie that would have visuals similar to what somebody would see if they closed their eyes while listening to Animal Collective's music". Weitz further added that "it's the most experimental stuff we've ever done." According to Portner, "Maybe here and there, in our minds, there's some weird narratives going on. The whole thing cohesively doesn't have one narrative; it's more of a visual or psychedelic thing. There are parts that are almost completely abstract, and there are parts that are little bit more live-action." The film premiered at the 2010 [[Sundance Film Festival]] on January 26.<ref>{{cite web |title=Animal Collective's "Oddsac" Debuts at Sundance |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/animal-collectives-oddsac-debuts-at-sundance-20100127 |date=January 27, 2010 |accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref> ''[[ODDSAC]]'' was screened in theaters in North America and Europe in spring 2010, followed by a DVD release in August.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oddsac.com/ |title=ODDSAC |publisher=ODDSAC |accessdate=August 18, 2010 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100830051954/http://www.oddsac.com/ |archivedate=August 30, 2010 |url-status= live}}</ref> In January 2010 [[LAS Magazine]] posted an article about alternative music financing that points out Deakin's initiative to have fans pay for a trip to perform at Africa's Festival in the Desert.<ref>[http://www.lostatsea.net/feature.phtml?fid=19012940184b602520166ab LAS Kickstart My Art article]. Lostatsea.net. Retrieved on June 29, 2012.</ref> Aside from touring New Zealand and Australia in December 2009, the band planned a break from their two years of touring to focus more on creating and writing music.<ref name="TourHiatus" /> On November 13, Panda Bear announced a small European tour of his solo material in early 2010.<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/news/37116-panda-bear-announces-solo-tour Pitchfork Media ~ News] "Panda Bear Announces Solo Tour", November 13, 2009</ref> On March 4, 2010, Animal Collective collaborated once again with Danny Perez in the audio-visual performance piece ''Transverse Temporal Gyrus'' at the [[Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum]] in New York City, celebrating its 50th anniversary.<ref>[http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/releases/3257-animalcollective-release Guggenheim ~ Releases] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100802214123/http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/press-room/releases/3257-animalcollective-release |date=August 2, 2010 }} "Guggenheim Presents Animal Collective and Danny Perez Performance", February 17, 2010</ref> Two years later, it was announced that a collage of studio and live recordings of music from the project would be released as a 12" vinyl LP on April 21 for [[Record Store Day]] 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vvinyl.com/v/animal-collective-transverse-temporal-gyrus/2278 |title=Animal Collective – Transverse Temporal Gyrus |publisher=Vintage Vinyl Records |access-date=March 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225356/http://www.vvinyl.com/v/animal-collective-transverse-temporal-gyrus/2278 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ====''Centipede Hz'' and ''Painting With''==== {{Main|Centipede Hz|Painting With}} [[File:Animal Collective 2013-10-26.jpg|thumb|left|Animal Collective performing in October 2013]] During several interviews in the second half of 2010, Lennox and Portner mentioned plans for Animal Collective's next album, including writing all together in the same location<ref>[http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/09/an_interview_w_44.html Brooklyn Vegan] "an interview w/ Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear (about the album release date, status of Animal Collective & more)", September 7, 2010</ref> and the possibility of recording the new songs before taking them on tour,<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/news/39774-avey-tare-talks-new-solo-album-animal-collectives-future-crocodiles/ Pitchfork ~ News] "Avey Tare Talks New Solo Album, Animal Collective's Future, Crocodiles", August 19, 2010</ref> neither of which had happened for a long time. Portner revealed in October that the band would soon be moving back to Baltimore to write music there.<ref>[http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2010/10/19/the-self-titled-interview-avey-tare-of-animal-collective/ self-titled magazine :: self-titled daily] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716034854/http://www.self-titledmag.com/home/2010/10/19/the-self-titled-interview-avey-tare-of-animal-collective/ |date=July 16, 2011 }} "THE SELF-TITLED INTERVIEW: Avey Tare of Animal Collective", October 19, 2010</ref> Near the end of October 2010, [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] announced that Animal Collective would be curating and headlining their UK festival in May 2011.<ref>[http://www.atpfestival.com/events/atpanimalcollective/news/1010270022.php ATP: All Tomorrow's Parties] "ANIMAL COLLECTIVE TO CURATE ATP UK IN MAY 2011 – ON SALE FRIDAY", October 27, 2010</ref> It was confirmed in late November 2010 that Deakin would be rejoining the group for this show as well as the rest of the shows of their new tour.<ref name="pitchfork1">[http://pitchfork.com/news/40842-deakin-back-in-animal-collective/ Deakin Back in Animal Collective | News]. Pitchfork (2010-11-29). Retrieved on June 29, 2012.</ref> Before starting their first European tour of 2011, all four members of the band had a short tour of California leading up to an appearance at the [[Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella Music Festival]].<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/news/41310-animal-collective-announce-us-dates/ Animal Collective Announce U.S. Dates | News]. Pitchfork (2011-01-21). Retrieved on June 29, 2012.</ref> At the shows, the band mostly played their newly written songs that were yet to be recorded.<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7950-panda-bear/ Pitchfork] "interviews: Panda Bear"</ref><ref>[https://www.spin.com/2011/04/animal-collective-debut-powerful-new-songs/ Spin magazine] "ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Debut Powerful New Songs", April 17, 2011</ref> On April 18 it was announced that Animal Collective would have a concert on July 9, 2011 at [[Merriweather Post Pavilion]], the namesake of their eighth studio album.<ref>[https://twitter.com/MerriweatherPP/status/59995977976791040 Twitter: Merriweather Post] "JUST ANNOUNCED at @MerriweatherPP : Animal Collective on July 9!", April 18, 2011</ref> During this period, the members of Animal Collective were invited by [[Maryland Film Festival]] to share a favorite film with an audience. On the evening of May 6, 2011, Avey Tare, Geologist, and Deakin presented a rare 35mm print of the 1983 [[Shaw Brothers]] production ''[[The Boxer's Omen]]'' in the historic [[Charles Theatre]], and noted that another favorite film of the group was ''[[House (1977 film)|House]]''. Portner, in an interview for Madison, revealed that they had just finished writing sessions and that they intended to start full recording sessions in January 2012 for the next album. "We just finished another two weeks of writing sessions and put together five new songs," he said, noting that the crew planned to begin full recording sessions in January. "We're really excited about this record ... and it's been really fun jamming with those guys again."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://host.madison.com/entertainment/music/avey-tare-takes-strange-journey-away-from-animal-collective/article_67b21af7-b06d-5e65-a0f3-83d1c46ef3a5.html |title=Avey Tare takes strange journey away from Animal Collective |author =Andy Downing |date=November 29, 2011 |accessdate=December 2, 2011}}</ref> On May 6, 2012 they announced the release of a 7" through Domino Records, entitled "[[Honeycomb / Gotham|Honeycomb" / "Gotham]]". Both tracks were immediately made available to stream through their website.<ref>[http://www.crackintheroad.com/music/16391-new-animal-collective-honeycomb-gotham/ New: Animal Collective – Honeycomb / Gotham] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513174850/http://www.crackintheroad.com/music/16391-new-animal-collective-honeycomb-gotham/ |date=May 13, 2012 }}. Crack In The Road (2012-05-07). Retrieved on June 29, 2012.</ref> One week later, Animal Collective released a video on their website indicating that a new album, ''[[Centipede Hz]]'', would be released in September 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.myanimalhome.net |publisher=Animal Collective |year=2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809184508/http://radio.myanimalhome.net/ |archivedate=August 9, 2012 |title=Animal Collective Radio |url-status=dead |accessdate=June 5, 2013}}</ref> On September 1, 2015, the band announced a live album, titled ''[[Live at 9:30 (Animal Collective album)|Live at 9:30]]'',<ref>[http://pitchfork.com/news/61019-animal-collective-announce-live-album-live-at-930/ Animal Collective Announce Live Album Live at 9:30], Pitchfork, September 1, 2015</ref> released as a limited 3 disc LP and on digital platforms on September 4, 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spin.com/2015/09/animal-collective-live-at-930-album/|title=Animal Collective Release Live Album 'Live at 9:30'|date=2015-09-01|work=Spin|access-date=2017-07-25}}</ref> [[File:Animal Collective @ The Concord, Chicago 2-27-2016 (24991226889).jpg|thumb|On tour for ''Painting With'', 2017]] On July 15, 2015, [[EastWest Studios]] announced that the band had finished recording a new album in their Studio 3 room.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gordon|first1=Jeremy|title=Animal Collective Have Finished Recording Their New Album|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/60403-animal-collective-have-finished-recording-their-new-album/|date=July 15, 2015}}</ref> On November 25, the album was reportedly named ''[[Painting With]]'', and debuted over the speakers of [[Baltimore-Washington International Airport]], playing on loop until the evening. Tare confirmed that "[[FloriDada]]", the impending single from the album, would be released on November 30.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Young|first1=Alex|title=Animal Collective are debuting their new album at BWI Airport right now|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/11/animal-collective-are-debuting-their-new-album-at-bwi-airport-right-now/|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=November 25, 2015}}</ref> The album was released in February 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/9782-animal-collectives-primitive-future|title=Animal Collective's Primitive Future - Interview|last=Gordon|first=Jeremy|date=January 4, 2016|website=pitchfork.com|publisher=|access-date=2016-08-13}}</ref> On November 16, the band released "Mountain Game", a song that was rejected for the ''[[Red Dead Redemption]]'' soundtrack.<ref>{{cite web|author=Kevin Lozano |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/69879-listen-to-animal-collectives-unreleased-red-dead-redemption-song-mountain-game/ |title=Listen to Animal Collective's Unreleased "Red Dead Redemption" Song "Mountain Game" |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2016-11-17 |accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref> On February 14, 2017, the band announced the release of ''[[The Painters]] EP'' later that week on the 17th. It features two songs recorded during the ''Painting With'' sessions, as well as two songs recorded for the EP, "Kinda Bonkers" and a cover of Martha and The Vandellas' "[[Jimmy Mack]]".<ref>{{cite web|author=Matthew Strauss |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/71539-animal-collectives-new-song-is-kinda-bonkers-listen/ |title=Animal Collective's New Song Is "Kinda Bonkers": Listen |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2017-02-13 |accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dominorecordco.us/usa/news/13-02-17/animal-collective-announce--the-painters-ep--watch-the--kinda-bonkers--lyric-video/ |title=Domino USA &#124; News &#124; Animal Collective announce 'The Painters EP'; watch the 'Kinda Bonkers' lyric video |website=Dominorecordco.us |date= |accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref> On March 21, the band announced via their Instagram page their plans to release the ''[[Meeting of the Waters (EP)|Meeting of the Waters]]'' EP on Record Store Day 2017. It was recorded live in Brazil by Avey Tare and Geologist in 2016. The process of recording this EP was featured on the first episode of "Earthworks" on [[Viceland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BR5ufpyhyWT/ |title=Instagram |publisher=[[Instagram]] |date=2017-03-21 |accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Sam Sodomsky |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/72373-animal-collective-announce-new-live-ep-meeting-of-the-waters/ |title=Animal Collective Announce New Live EP Meeting of the Waters |website=Pitchfork.com |date=2017-03-21 |accessdate=2017-07-22}}</ref> ====''Tangerine Reef''==== On March 19, 2018, Animal Collective announced a tour where Portner and Lennox would be playing 2004's ''Sung Tongs'' in full.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/animal-collective-announce-sung-tongs-tour/|title=Animal Collective Announce Sung Tongs Tour {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> This was following a performance in 2017 for Pitchfork's 21st birthday where the duo also played the album live, and a two-night residency at the Music Box in New Orleans where Portner, Dibb, and Weitz played "site-specific music" with three accompanying musicians.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/watch-animal-collective-perform-new-music-in-new-orleans/|title=Watch Animal Collective Perform New Music in New Orleans {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2018-03-19}}</ref> On July 16, 2018, the band announced a new [[audiovisual]] album, ''[[Tangerine Reef]]'', which was released on August 17, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Blais-Billie |first1=Braudie |last2=Strauss |first2=Matthew |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/animal-collective-announce-new-album-tangerine-reef-share-new-song-listen |title=Animal Collective Announce New Audiovisual Album Tangerine Reef, Share New Song |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=July 16, 2018 |accessdate=July 16, 2018}}</ref> ===''Upcoming album''=== The group featuring all four members embarked on a short tour in late 2019 performing new material. <ref>https://www.setlist.fm/search?query=animal+collective&year=2019</ref> Production of a new album with all members participating began in early 2020 but was halted by the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. <ref>https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2020/04/28/catching-up-with-avey-tare/?fbclid=IwAR38t0zQkbX6hqTRXJbKrs-RlbigD_bdYKUk9aNOdjtcyeLwJMEaPfB4nV4</ref> ==Musical style and development== {{See also|Panda Bear (musician)#Musical equipment|Geologist (musician)#Musical equipment}} Portner, Lennox, Weitz, and Dibb began as [[lo-fi music|lo-fi]] indie rock musicians who, by high school, had amassed individual bodies of work recorded on cassette tapes. Influenced by horror film soundtracks and 20th century classical music, along with a shared passion for [[vocal harmonies|vocal harmony]] the group progressed to "walls of drones with guitars and delay pedals and us screaming into mics," in Portner's words.<ref name="mother nature" /> In college, Weltz and Portner listened to avant-garde records while Lennox explored electronic music, a style he took interest in after listening to [[The Orb]]'s ''[[UFOrb]]'' (1992) in boarding school.<ref name="mother nature" /> When the group (sans Dibb) convened in 2000 after the recording of ''Spirit They've Gone, Spirit They've Vanished'', they conducted improvisational music sessions which used vintage synthesizers, acoustic guitars and household objects. In 2005, Lennox spoke of it as a defining era: "everything since then has been a variation of what we explored that summer."<ref name="mother nature" /> The following album, ''Danse Manatee'' (2001), would draw from freak folk, [[noise rock]], [[ambient drone]], and psychedelia.<ref name=allmusic_bio/> Genres that have been used to label the band include [[experimental pop]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Animal Collective: The Electronic Turns Organic|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99419750|publisher=[[NPR Music]]|date=January 21, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Allison|title=Finding order in the surreal - Animal Collective, gig review|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/finding-order-in-the-surreal-animal-collective-gig-review-a6982911.html|work=[[The Independent]]|date=April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Pratt|first1=Timothy|title=Musicians trade in boycotts for activism to fight North Carolina's 'bathroom bill'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/11/animal-collective-mumford-sons-north-carolina-bathroom-bill|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=May 11, 2016}}</ref> [[psychedelic music|psychedelic]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diymag.com/2015/01/12/so-you-think-you-know-animal-collective|title=So You Think You Know ... Animal Collective|first=El|last=Hunt|publisher=DIY Mag|date=January 12, 2015|accessdate=October 3, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-animal-collectives-jubilant-song-lying-in-the-grass-20160201|title=Hear Animal Collective's Jubilant Song 'Lying in the Grass'|first=Ryan|last=Reed|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 1, 2016|accessdate=October 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name="boise" /> [[indie rock]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/jan/18/animal-collective-album-review-merriweather-post-pavilion|title=Animal Collective, Merriweather Post Pavilion|first=Paul|last=Mardles|newspaper=The Guardian|date=January 18, 2009|accessdate=September 30, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2016/01/animal-collective-painting-with-new-album-interview/|title=The SPIN Interview: Animal Collective|first=Kyle|last=McGovern|publisher=SPIN|date=January 26, 2016|accessdate=November 19, 2017}}</ref><ref name=allmusic_bio/> [[electronic music|electronic]],<ref name="esq">{{cite web|url=http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/music/434/the-album-centipede-hz-by-animal-collective/|title=The Album - Centipede Hz by Animal Collective|date=August 29, 2012|access-date=November 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031029/http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/music/434/the-album-centipede-hz-by-animal-collective/|archive-date=November 17, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="boise">{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Catie|title=Animal Collective, Centipede Hz|url=http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/animal-collective-centipede-hz/Content?oid=2758463|work=[[Boise Weekly]]|date=November 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="axs">{{cite web|url=https://www.axs.com/the-10-best-animal-collective-songs-30609|title=The 10 best Animal Collective songs|first=Gary|last=Hill|date=November 29, 2014|accessdate=November 19, 2017}}</ref> [[experimental music|experimental]],<ref name="esq" /><ref name="axs" /> {{nowrap|[[avant-pop]]}},<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Dolan|first1=Jon|title=Animal Collective: Painting With|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/animal-collective-painting-with-20160219|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|accessdate=December 17, 2016|date=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dolan|first1=Jon|title=Animal Collective: Painting With|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/animal-collective-painting-with-20160219|website=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=February 19, 2016}}</ref> [[art rock]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Animal Collective to Take Over Guggenheim Museum|last1=Dombal|first1=Ryan|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/37942-animal-collective-to-take-over-guggenheim-museum/|website=Pitchfork|date=February 17, 2010|accessdate=November 23, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Dombal|first1=Ryan|title=Animal Collective to Take Over Guggenheim Museum|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/37942-animal-collective-to-take-over-guggenheim-museum/|website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=February 17, 2010}}</ref> [[freak folk]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bemis|first1=Alec Hanley|title=Freak Folk's Very Own Pied Piper|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/12/arts/music/12bemi.html?pagewanted=all|accessdate=August 2, 2015|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Mumford|first1=Gwilym|title=Horse Thief: Trials and Truths review – earnest, check-shirted Americana|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jan/26/horse-thief-trials-and-truths-review-bella-union|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=January 26, 2017}}</ref> [[noise pop]],<ref name="noisepop">{{cite news|last1=Brown|first1=August|title=Review: Animal Collective and Flying Lotus at the Hollywood Bowl|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2012/sep/24/entertainment/la-et-ms-review-animal-collective-flying-lotus-hollywood-bowl-20120924|accessdate=August 2, 2015|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|date=September 24, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Fingal|first1=Jim|title=Animal Collective Draws Herds|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2004/11/12/animal-collective-draws-herds-despite-the/|work=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|date=November 12, 2004}}</ref> {{nowrap|[[neo-psychedelia]]}},<ref name=Christgau>{{cite magazine|last1=Christgau|first1=Robert|authorlink1=Robert Christgau|title=Strawberry Jam|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/rs/animalcollective.php|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=September 20, 2007}}</ref> and [[psychedelic pop]].<ref>{{cite web|title=All Songs Considered - Animal Collective|url=https://www.npr.org/artists/14993047/animal-collective|website=[[NPR]]}}</ref> About the word "Animal" in their name, Panda Bear said, <blockquote>It sounds kind of lame, but we're all really big fans of animals. At the time, we were thinking along the lines of animals as beings that act purely instinctually ... kind of the opposite of a "collective" in that way. Musically, it was about not making decisions based on knowledge or reason. We wanted to work with music on an emotional level, not on an intellectual level. That's where it comes from.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.electronicbeats.net/wheres-your-lord-glenn-obrien-talks-to-panda-bear/|title="Where's your Lord?": Glenn O'Brien talks to Panda Bear – Telekom Electronic Beats|first=|last=Telekom|date=December 9, 2013|website=electronicbeats.net}}</ref></blockquote> Lennox compared Portner's songwriting to the songwriting of [[Fleetwood Mac]]'s [[Lindsey Buckingham]]. Portner believes they're "one of the greatest ... in terms of older bands or pop bands ... a song like '[[That's All for Everyone]]' is really influential to me. ... It blew me away the first time I heard it."<ref name="Trucks2011">{{cite book|last=Trucks|first=Rob|title=Fleetwood Mac's Tusk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YT7MQewGJmUC&pg=PA112|year=2011|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-0-8264-2902-5|pages=110–112}}</ref> For ''Centipede Hz'' (2012), Weltz created an "inspirational mix" of songs which influenced the album's making; the playlist included content by [[Pink Floyd]], [[Portishead (band)|Portishead]], [[We the People (band)|We the People]], [[Milton Nascimento]], [[Zé Ramalho]], [[Eddie & Ernie]], [[Gandalf (American band)|Gandalf]], [[Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes]], [[Silver Apples]], [[Dorothy Ashby]], [[13th Floor Elevators]], [[Apryl Fool]], and others.<ref name=17influences>{{cite magazine|last1=Larson|first1=Jeremy D.|title=17 songs that influenced Animal Collective's Centipede Hz|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/08/the-influences-of-animal-collectives-centipede-hz/full-post/|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=August 21, 2012}}</ref> Animal Collective are often compared to American rock band [[the Beach Boys]],<ref name=Klosowski/><ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Mendelsohn|first1=Jason|last2=Klinger|first2=Eric|title=Animal Collective's 'Merriweather Post Pavilion'|url=http://www.popmatters.com/post/171105-animal-collective/|magazine=[[Popmatters]]|date=May 10, 2013}}</ref> a vocal group who performed original songs penned by their co-founder and leader [[Brian Wilson]], himself inspired by [[barbershop music]] and his use of [[psychedelic drug]]s.<ref name=GoldsteinSalon /> The comparisons led Thorin Klosowski of the publication ''[[Westword]]'' to negatively refer to Animal Collective's music as "two Beach Boys records [playing] at the same time".<ref name=Klosowski>{{cite magazine|last1=Klosowski|first1=Thorin|title=Don't Drink the Koolaid: Animal Collective Is Really Just Two Beach Boys Records Playing at the Same Time|url=http://www.westword.com/music/dont-drink-the-koolaid-animal-collective-is-really-just-two-beach-boys-records-playing-at-the-same-time-5675672|magazine=[[Westword]]|date=February 5, 2010}}</ref> Animal Collective responded to the initial comparisons by recording "College", an "anti-Beach Boys" song from the album ''Sung Tongs''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?t=1521 |title=Questions for the Collective ~ college |accessdate=2015-10-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929142359/http://rerz.net/ac/messages/viewtopic.php?t=1521 |archivedate=September 29, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|In a 2008 interview, Wilson was asked his feelings about Animal Collective, but did not give an opinion.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Shoup|first1=Brad|title=How Brian Wilson Helped Spawn Punk|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1793955/how-brian-wilson-helped-spawn-punk/franchises/essay/|publisher=[[Stereogum]]|date=April 14, 2015}}</ref>}} Lennox has expressed reverence for their album ''[[Pet Sounds]]'' (1966)<ref>{{cite web|last=Green|first=Ross|title=Interview: Panda Bear Talks Influences, Expectations and Synthesizers|url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/blogs/nonstop-sound/Interview-Panda-Bear-Talks-Influences-Expectations-and-Synthesizers-124783889.html|accessdate=March 22, 2014|date=July 5, 2011}}</ref> and reluctance on being compared to the Beach Boys.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hiatt|first1=Brian|title=Animal Collective's Panda Bear Reinvents His Sound on New Album|journal=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=January 31, 2011|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/animal-collective-mastermind-panda-bear-reinvents-his-sound-on-new-album-20110131}}</ref>{{refn|group=nb|In a review of the album ''Strawberry Jam'', Evan L. Hanlon called Animal Collective a true [[experimental pop]] group that expands the conventions of pop music through Wilson's influence, in contrast to contemporaries "who always comes off as just another Beach Boys tribute".<ref name=Hanlon2007>{{cite news|last1=Hanlon|first1=Evan L.|title=Animal Collective "Strawberry Jam" (Domino) - 5 stars|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2007/9/27/animal-collective-experimental-pop-is-a/|newspaper=[[The Harvard Crimson]]|date=September 27, 2007}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] described Animal Collective's style of vocal harmonies as a "warped" interpretation of the Beach Boys' style.<ref name=allmusic_bio /> Writer [[Richard Goldstein (writer born 1944)|Richard Goldstein]] named the Beach Boys' "[[Fall Breaks and Back to Winter (W. Woodpecker Symphony)|Fall Breaks and Back to Winter]]" (1967) the origin of Animal Collective's sound.<ref name=GoldsteinSalon>{{cite web|last1=Goldstein|first1=Richard|authorlink=Richard Goldstein (writer born 1944)|title=I got high with the Beach Boys: "If I survive this I promise never to do drugs again"|url=http://www.salon.com/2015/04/26/i_got_high_with_the_beach_boys_if_i_survive_this_i_promise_never_to_do_drugs_again/|publisher=[[salon (website)|salon]]|date=April 26, 2015}}</ref>}} In 2015, Animal Collective recorded their album ''Painting With'' in the same studio space once used by Wilson for the recording of ''Pet Sounds'' and ''[[Smile (The Beach Boys album)|Smile]]''.<ref name="factmagpetsounds">{{cite journal|author1=Fact|title=Animal Collective finish recording new album in iconic Pet Sounds studio|journal=[[Factmag]]|date=July 15, 2015|url=http://www.factmag.com/2015/07/15/animal-collective-finish-recording-new-album-in-iconic-pet-sounds-studio/}}</ref> ===Equipment=== {{expand list|date=February 2016}} * [[Eventide, Inc.|Eventide H3000 Ultra‑Harmonizer]] (effects unit)<ref name="SoSEquipment" /> * [[Roland Juno-60]] (synthesizer)<ref name="SoSEquipment" /><ref name="MusicRadarEquipment">{{cite web|author1=Future Music|title=Animal Collective on sampling, songwriting and playing live|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/animal-collective-on-sampling-songwriting-and-playing-live-237487|publisher=[[MusicRadar]]|date=February 19, 2010}}</ref> * Roland SH-2 (synthesizer)<ref name="SoSEquipment" /><ref name="MusicRadarEquipment"/> * [[Roland SP-404]] (sampler)<ref name="SoSEquipment">{{cite web|last1=Doyle|first1=Tom|title=Animal Collective: Recording Merriweather Post Pavilion|url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/may09/articles/animal.htm|date=May 2009}}</ref> * [[Roland SP-555]] (sampler)<ref name="SoSEquipment" /> * [[Teenage Engineering OP-1]]<ref>{{Citation|last=BBC Radio 6 Music|title=Animal Collective perform FloriDada in the 6 Music Live Room|date=2016-04-14|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RETdcEYbgX4&t=22s|accessdate=2017-07-25}}</ref> * Critter & Guitari Kaleidoloop<ref>{{Citation|last=Live Nation|title=101 Earthworks: Animal Collective: The Amazon Chapter 6|date=2017-06-02|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F8RZ-qRAV0&t=1m25s|accessdate=2017-07-25}}</ref> ==Members== * [[Avey Tare]] (David Portner) – vocals, guitar, synthesizer, sequencer, keys, piano, percussion, autoharp ** name comes from "tearing" apart the name "Davey" and is unrelated to the word "avatar"<ref name="freewilliamsburg.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2005/02/the_animal_coll.html |title=The Animal Collective |publisher=FREEwilliamsburg |date=February 23, 2005 |accessdate=August 18, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425013822/http://www.freewilliamsburg.com/archives/2005/02/the_animal_coll.html |archivedate=April 25, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Panda Bear (musician)|Panda Bear]] (Noah Lennox) – vocals, drums, percussion, samples, synthesizer, electronics, guitar ** named for the panda he drew on tapes he made for friends of the first set of songs he ever wrote<ref>[http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/pandabeariw.htm Interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222045759/http://www.themilkfactory.co.uk/interviews/pandabeariw.htm |date=February 22, 2012 }}, ''The Milk Factory'', March 2005.</ref> * [[Deakin (musician)|Deakin]] (Josh Dibb) – guitar, synthesizer, vocals, percussion, sequencer, sampler, drum pad, bass guitar ** name comes from letters he used to write to other members under the pseudonym Conrad Deacon{{Refn|group=nb|He has used different spellings of the name on different albums: "Deaken" on ''[[Here Comes the Indian]]'', "Deakin" on ''[[Feels (album)|Feels]]'' and "Deacon" on ''[[Strawberry Jam]]'' and the single "[[Grass (Animal Collective song)|Grass]]" Dibb went back to the moniker "Deakin" for the ''[[Centipede Hz]]'' album. Having been absent from the band's tours since early 2007, he began a solo tour in 2010 using the spelling "Deakin" at the request of fellow Baltimorean musician [[Dan Deacon]], in order to avoid confusion.<ref>{{cite web |title=Interview: Deakin//Josh Dibb |url=http://bmoremusic.blogspot.com/2010/05/interview-deakin-josh-dibb.html |date=May 17, 2010 |accessdate=April 14, 2013}}</ref>}} * [[Geologist (musician)|Geologist]] (Brian Weitz) – electronics, samples, minidiscs, vocals, synthesizer, piano, percussion ** named for the headlamp he wears in order to see the electronics during live shows<ref>Explained on WNYC's "Spinning On Air," July 30, 2004, second hour.</ref> '''Touring musicians''' *Jeremy Hyman – drums <small>(2016–2017, on tour)</small> ==Discography== {{Main|Animal Collective discography}} ===Studio albums=== * ''[[Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished]]'' (2000) <small>(as Avey Tare and Panda Bear)</small> * ''[[Danse Manatee]]'' (2001) <small>(as Avey Tare, Panda Bear and Geologist)</small> * ''[[Campfire Songs (album)|Campfire Songs]]'' (2003) <small>(as Campfire Songs)</small> * ''[[Here Comes the Indian]]'' (2003) * ''[[Sung Tongs]]'' (2004) * ''[[Feels (album)|Feels]]'' (2005) * ''[[Strawberry Jam]]'' (2007) * ''[[Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)|Merriweather Post Pavilion]]'' (2009) * ''[[Centipede Hz]]'' (2012) * ''[[Painting With]]'' (2016) ===Extended plays=== * ''[[Prospect Hummer]]'' (2005) <small>(with [[Vashti Bunyan]])</small> * ''[[People (Animal Collective EP)|People]]'' (2006) * ''[[Water Curses]]'' (2008) * ''[[Fall Be Kind]]'' (2009) * ''[[Keep + Animal Collective]]'' (2011) * ''Transverse Temporal Gyrus'' (2012) * ''[[Monkey Been to Burn Town]]'' (2013) * ''[[The Painters]]'' (2017) * ''[[Meeting of the Waters (EP)|Meeting of the Waters]]'' (2017) ===Live albums=== * ''[[Hollinndagain]]'' (2002) <small>(as Avey Tare, Panda Bear and Geologist)</small> * ''[[Animal Crack Box]]'' (2009) * ''[[Live at 9:30 (Animal Collective album)|Live at 9:30]]'' (2015) * ''Ballet Slippers'' (2019) ===Visual albums=== * ''[[ODDSAC]]'' (2010) * ''[[Tangerine Reef]]'' (2018) ==Notes== {{reflist|group=nb}} ==References== {{reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Animal Collective}} {{Wikiquote}} * {{allmusic|id=animal-collective-mn0000919603}} * {{IMDb name|2833204|Animal Collective}} * [http://thefourohfive.com/articles/6261 The 405] :: The 405 "Animal Collective // The 405 Interview", May 10, 2011 * [http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2018/11/animal-collective-oral-history Animal Collective: An Oral History] {{Animal Collective}} {{Avey Tare}} {{Panda Bear}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Animal Collective}} [[Category:Animal Collective| ]] [[Category:Musical groups from Baltimore]] [[Category:Experimental pop musicians]] [[Category:Avant-pop musicians]] [[Category:American experimental musical groups]] [[Category:American experimental rock groups]] [[Category:Art rock musical groups]] [[Category:Psychedelic pop music groups]] [[Category:American psychedelic rock music groups]] [[Category:Neo-psychedelia groups]] [[Category:Freak folk]] [[Category:Folk musicians from Maryland]] [[Category:Indie rock musical groups from Maryland]] [[Category:Indie pop groups from Maryland]] [[Category:Noise pop musical groups]] [[Category:Electronic music groups from Maryland]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 2003]] [[Category:2003 establishments in Maryland]] [[Category:Domino Recording Company artists]] [[Category:Musical collectives]] [[Category:Musical quartets]] [[Category:Masked musicians]]'