Animal Collective - Wide Eyed (KEXP session)

[@optimuskade]

tf you will never deak this hard

[@alexwalton593]

who's up leaking theyre deak

[@leo--4341]

the fuck

[@sorrowfulsatchel679]

He’s def deakin here gotta admit

[@Balonious_Crunk]

Geo's sounds in this are unreal.

[@Nophera]

good profile picture, avalanches for life

[@mikeexits]

Can't wait to get into Eurorack myself and become a Geologist disciple, lmao

[@sorrowfulsatchel679]

I love this picture, they all look high as fuck. Especially panda, I don’t think he ever smiles when he’s sober lol 😂

[@el910l]

XD

[@mikeexits]

Your profile pic looks pretty stoned too haha

[@sorrowfulsatchel679]

@@mikeexitsOMG YOURE SO RIGHT! Lmao I’ve had this pfp for like 6 years and I just am noticing this now 😂

[@jjysoserious]

would easily fit on Sleep Cycle now that I think about it

[@gronnip]

jjysoserious he originally wrote it for sleep cycle

[@DBBTyler]

Animal Collective if you're reading this, please make an album of all songs like this!

[@Mitch-Cumstein]

they might have heard your prayers, that last album is a lot softer.

[@Mitch-Cumstein]

How does he hit those high notes that softly? Deak's voice is brilliant.

[@DarkworldRecords_LTD]

I like this version. Sounds like it's crawling out of a sea of chaotic Noises, and yet it's harmonious at the same time.

[@EtureMusic]

I love animal collective, each album is completely unique in it's own way. Animal collective always feeds my music needs with each new album and I totally love it. I wish more people could enjoy it. This session is really cool, and also reminds me of Sung Tongs. I used to draw to the song "Visiting friends" all the time, it got real hypnotic for me.

[@mikeexits]

Visiting Friends (on headphones) makes me feel like I'm inside some weird red fleshy alien organism, and the part towards the beginning where the vocal "foley" type sounds seem to slowly approach my ear and go inside my head always gives me a physical reaction. Synesthesia can be really beautiful.

[@Inic]

This version is beautiful. Glad Deakin had a song on CHz.

[@jbskate98]

Anyone else think Deakin sorta sounds like José Gonzales here?

[@Sound8VisionVibe]

jbskate98 I can dig that

[@nozra9936]

Was about to say the exact same thing, honestly didn't know his voice was this good

[@ryoga415]

I wish all of centipede HZ was like this and pulleys but it was still great! I don't mind the chaos, it is animal collective after all

[@thefreakindashboard]

I've been listening to this for so many years now.. Amazes me everytime. Everyone sounds at their bests in this, crazy.

[@aveytare570]

thats my boi :^)

[@squeebbb]

This version is godly. So moving.

[@donniesmidway]

Holy shit I’ve never seen a photo of Panda Bear smiling

[@BlottoForever]

This reminds me of some old acoustic Dead song being played around the campfire after a show.

[@kaed_f]

tzveters, I'm going through a tough time and keeping coming back to this recording to ease the pain. I just wanna say thanks for posting this, i hope you're resting easy and I love you always.

[@mangleddays]

hey man...i was friends with Tzvety over a decade ago. what happened?

[@rockwellwithrockwell]

Such a fro back version of this song, very well executed, tripped me out and I haven't even smoked a joint yet.

[@AlanPereira69]

Deakin is their George Harrison

[@Sound8VisionVibe]

Damn straight Assburger.

[@NoZAutonomy]

Fucking yes. Love the soft noise in the background over the guitar melody. Almost sounds like a mash-up between Spirit and Sung Tongs but with Deakin vocals, which sound really nice. Hope their next album will follow this direction, preferably with Panda Bear using a drum set like in Spirit, but that will most likely not happen.

[@edsonbarojas7442]

he said we can count on him

[@drwatsenburg]

Deak said he's trying to learn

[@zacharani674]

If only you knew how bad things really are.

[@joelowry1323]

@@zacharani674 things got good again!! and based on their recent live shows things are about to be great!!!

[@cooper9884]

lmao

[@OFFP88]

Im getting a lot older. I miss being young with this music, it reminds me

[@sambrown5581]

please anco - album like this!!!

[@ckcost8714]

those smiles... ! :D

[@SemiShweet]

I'm really loving that description

[@MichaelObeton]

the deak

[@IamwhateverIwishtobe]

This is perfect AnCo. Let's hope the next album is more like this.

[@lablakelydress1988]

sike

[@basielu]

sike pt. 2

[@LinkmanWorld]

@@basielu sike pt 3

[@sacra_456]

I wish

[@soapboi5420]

sike pt 4

[@TDWE]

They should really follow this new sound. Next album needs more Deak.

[@MrCJWarden]

haha there is no arguing that, totally agree

[@mickeyratcat]

*next album has no Deak*

[@elspethtirel]

But next album will probably have Deak! And now that he's done a solo album, it might have MORE Deak!

[@basielu]

@@elspethtirel nope lmao

[@gabbyb9939]

Their live music box village set from new Orleans actually sounds a lot like this.. with the deak!

[@dalekay9ine]

With a voice this great why WHY in holy hell doesn't Deak sing way more often???? Smashing vocals, so so good.

[@mikeexits]

He sings a lot in Defeat (which officially released well after you made this comment) and some in Time Skiffs. I don't want to speculate too much but maybe he wasn't confident in his voice until around Centipede? Unless I missed vocals of his in the 2009 material (Fall Be Kind, Merriweather Post Pavilion). But I also know he went on a sort of personal journey traveling to another part of the world to introspect and find his own voice (metaphorically at least) which eventually lead to 2016's Sleep Cycle (Harpy Sketches is great too). If I recall correctly, that's the reason why he wasn't on Painting With. So my speculative potential answer is, he didn't feel comfortable or confident enough to sing more until sometime between Merriweather and Centipede.

[@candlerredden]

he wouldn't have vocals in the 2009 material because he wasn't in the band during that time@@mikeexits

[@coco_rthritis6462]

Deak kinda has a beatles-esque type of singing

[@RemeziMusic]

the description is so on point though

[@sorrowfulsatchel679]

This video description sure is something 🤨 has that always been there?!

[@UnderScoredd]

Wow sounds like if Spirit with a little Danse, some HCTI, a dash of Hollindagan, a pinch of Campfire songs/Sung Tungs/ Feels, a touch of MPP, A hint of Centipedehz, an eencie weencie bit of Painting With had a baby with all the in between EPs.

[@Sound8VisionVibe]

So it sounds like Animal Collective?

[@ghoulish6125]

@@Sound8VisionVibe yeah what a fuck all comment

[@Sound8VisionVibe]

XD Hey a friendly joke came of it, it has its place. For all I know i’m a dumbass and they worded the comment the way that they did as an inside joke for fans. If so then it’s definitely funny, but if not, it’s definitely funny. :P

[@ghoulish6125]

@@Sound8VisionVibe you're absolutely right m8. I'm too much of a douche at times, thanks for settin me straight. Also, just because I want the band to get some views, check out Mid-air Theif's album on KZbin for some great new age psychedelic folk. They're from Korea and its a great new release. I think many here would appreciate it

[@Sound8VisionVibe]

Hey homie don’t get me wrong, I wasn't trying to set you straight, it wasn't douchy and I agree with you and actually laughed pretty hard when I checked my notifications. I can absolutely see how the comment feels like that though, i’ve just been finding it hard lately to not think of everything from multiple angels, and don’t really try to hold it back when I communicate with others, just out of the flow of my mind. Oh man, honestly some Korean psych folk is EXACTY what I need right now, for real. I really appreciate that! If they have a full album on here i’ll add it to my public playlist and help facilitate growth. Peace friend.

[@kamalmanzukie]

my man!

[@MrRed-cf6gk]

Whoa this was amazing

[@GrievousGaming129]

Wow this is really great.

[@earthfireinfinity]

This sounds so different from the studio cut woah

[@sorrowfulsatchel679]

Yeah, this is better than the album version.

[@AndrewHarmsArtwork]

awesome

[@HowardCountyHerald]

"This song isn't eleven years ol- oh shit I'm in my late 30s"

[@RCLMR97]

What the hell do those paragraphs in the corner say?? I can read “my music sounds like retarded love”

[@DGenaske]

Whats the text in the top left corner from

[@BluDevil93]

A bit Kid A era Radiohead in places! Nice :)

[@dernbarad4110]

I really hope they opt for a stripped down sound like this for their next album, the sound of Centipede Hz was too messy, this pulls the melodies out a lot more.

[@tylerevans1700]

Studio hz sounds better on speakers in a room than headphones/buds. I guess a car would do it similar too, but it was kinda designed that way

[@yrbirthday]

Shot in the dark, does anyone know what Geologist was using for this?

[@Sound8VisionVibe]

Tate Sunday he used a Moog sub phatty on this album but rhat doesn't mean that its the synth making the sound. Probably is though.

[@saturatedneowax]

ooooh, I've never seen a green tago mago

[@chaoticnewt5902]

I love this but anyone who's saying that want them tour an album of this kind of stuff clearly hasn't seen them live since mpp came out, it just wouldn't hold a candle to the sonically epic shows they put on now

[@peniskopf1712]

Sorgenschall? :D

[@rumannchen524]

yeii ich auch 😅

[@luiswede6621]

Ja ich auch :D

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

Damn, they put this on the wrong album.

[@JSCarie1983]

These lyrics sound like to me maybe his wife/girlfriend had given birth or during a pregnancy. I absolutely love this version.

[@kacperfornal5998]

i dont think they are wide eyed in this photo lol

[@mic-ps1qt]

this is ridiculous. better then everything on centipede