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Painting With is the upcoming tenth studio album by American experimental pop group Animal Collective, to be released on February 19, 2016. The album is a follow-up to Centipede Hz (2012), featuring contributions from John Cale and Colin Stetson.[1] For Painting With, the band's line-up consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), and Geologist (Brian Weitz), the same trio which participated for Merriweather Post Pavilion (2009).[2] Deakin (Josh Dibb), who rejoined the band during Centipede Hz, is reportedly absent.[3]

Background

After touring for Centipede Hz (2012), the band felt stressed out, and retreated to individual side-projects. David Portner (Avey Tare) formed Avey Tare's Slasher Flicks, Panda Bear (Noah Lennox) recorded his fifth solo album Panda Bear Meets the Grim Reaper (2014), and Brian Weitz (Geologist) took care of his newborn daughter for the latter half of 2014.[2] In early 2015, Lennox confirmed that the band would be returning to the studio to record a new album, while Portner intimated in April: "Yeah, over the past few months I’ve been writing some songs. I think we’re starting to have a group of songs that we’re thinking about recording."[4]

Recording and production

In May 2015, Animal Collective began writing and rehearsing new material at Drop Of Sun Studios in Asheville, North Carolina[5] and the Studio 3 room at EastWest Studios, Hollywood.[6] The album was subsequently mixed at Gang Recording Studio in Paris, France with Sonny DiPerri.[7]

In contrast to their previous work, Animal Collective decided to eliminate the reverb effects and drawn-out musical passages. Portner commented: "Everything seems drenched in reverb these days, and is so distant. In a way, it was a reaction to that."[2] Weitz added: "We talked about no ambient [passages]. Even [2009's] Merriweather Post Pavillion, people were saying was our poppiest record up to that point, but there still were like long, drawn-out passages of drone. With this one we were just like in and out. No long buildups to get to it, no long outros. We talked about, like, our Ramones record."[2] Lennox elaborated with a comparison to the first Ramones album: "There was this idea of wanting to do something with short songs, with a homogenous energy to the record. ... not that we expected the music to sound like that, but we wanted to do something where the first song revs up the engine, and it kind of just cruises after that. We didn’t want to throw in some ethereal moment. We wanted to do something that blasted away the whole time."[8]

Packaging and art

The album has three distinct covers which portray Panda Bear, Avey Tare, and Geologist, painted by Brian DeGraw.[1]

Promotion

On July 15, 2015, EastWest announced that the band had finished recording their new album, the follow-up to Centipede Hz.[9] On November 25, the album premiered over the speakers of Baltimore-Washington International Airport, and played on loop until the evening. Using Sony's Music Track ID system, it was discovered that the airport recordings belonged to an unreleased 12-track Animal Collective album entitled Painting With. A representative of the band responded with "no comment today",[10] while Portner confirmed that "Floridada", the impending single from the album, would be released on November 30.[10][11] On November 30, "FloriDada" was released and the album and track listing were officially revealed.[1] The same day, both the LP and CD versions of the album were made available for pre-order. Upon pre-ordering the vinyl, users received an immediate download of "FloriDada" as well as an eventual 7" containing two new tracks "Gnip Gnop" and "Hounds of Bairro".[12]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."FloriDada"4:05
2."Hocus Pocus"3:16
3."Vertical"4:14
4."Lying in the Grass"3:34
5."The Burglars"2:43
6."Natural Selection"2:41
7."Bagels in Kiev"2:48
8."On Delay"3:48
9."Spilling Guts"1:58
10."Summing the Wretch"3:08
11."Golden Gal"4:41
12."Recycling"4:06
Total length:41:02

Personnel

Animal Collective
Additional musicians

References

  1. ^ a b c Gordon, Jeremy (November 30, 2015). "Animal Collective Announce New Album Painting With, Share "FloriDada"". Pitchfork Media.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Weingarten, Christopher (November 30, 2015). "Animal Collective Talk Escaping Reverb on 'Minimal' 10th Album 'Painting With'". Rolling Stone.
  3. ^ Lynch, Joe (November 30, 2015). "Animal Collective Announces 11th Album 'Painting With,' Shares 'FloriDada'". Billboard.
  4. ^ Hunt, El (April 16, 2015). "Animal Collective, on "Prospect Hummer"'s legacy and returning to the studio". DIY.
  5. ^ "Sound Playground Asheville, NC on Instagram: "Animal Collective writing and rehearsing their 10th LP at Drop of Sun!"". Instagram. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
  6. ^ "Animal Collective Have Finished Recording Their New Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
  7. ^ "Animal Collective Official Online Store - Painting With". November 30, 2015.
  8. ^ Hunt, El (November 30, 2015). "Animal Collective talk "punchy" new album "Painting With"". DIY.
  9. ^ Gordon, Jeremy (July 15, 2015). "Animal Collective Have Finished Recording Their New Album".
  10. ^ a b Young, Alex (November 25, 2015). "Animal Collective are debuting their new album at BWI Airport right now". Consequence of Sound.
  11. ^ JNSP (November 26, 2015). "Animal Collective podrían sacar disco el lunes". jenesaispop (in Spanish).
  12. ^ "Domino USA". Domino Recording. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
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