a r t i s t : Animal Collective
t i t l e : Hollinndagain
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Paw Tracks
c a t : paw12 (adv) CD
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Oct/2006
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 62,5 MB
_______________________________________________________________________
Available again for the first time since 2002 is Animal
Collective's rare live album Hollinndagain. Originally
released in a limited edition of 300 hand-painted LPs, this
album documents live performances by the group during the
first half of 2001.
Following the completion of their Danse Manatee record, Animal
Collective (in this incarnation - Avey Tare, Panda Bear, and
Geologist) played a series of shows in their then hometown of
New York, and in late spring, went on their first US tour with
friends Black Dice. Since most of the attendees at these early
shows were from a small circle of local friends who regularly
saw the group perform, Animal Collective felt it was important
to present a new set of material for each show rather than
make their friends pay to hear the same jams every time.
This resulted in a whole new album's worth of songs. No studio
versions were ever made and live recordings are all that
remain from this brief and unique era. Sad that the songs were
never made available to the public, the band agreed in 2002 to
release the live versions with Secretly Canadian on their St.
Ives imprint (a label that focused on limited edition releases
with hand-made cover art by the bands).
For Hollinndagain, Animal Collective chose seven songs. The
first three are taken from a performance on Scott Williams'
radio show on WFMU. The final four songs are from performances
in New York, Nashville, and Austin (these latter two shows
occurring on their tour with Black Dice).
Sonically this record mixes the familiar sounds and melodies
of older Animal Collective records like Spirit They're Gone or
Campfire Songs and blends them with unknown territory that
somehow finds a niche between Arnold Dreyblatt, Jay Z, and the
Boredoms. The looseness and almost out of control aspect of
the songs betray the fact that Animal Collective were very new
to playing live at this time. However right when everything
seems without center or about to fall apart, something
explodes or peeks through and a change in direction allows a
brief glimpse at the unique songwriting Animal Collective have
always worked hard at. A sweet document of a band that always
does it a little differently.
_______________________________________________________________________
01-I See You Pan [10:25]
02-Pride and Fight [11:24]
03-Forest Gospel [04:24]
04-There's An Arrow [03:05]
05-Lablakely Dress [05:23]
06-Tell it to the Mountain [04:37]
07-Pumpkin Gets a Snakebite [02:18]
-------
41:36 min