Animal Collective really had 4 perfect albums in a row

[@ElianaYeager]

I swear to god until 3 minutes into this video I though it was going to be about how to JOIN animal collective

[@Retro_Naut]

Eliana Yeager friggin same here

[@thepeterone]

If only

[@oldboy2399]

Me too, needless to say I'm dissapointed I can't attempt to join......

[@zdsfhnbvhigf]

send a cool hat to avey tare and you’ll recieve a letter in the mail that says “you’re in”

[@Electrohead92]

I started with Strawberry Jam and loved them on first listen. I think it’s a great entry point for their discography.

[@ojoscolorados]

Same here. And I agree, it's the best to start with.

[@jolaa]

Same here. I had no idea what to expect but I loved it

[@iiGORO333]

I agree.

[@officialharvard751]

I started with stgstv

[@Shrimpy08]

I consume egg 99 I wish I could give you Reddit gold on KZbin but that must be hard I salute you sir

[@noodle71110]

I never hated them. Merriweather was my first and I really liked it

[@stupickles5436]

I didn't really care for My Girls, but then I heard Brother Sport, and it was all over for me

[@samescourt3801]

Stu Pickles best song on the album hands down

[@stupickles5436]

@@samescourt3801 It's actually my favorite song of all time

[@mjf8897]

I also never hated them - Spirit They're Gone Spirit They Vanished was my first and I loved it immediately.

[@universpro7741]

Nothing interesting

[@Thegreepest]

I smiled so hard hearing the opening brother sport sound

[@yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186]

what album is your profile picture

[@Thegreepest]

@@yeetyeetonthestreet-colinm1186 What Burns Never Returns - Don Caballero

[@Blastkin]

i was so expecting for it to start playing lmfaoo

[@dargitz]

Banshee beat is one of the greatest songs ever created

[@worrywirt]

Fireworks also imo

[@certifiedsexhaver8400]

A-fucking-men brother

[@blackopsfan03]

I fall asleep to that shit

[@tjguarini681]

i tell this to anyone who asks

[@Chrissyke]

Marc Dargis the first song I heard by them was cuckoo cuckoo. After what would I want? sky, I was hooked.

[@waterglas21]

In the Flowers might be one of the best songs of the past decade.

[@Chrissyke]

waterglass21 this has ALWAYS been one of my favorites and nobody else who likes animal collective agrees. There’s something so beautiful about the simple lyrics, and when the music comes together between verses...it’s always been in my top five, along with daily routine.

[@luismedinarios9658]

@@Chrissyke not only that, but the transition into my girls is absolutely perfect

[@harrylong2796]

@@Chrissyke it's definitely between In the flowers and summertime clothes for me

[@patrickdizon8585]

Brother Sports and In The Flowers are gem.

[@ang4860]

I got into animal collective about a week ago and this song BLEW ME AWAY. One of the best songs of all time.

[@LieLikesMusic]

Your editing has improved a ton! Great work.

[@renemendoza7429]

God talking to God

[@jschwal19]

The problem is that getting into Animal Collective is like using hard drugs. After you've done it, nothing else quite does the trick anymore, and you always find yourself going back for more of that sweet, sweet AnCo.

[@peacefulltoucan]

The real problem is what to do after listening to animal collective on hard drugs

[@matanmelamed4341]

I feel the same about jerry paper too

[@alvinrowjr1651]

I disagree, i love them but i can find them to be too sweet at times.

[@richard_watson]

Try Einstein on the Beach or Trout Mask Replica.

[@nielspeterbrggeregebo7730]

You're right Joe! But unfortunately I've experienced that after an immense amount of listens, the feels disappear. Now, I merely know it is good music. :)

[@FunnyLaunchers]

been a fan of this band since i was 15, its a real eye opening music experience, pretty much a pivotal part of my life has got to do with this band

[@ivanruiz4948]

How old are you now?

[@tryingnotto]

I feel you for sure, I've been a fan since I was 14 and I'll be 24 this summer, they completely changed my life and I cant even imagine the person I'd be now if I never discovered their music

[@FunnyLaunchers]

@@ivanruiz4948 18 :)

[@Talhamid]

No mention of Centipede Hz? One of the most underrated albums ever

[@stevienixx]

So many people hated on it when it came out, but that album absolutely slaps

[@sillylung]

​@@stevienixx I was totally one of the people that didn't like it when it first came out but over the years it's has become one of my absolute favorite

[@peterevans9838]

this video made me check out feels and it’s so beautiful thank you so much

[@seanmurphy7733]

Love that album! It's underrated compared to some others in their catalog.

[@yourdadsbbqbrisket8526]

that's my favorite anco release

[@juice713]

so underrated

[@juice713]

i know this is an old comment, but what’s your favourite song off it..?

[@thecomposer9900]

Listening to Spirit They're Gone, Spirit Theyve Vanished the whole through will make any grown man cry. That album is so beautiful and it speaks lengths about childhood and growing up to be an adult. 10/10 and their best album imo (and it was their very first project released in 2000)

[@naranara1690]

"I'll stay shy, you stay shy, dear Alvin"

[@NerevarineKing]

It's a great album with an amazing ending track.

[@ttt7337jjj]

Undoubtedly one of the most forward thinking albums of its time. It blended indie , noise , and synth so seamlessly; an incredible artistic vision

[@DerpASherpa117]

I personally think Feels is a bit more refined but their debut album in STGSTV is one helluva debut. I get a very Midsummer Night's Dream feeling from the album, like fairies are reminding me to enjoy myself and not take life too seriously all the time even though it can be scary. Feels is pure bottled nostalgia and catharsis.

[@phauxdy]

Banshee Beat cannot be understated as an inescapable emotional explosion that'll get anybody thinking about their own experiences and just.. reliving. Getting worked up. I'll never forget the first time I've heard that song and other songs by anco

[@Azidoazideazide.]

Thank you, I don't know how I haven't heard of this band. This is just my kind of music.

[@nifty5799]

I only want a *PROPER HOUSE*

[@dombraida7580]

K N A C K Knack 2 babyyyy!

[@worrywirt]

With four walls and adobe slats?

[@fangettes]

@@worrywirt slats? i think its slabs?

[@faaaaario]

is the proper house sad because he's not inside?

[@aaronneumann7750]

@@fangettes slats

[@pauldavis7318]

Painting with and Centipede Hz are some of their best work imo. Incredible band

[@CynicalScorpio]

Yeah those albums desperately deserve more love, especially Centipede Hz

[@sprainedchakra8417]

i just listened to MPP for the first time and it was so insanely incredible. i wish i could listen to it for the first time all day

[@DerpASherpa117]

The first song I ever heard by them was "My Girls" on a League of Legends twitch stream (shout-out to pobelter for inadvertently introducing me to my now favorite band of all time) probably about 7 or so years ago. As soon as I heard it, I was hooked. It was pop but with a maturity that I'd never heard before. The soundscapes that were created were so layered and melodically complex that I was entranced. While the lyrics were cryptic and somewhat difficult to understand (little did I know this would be a running theme with AnCo with MPP being by far the easiest to understand), I was taken aback at how purposely this was done the more I listened. They used their own voices to add to the layers of beautiful sound, to the point that the lyrics themselves seemed like an afterthought by comparison (they obviously are anything but, of course); their voices themselves were just instruments to be added to the overarching melody. Everything blended so wonderfully that I couldn't help but laugh. I quickly listened to the rest of MPP and moved on to Feels and Strawberry Jam. Feels remains my favorite album by them as it seems to capture youth and bottles innocence in a way I didn't know was possible. It always makes me feel good when I'm feeling down, reminding me to not lose that childlike sense of wonder I once had and to accept that although the halcyon days have passed, I will always have blissful memories of them. After those two, I listened to Sung Tongs, which is essentially a folk album on ketamine. If I were to choose only three albums out of their discography to tell you what the "core" sound of Animal Collective is it would have to be Feels, Strawberry Jam and Sung Tongs. Even though I love Fall Be Kind, STGSTV, Here Comes the Indian and their other more difficult albums, I always come back to those three. Moreover, as I listened to more and more of their discography, I couldn't believe that each album clearly sounded like Animal Collective, yet was sonically unique from anything that had come before. It is a very rare thing indeed when a musical artist can manage to both have a signature sound that makes them instantly recognizable while simultaneously never making a new piece of music that was the same as before. They have remained my favorite band/musical act of all time. There is no one else like them and I am truly grateful that they exist.

[@hippiecheezburger5457]

I don’t listen to them all the time but I think animal collective is one of the most innovative original groups of all time they’re like what Pink Floyd was in the 70s but in a totally different way. This music is really something to be felt and praised, some of their albums are really incredible works of art

[@psychedelicpiper999]

More like how Pink Floyd was in the 60’s with Syd Barrett, since that’s the era of Pink Floyd they take the most inspiration from.

[@weekapaugphil]

This was actually the video that got me into Animal Collective. I wanted to check them out, so I watched this video and I ended liking how Fireworks sounded. So, I listened to Strawberry Jam the next morning, and eventually, I was listening to all of their records. Today, they are my favorite band of all time and I own many of their CDs, vinyl, a shirt, and I saw them live on their recent tour. If it were not for this video, I wouldn't have found my heroes. Update: No longer my favorite band of all time (Thanks Phish), my #2 however. Went to go see Avey Tare live on his solo tour and met him after the show. He signed 3 of my Animal Collective CDs: Spirit, Danse Manatee and Ark (HCTI).

[@FromThe36thChamber]

I agree, I LOVE Sung Tongs and Feels those actually were the projects that really got me into these guys, Did You See The Words is prolly my favorite Animal Collective jam, great video!

[@FromThe36thChamber]

Holy shit I TOTALLY forgot about Fall Be Kind I used to listen to that on repeat in High School

[@Whamola]

My first Animal Collective song was Peacebone, and I've love virtually everything since. MPP came out when I was in college and I found the album's accessibility a great lift off point to show them what I found to be their more interesting work. It was around this time, maybe a little earlier, that I discovered Battles as well with my favorite song Atlas, but I suppose that's not as relevant for this video.

[@bliny]

Banshee beat alone makes Feels one of my favorite albums

[@jakefay3151]

I go back to My Girls frequently. I love the bands entire discography, but that song has a profound effect on me. Its a bible of sorts, the guide to life as an adult. Lyrically, it grounds me in what's truly important, repetitiously beating it into my soul with heartfelt passionate sentiments. They do this in an way that doesn't conform to traditional pop song structure, which always reminds me to be an individual that doesn't conform with the beliefs of a certain ethnocentric group, but with the values of me personally. The song has saved my life, several times. I turn to it whenever the world gets too big or I get overwhelmed and lose track of what's truly important. The song celebrates what's essential with unique and experimental jubilation, something that can be put into a bit of everything we as humans do, and doing so makes me a better person. It, to me, is the greatest song of all time.

[@tris421]

fall be kind might be my fav ep/album they've done. Glad you're giving it the plaudits here.

[@Daniel-jz5yp]

"Credited with influencing vaporwave" there is so much more to be said for Person Pitch

[@mytimetravellingdog]

it also didn't really. It's astonishing but it just didn't.

[@zadaziri6584]

I was about to say that's the weirdest way to describe that album

[@Cian097]

Maybe he misspoke, it's said to have influenced chillwave, which I think never really took off in the odd way vaporwave did. Stuff like Atlas sound which Panda is on. It's said the album just sorta influenced people to use samplers more. Vaporwave more of a silly beat making, piss take of chillwave.

[@DerpASherpa117]

It's more chillwave than vaporwave, but I think he just misspoke. Also, Person Pitch is above all Panda dick riding Brian Wilson and for good reason. Brian Wilson is a genius.

[@444bellboy]

Person Pitch is typically credited towards influencing/pioneering chillwave, not vaperwave.

[@obdeisibcirrus993]

People say that but I disagree. I don’t think it inspired either. I think it just influenced a shit ton of people to use samplers in unique ways. Legendary album either way

[@pranav-codes]

Wrong.

[@mytimetravellingdog]

yeah I think Ariel Pink (who Animal Collective essentially discovered and released his early home recorded albums on their label) is far far far more responsible for chillwave and vapourwave (which are very different but related genres). Notoriously James Murphy once wore a tshirt saying 'it's all Ariel Pink's fault' This album has a bit of that and sits alongside it but not part of it. Ariel Pink was one of the all time greats. Shame about him these days. Don't use social media. It rots your brain. I now know what Van Morrison fans feel like.

[@jorgie1415]

Listen to their songs entirely (rather than skipping a track if you’re not impressed by the first 20 seconds). Many AC songs only start their catchy “accessible” hooks halfway through. Then, after you hear how awesome the second half of the song is, the first half grows on you and becomes great build up to the killer second act! (And Golden Gal is a pretty catchy post-Meriweather tune)

[@DerpASherpa117]

"Graze" and "What Would I Want Sky?" from Fall Be Kind and "The Purple Bottle" from Feels are all excellent examples of this delay in the melody, whereas "Turn Into Something", "Brother Sport" and "Chocolate Girl" are all examples of the "accessible" melody being found immediately and the rest of the song is hitting the ground running.

[@oldchannel6185]

VERY late comment but after I saw this video, I started with Painting With and I think that’s a amazing entry point, what I love is how everyone into them has a different favorite of there work and different entry points, there fandom is super quirky and everyone has different opinions and I think sharing them with everyone is awesome

[@Xykron13]

Pretty sure the trick is to just drop acid

[@kopfzucker5399]

I've been putting on Anco at a friend's place for months, he liked it but never cared too much, the day after his first trip (we tripped together so I made sure to play some AnCo while on it lol) he comes into the room smiling and says "dude I fell for animal collective"

[@spacebender7856]

Assy Mcgee yeah, nice way to not remember any thing you listened to.

[@ajahnke688]

Space Bender you’ve never had real acid lol

[@spacebender7856]

Play_ Dead72 too scared because I had a BAD TRIP on mushrooms

[@DarthBowie]

It is, didn't get it 'till then.

[@worrywirt]

9:03 raise your hand if you have always loved AnCo 😊🖐 I heard Fireworks and never looked back. It’s still the most perfect translation from feeling to music I’ve ever heard

[@Spacetimefungi]

Hell yeah! They had me from Sung Tongs.

[@sambailey5372]

Fireworks got me into them too! I just couldn’t seem to stop coming back

[@queenofcarrotflowers8021]

AnCo is the only group that can truly turn feeling and emotion into music. It's unreal.

[@ajmclendon5219]

Grass got me lol the time signatures blew me away love at first listen and that was their most recent album at the time

[@djoseph2475]

Absolute favorite band of all time and always will be.

[@jebowar6679]

How bout now

[@prophetmoshpitgaming4943]

Man I must be old, I started listening to them when sung tongs came out. Im just glad people love them as much as I do.

[@jabrokneetoeknee6448]

Sung Tongs is the only album from their discography that has stuck with me to this day. It's perfect to me. The music is psychedelic and completely out of control and yet somehow also very comforting. Especially "Visiting Friends" and the album's entire last half. It's amazing the scope of feelings they could produce just using acoustic guitars, their mouths, and very light electronic touches

[@TheeBus36]

Fantastic coincidence with this video, gave animal collective a listen for the first time 2 days ago and became a huge fan of MPP.

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

I was waiting for this! One of my favourite bands, Strawberry Jam and MPP were at the cutting edge of alternative music when they first release and still hold up, even if they aren't for everyone, AC are a really important group. Can you please cover Xiu Xiu, Vampire Weekend or Tim Hecker at some point? That'd be amazing. Anyway super glad you made it, I was waiting for this!

[@christianlesurfmusic]

I'd love to see a video on Xiu Xiu!

[@explanationmark_]

Christian Le Surf - Music Xiu Xiu are amazing im going to see them next month on tour

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

Their last album was bloody amazing, their newest is a complete 180, I love it. @@christianlesurfmusic

[@christianlesurfmusic]

@@ThatOneGuy7550 Their best in a long time!

[@Volksgeist]

👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

[@Middle8]

🙏🙏🙏

[@tomate8942]

Fuck u

[@ThatOneGuy7550]

oh hey, it's volksgiest!

[@alvinrowjr1651]

Hiiiiiii

[@aliciam7774]

Winterslove is the anthem of my 20s. I'm 34 now and still inlove with that song and sung tongs

[@NAETEMUSIC]

Omg this video LEGIT got me into Animal Collective. Still only on MPP but I am gonna be devouring this discography at a rapid pace.

[@TheSouthernfried45]

Feels changed my life. I was music director for a time at kuoi fm in moscow idaho. I was lucky enough in that I had a college job at the radio station and got to review and write about all the new music. I got to hear Ark, Tung Songs and Feels as they came out in succession. I always thought that they are hella special. A band that will stand the test of time.

[@sargonavocado4582]

How to get into Animal Collective Step 1: take some LSD Step 2: wait until the acid kicks in and start playing Merriweather Post Pavilion

[@user-il9qo4qc4n]

Sargon wouldn't even rape an avocardo.

[@EASFromTheWest]

no more runnin’ is my favorite from that album for tripping but they have way crazier stuff you can listen to. it’s not as in depth as some of their albums

[@MrMattaiusify]

This is actually how you get into LSD

[@domingoburgos2545]

That's just simply stupid. Animal collective it's all the lsd you need

[@aad1709]

Or just you know, turn on the record

[@christianlesurfmusic]

Thanks for this video! As someone who has currently only listened to MPP, you've really made me open my eyes to the mad world of Animal Collective!

[@salviahunden]

this video is incredible! animal collective is one of my all time favorite bands, i adore them so much, and seeing one of my favorite youtube channels cover them so passionately and in such a meticulously and beautifully crafted video warmed my heart beyond explanation!! i can't believe after following your channel for months i just now noticed this video exists! thank you for giving anco fans such a beautiful gift

[@crustpunkjesuschrist]

Spirit They’re Gone is an underrated masterpiece, but it definitely should not be the first listen to AC anyone has. Still their best album though

[@mee8914]

Among my favorite albums ever

[@thatoneveryfunnychannel2482]

It was my first AnCo album lmao. I listened to their work chronologically and I loved Spirit They're Gone immediately. I think it's very digestible if the listener has prior experience to noise music.

[@Canela33]

Literally was the first album ive heard from them back in november and it really put me away to listening anything of them, but then one day in april i gave them another try because i knew they are acclaimed and then it just clicked and now is my favourite band

[@zacharywoloszynski4258]

I think its a great starting point

[@stevienixx]

Hard disagree, it can absolutely be a great starting point

[@trashpigeon1164]

Spotify reccomended me Alvin Row, and I knew in like 2 minutes that I'd been shown something incredible.

[@jeanpierrevasquez1151]

Animal Collective incited sudden hearing loss and tinnitus in my right ear. I still listen to them though.

[@Vuchatra]

I have returned silently to this video time and time again, never a dull moment, you knocked it out of the park... Time Skiffs made me revisit my whole life, my whole existence i never tire of listening to what it took to get to the giant that is Skiffs, it's their magnum opus.

[@MrDanedo]

I remember finding Summertime Clothes playing Skate 3. Been listening every since.

[@animalgeo]

I discovered AnCo in 2007. I saw the name of the band on the internet and . I downloaded the first album I found, Sung Tongs. Love at the first minute of leaf House. It was a spiritual experience. Avey/Panda are the Lennon/McCartney and Waters/Guilmour of the 00’s. I’m glad for having AnCo in my life. Their music make me feel good. Life gets better when I listen to Tikwid, Who Could Win a Rabbit, Chores, Fireworks, Did You See the Word, Turn into Something, Infant Dressed Table, Alvin Row, Lion in a Coma, In The Flowers, Wide Eyes, Burglars, Applesauce, What Would I Want? Sky, Water Curses, I Remember Learning How to Drive, Doggy, Chocolate Girl... I think that in the future people will give them the attention that they deserve. Their music will pass the test of time. AnCo and The Beatles are the most inventive and genuine bands of all time. Avey and Panda are great melody makers. A band with rich and beautiful melodies with courage to explore and innovate. They know how to combine weirdness and beauty. Love AnCo

[@TehNizzz]

This is really similar to my experience. I thinky by 07 I was already on board from a friend who showed me Leaf House and, well I hadnt gotten high yet, but shortly thereafter I did, and man, Sung Tongs was a book opening experience in my life. Like holy shit. Discovery of music and its connection when you are like 16-17 is a truly irreplaceable experience. Dont forget Safer and Fireworks and No More Runnin' and Street Flashes! Oh man!

[@dMON14]

Althoug "Sung Tongs" is my favourite album, my favourite song will always be "Grass". And I love them on the first listen.

[@CS-nw9si]

I hated them at first listen, around 2005. Gave them another shot last year and they're now my favorite group, even the stuff I didn't like.

[@benjaminstewart1712]

Same here!!

[@HMCarsSOA]

Same except i first listened to them this time last year and revisited them last month, but so far I've only been able to get into MPP, Person Pitch and some of Strawberry jam.

[@MrThedonhead]

Like Bowie said “chchchanges”

[@samper33]

ive known about animal collective since i was about 14 but only just now 5 years later am i seeing this video, when i finally broke through the barrier of their less conventional works and can officially call myself a big fan. favorite song of theirs has to be alvin row- stgstv as a whole has to be my favorite album, especially with the brand new remastered edition of it that makes some of the more grating sounds on the album a little more bearable. not only is the album beautiful but as a 19 year old on the precipice of becoming a “real” adult with the kind of crushing reality of being in that in-between stage between childhood and the real world combined with me only recently fully beginning to work on tackling past traumas and current mental illness makes the lyrical content throughout a lot of the album- especially in alvin row -resonate with me super hard. guess it makes sense since most of the band wouldve been around the age group im in now back when the album was first recorded.

[@TehNizzz]

Peace to you, it will be okay.

[@CuddlyPsycho1134]

In 2005 I played D&D with a DM who also controlled the music and he would only play Boards of Canada and Animal Collective. I still love them both to this day!

[@cliffordramsey2500]

Strawberry jam was my entry point and MPP was such a departure from that sound that I rejected it on first listen and didn’t think twice about it for years until I rediscovered it in the mid 2010s. Now I can’t think of a single record that holds up to it.

[@bb-je3yz]

I got into Feels and Deloused in the Comatorium by the Mars Volta at the same time and my life changed for the better.

[@xavierrenegade]

Holy shit, same exact experience here!

[@Steve-by4uf]

I got the Feels album and loved it on first listen and have been obsessed ever since!

[@willtardis1752]

I remembered the first song I listened to, by AnCo, was Fireworks. At first I didn’t understand what it was and I thought it was a bit too long. Then the next day I took a listen again, out of curiosity, but with me reading the lyrics along side, and thats how I fell in love with the band. I listened to every song by them at this point, but still to this day, Fireworks is still my favorite song. Thanks AnCo you have changed my life and what I think of music to this day!!!

[@bennettwyler846]

I’m so glad you posted this. Since they just got announced to play Desert Daze 2019, I wanted to get into them, and this will really help.

[@kriskenard]

"What Would I Want, Sky" changed my life for the better

[@SHIVAAAA100]

I love them so much!!! They changed my life. Literally!!!!

[@ilovecody7514]

I loved animal collective first listen off of strawberry jam. Then got into stuff like post pavilion.

[@medeyum]

As a longtime AC fan, you did an amazing job covering their varying sound. Nicely done!

[@charliewickham6294]

Here I am, 3 years later after discovering this video - and I’m still listening to this band...

[@softsix]

I've been a stan for over a decade. They mean so much to me and have kept me alive! ♡

[@Kobiwan_]

Started with prospect summer randomly via a friend. Thought it was so beautiful and never looked back

[@adamcool8580]

Great video. Huge collective fan! Got into after I heard peacebone on acid in 2014 and I’ve been hooked ever since!

[@giovanniescarcega8305]

I started with the song Go On, Panda bear collaborating with Sonic boom, (previosly I had realized the experimental album "playing with fire" by Spacemen 3/Sonic boom) then listened playing their album-duo in a festival was a transcendent and beautiful, higher experience that ever happened in my life (EXCELENT trip) Now, I wanna listen all about of both Animal Collective and Sonic Boom. Thanks for this video 🙌🙌 and thankfully you considered make the own for the project panda bear/Sonic boom👏👏

[@MrZilgen]

I'm always dreamed that one day some one would make this type of video about animal collective. Thank you for making my dream a reality!

[@bravetherainbow]

I got into Animal Collective listening to a bootleg recording of their 2006 concert in Finland, weirdly enough. I wasn't interested in downloading music at the time and getting hold of Animal Collective CDs in my small town was so hard, so I just listened over and over to the tracks people shared on myspace and hype machine. Their live shows are so good, and so little time spent on audience banter, that if you can get a good recording you might as well be listening to an album.

[@trev3d]

summertime clothes was my gateway drug this year

[@DoveLady]

its a whole entire vibe, the only song of theirs i would love to hear live

[@jllistired.0]

feels was my first album and oh my lord its so good-- i am also a fan of the beatles and i immediately went to their experimentation. sometimes wish feels was more appreciated!!

[@judahdadone9410]

Feels was the first album of theirs I discovered, and I haven’t quite come down since

[@andyrich7087]

15 years ago i had a song from AC on my Computer. it was such a garage-band-sound. not even a song. not even playing like a band. just hammering on instruments and experimenting with vocals. i wish i still have this song. a girl was singing i believe

[@btbroadbrand4154]

Love the editing great job

[@PapaJohn1O]

I’ve never even heard of Animal Collective until I stumbled across this channel and subsequently watched this video…

[@musicman6555]

yo i got a buoys ad before watching this

[@peacefulltoucan]

There are buoys ads?

[@nickmoss2046]

@@peacefulltoucan I've had a ton of them the last two weeks.

[@sammo2560]

Sadly Buoys was kinda disappointing imo

[@robertgarvansnyder4665]

There was a pitchfork review line that always stuck with me, something like "to appreciate animal collective, you have to prefer a degree of madness in the music you listen to." I love so many of their records, but I'm a "Feels" guy till I die.

[@mtf61291]

I am very much in that third category. Excellent video essay about my favorite band, thank you for sharing your thoughts on AnCo's more accessible albums!

[@Mrtapp5357]

I came home from work one day and my high school daughter was listening to No More Runnin. Kinda liked it. She said it was Animal Collective. Fall Be Kind was just out so I listened to that. Then Person Pitch. Then Did You See The Words. Then every other piece of music. But it's not their studio work, it's their concerts that make them one of the best bands of all time!

[@theshoes7488]

Centipede Hz is what made me finally like them. For years I only would enjoy certain singles. I bought C Hz and that all changed!

[@stefanonono9240]

Amazing video! I only got into AnCo some months back when a friend got me to listen to Strawberry Jam, from there I listened to Merriweather then Spirit they've gone and I absolutely adore those albums. Feels and Sung Tongs aren't quite as good but they have some of my favourite songs like The Purple Bottle and Leaf House. You've earned a sub, would love to hear anything else you've got to say about this band. (By the way, playing Alvin Row like that with little to no warning was NOT okay hahaha, my little heart can't take hearing that song so nonchalantly) P.S. This video came out on my 18th birthday! The first song I listened to as an official adult was Alvin Row. Fitting, huh?

[@3Horus]

My personal faves: 1 Feels 2 Merriweather Post Pavilion 3 Strawberry Jam 4 Spirit They’re Gone 5 Person Pitch

[@Kikidewivered]

I’m mostly a first listen lover. A few albums weren’t my favorite at first but I’ve pretty much loved them from my first listen. My first song was who could win a rabbit

[@tryingnotto]

Who could win a rabbit was the first song I fell in love with by them, so good ;__;

[@queenofcarrotflowers8021]

Not my first but def one of my faves. It is what got me into sung tongs.

[@dabulls1g]

Because people keep associating this band with MPP, its been 15 years and people still only want to talk about that album. Do people only enjoy one season? Or one type of food? Why don’t they talk about danse manatee? Or here comes the indian? Crack box? What about the side projects like terrestrial tones or jane? There’s so much to this band and their artistry that has gone largely unnoticed by the people that talk about this band and are missing the larger picture.

[@kaimac]

They were definitely the greatest band in the world from 2004 -2010

[@ISuckOffCops]

Kaimac95 best band of the 2000

[@kaimac]

​@@ISuckOffCops I'd say Radiohead were still the best until Sung Tongs came out

[@kaimac]

@@perebanyulsmayor4435 Feels + Strawberry Jam + MPP > In Rainbows

[@kaimac]

Strawberry Jam by itself rivals In Rainbows and MPP tops it

[@kaimac]

@@perebanyulsmayor4435 They're both incredible, nearly flawless albums. One reinvented Rock, one reinvented Pop. Might just be my subjective opinion but I'd give a slight edge to MPP for being more experimental and somehow even catchier

[@ethanhodges7440]

I love this channel so much you always introduce me to new and interesting music

[@sandboy]

thank you for making this video, i love animal collective, they're my favourite band! i started with "sung tongs" but i didn't understand it very well, then "merryweather post pavillion" arrived and i loved it. i came back listening to "sung tongs" and i loved it too, it's my favourite AC album now. but i love everything of them, each album is different but still completely AC. i have all the studio albums and more. i also saw them live several times, and even if it's difficult to re-create the studio magic during their concerts, i love seeing them nonetheless, it's a great experience (seeing them at primavera sound presenting "merryweather" was great, but also when they played "painting with" was very fun). can't wait for a new album with the full band!

[@GBNE-kh1fs]

Fell in love with Campfire Songs, loved them ever since. Saw them play in a small room when Feels came out - brilliant gig!

[@basielu]

i love animal collective so much ❤💙💚💜

[@tunanin7580]

Brilliant video thank you so much!

[@randomassguy]

Phenomenal video! I loved it so much and I hope a lot of people who ACTUALLY want to get into Animal Collective watch this and not just people who are already fans like I am. Honestly my favorite band ever. Everything you said, the song selection and the edit was perfect. Spot on.

[@peacefulltoucan]

Person Pitch is in my eyes the best and most innovative album of the new millenia, everything about it is just perfect.

[@avedic]

Person Pitch _is_ excellent....but, Avey's "Down There" record is far far better, imo. In fact, I might like it as much as MWPP. It perfectly did what MWPP did....combined super weird experimentation with super catchy hooks. Down There is musically one of the most inspiring records I've ever heard. No one writes songs like this....that are THAT good.

[@joshuablackman7192]

@@avedic ehhh idk, ive tried so hard to get into it. Maybe i need another listen, but person pitch is one of the greatest albums of all time

[@candlerredden]

@@avedic I like it pretty well but I prefer his other solo work

[@SaintKines]

@@avedic agreed. Down There is awesome.

[@raingirlcat2245]

@@avedic Panda is better than Avey 😂

[@TehNizzz]

Make it 5 or 6 since this video was posted. Isnt It Now is a damn gem

[@louie923]

never hated them. floridada was the only song i knew by them for a good few years, the song had always had something really special about it that i really liked. Its only recently that i decided to check out some of their other stuff. although a bit thrown off at first, ive grown to love them and i cant wait to discover more by them as i continue to dive into this band.

[@temperature165]

I think it was early 2005 when I first discovered Animal Collective. I was browsing Amazon.com for panda ear muffs and amazon recommendations said, "Hey, have you heard of Panda Bear? Check out Young Prayer." I listened to the little snippets and ended up getting it. Then I did some research and saw that he was part of a band called Animal Collective and that their latest release was Sung Tongs. I remember after a handful of times listening to Sung Tongs, especially Leaf House and Who Could Win a Rabbit, thinking I was listening to something really, really different and like nothing I had heard before. And Visiting Friends, which I didn't like at first, I remember having a moment while listening to it that I heard something new in the song that I found so fascinating and then I would look forward to that song on future listens. That's been my experience with almost every album since. Listening feels like a discovery, and I find that experience to be a real treat.

[@lennon.c]

The first time I heard animal collective was about 2 years ago and from the first time I heard till now they have been my favorite band ever, there is nobody like them and their never will be

[@xawpaw]

animal collective, avey tare, and noah. have absolutely left the biggest mark on my life music has ever done to me.

[@teddymcfail4359]

Animal Collective did lend their song “Fireworks” to the U.K. show Skins.

[@WiloPolis03]

Honestly even Merriweather Post Pavillion took me a ridiculous amount of listens before I figured out how to "correctly" enjoy it. It grew on me a little bit over time and it's only since the past few days that I've learned to really like listening to most of the songs on there.

[@drewbocop]

I've been heavily into Animal Collective since 2004. I didn't need to learn how, I was instantly hooked when I heard Sung Tongs... I even went to Halloween in South Beach in a Geologist costume when Merriweather Post Pavilion came out. lol

[@MONEYSNEAKERS]

Love them so much