Animal Collective - Defeat (A Not Suite)

[@icarusmachines]

this is so so much better than the studio version, less drawn out and more ornate. grand sprawling jazz baroque opus

[@icarusmachines]

@@smoli this is fair, but i can't help but prefer what they were doing here with the track, and i'd also probably like it more if they just generally went deeper into this direction. as good as a lot of their newer stuff sounds it is maybe the most plain they've ever come off and i am wanting a bit more in eccentricity

[@Ler-ky1tz]

​@@icarusmachines I feel exactly the same

[@Ler-ky1tz]

​@@smoliDefeat should have been its own EP in my opinion!

[@Catjam77]

nah

[@myautobiographyafanfic1413]

Coming back to this, I get the hype. If this era sounded like this, I'd like it a hell of a lot more.

[@shapes9495]

this is as animal collective as it gets

[@fenfennel]

They just played this live at Columbus last night and jammed it for closer to 20 min I think. I lost sense of time during it so I couldn’t tell but damn it was magical live.

[@tristanvogel7034]

Saw it in Nashville and Atlanta. ANCO is UNdefeated

[@tristanvogel7034]

Seeing this live twice will change your life. Thank you Avey, Deakin, Geologist, Panda. I hope I die before you guys because I cant live in a world without you.

[@tommyrosilio4491]

The middle section is so much better here, can’t believe how much they nerfed it in the studio version

[@unimobunka]

hope it will get official release (part of the concert already did)

[@zach5381]

I love the released version personally and I think it's a classic song from their discography already

[@carolinef9407]

I saw this in Chicago and I remember the whole time trying to memorize the lyrics so I could find out what the hell this song is. One of the most beautiful performances I've ever seen.

[@tempinternetname]

First song I'm pretty sure I'll have uncurable demoitis of. 04:30 is beautiful. If the album version manages to capture this middle section the way it came out in this performance, it''ll be a miracle.

[@staticwild8513]

That part kind of reminds me of Graze with how the song transforms to a new section and the panflute comes in (in Graze, not this).

[@mikeexits]

Animal Collective eats and shits miracles for breakfast! Hahaha

[@masonbhunter]

well what do you think now that the recording is out?

[@tempinternetname]

@@masonbhunter First, thanks for the heads up, I didn't know this was released. Beautiful track, thank you, God. Thank you, God. Finally, God. We've been waiting for this atmosphere back from the band and I think it's all we could ever have needed. I never saw this live. Song is worth crying over, I hope it gives long time fans something, too. Praise for the underdog (that was you)

[@CainTheBoss]

I really need them to record this song and put it on an album or ep

[@TheLastComa]

...and couple years later they did and the studio version is amazing!

[@dendyxyz]

might be their greatest song. idk yet

[@ChefBYouSee]

dendy one of them atleast my dude

[@squeebbb]

It's definitely up there with tracks like Safer

[@squeebbb]

Parts of this remind me of Song for Jerome from Aveys solo tour in 2011. Probably my favorite song by him. And it was never, ever, released.

[@orbaddict]

They played this tonight in Chicago. Had to look it up and here’s where I ended up.

[@nickstavale9565]

I just saw them in detroit and the new version is even better im dying for a more recent upload

[@y0bc0]

this song brings back some great memories

[@sapphonie]

saw this live in columbus OH tonite. Good fuckin shit

[@nicinightbird]

Pretty sure i was crying to this song. I was also there

[@pigmilkmusicfarm]

Whoa

[@scottjensen1380]

Getting medieval festival vibes from these unreleased cuts. Even got a song called Dragon Slayer. Are Anco bout to coin a new genre of psychedelic-medieval-jazz-rock? From Meow Wolf to your local Rennaissance Festivals nobody knows what they're gonna do next.

[@PatrickTK21]

Sunset Rubdown did that like 15 yrs ago, but yeah, it's all great stuff

[@fingysoupy8640]

KGATLW beat them too it :)

[@GenesisLZH]

It’s funny seeing this, due to time skiffs coming out around the same time as Elden Ring and me listening and playing them both around the same time I always kinda thought they both went together kinda well due to their theming. And it’s totally due to what your saying. Time skiffs does give off a medieval festival vibes.

[@coolsongs8862]

I hope they can capture the abrasivness and emotion of this in a live recording on the album. I think it’s what I miss most in the more recent albums.

[@1afoohs1]

Strawberry Jam 2 Strawberry Jam 2!

[@mikeexits]

Have you heard Bridge to Quiet? I've never heard Avey so lost, cold, shivery, desperately sad, etc. than in Rain in Cups, and the whole journey to the last song (the Bridge to Quiet if you will, hehe) is beautiful and wholesome, and at the same time deeply bizarre. Listen on good headphones at your loudest comfortable volume if you didn't catch it fully otherwise. I personally loved Centipede and Painting With though. I think they're perfect for what they are, just like all their other projects. My only wish is that they made Honeycomb/Gotham into an album. I personally would have preferred an album in that vein and a shorter project in Centipede's vein, but I'm grateful they exist at all. These guys changed my life and my whole perspective of music.

[@JackBz]

Centipede Hz wasn't abrasive enough for you?

[@heyhackurs]

Only album of theirs I don't absolutely love is Painting With. They are truly a special band

[@kylewadleigh8989]

Makes my soul weep.

[@Retro_Naut]

Ohh I hope these get put on an album

[@nozra9936]

Good news... They played this last night for their newest tour so it's pretty much set in stone it's going to be on their next album. Here's the link if you wanna hear the newest version - kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ7UaqOVrN9pgac

[@ChefBYouSee]

Their next album is now bridge to quiet

[@mikeexits]

@@ChefBYouSee Bridge to Quiet is amazing! Definitely top tier music for these guys' discography, and a very beautiful contrast/new direction. It inspired them to work on new material. So either we'll get purely new material for the next one and Defeat will come later, or it'll be a mix of new material plus Defeat, or something else I can't predict.

[@Steve-by4uf]

I adore this band, I'd love to see them live one day.

[@BenVanCamp]

Lightning crashed and brought the letter I ran off into the garden Flowers started growing there Felt the dark lift from my hair Truths that poured filled up the grail Who could ask the question now? Riding on the crying lion Search for treasure's snaking lair Golden bands wrapped fury's hands Let's accept a winning chance Trees around will breathe life I bent down on aching knees and felt the change Just grab something take hold The only thing to know Stay grounded like the spruce A little change Just grab something take hold The only thing you know Stay grounded like the truth Truths that poured filled up the grail Who could ask the question now? Riding on the crying lion Search for treasure's snaking lair Golden bands wrapped fury's arms I remember speech will come Life poured out from trees around I bent down on aching knees and felt the change Just grab something take hold The only thing to know Stay grounded like the spruce A little change Just grab something take hold The only thing you know Stay grounded with the spruce

[@tuanjim799]

Please try to transcribe the new live version of the second half of this song that they just performed a few days ago! It's so beautiful.

[@ChefBYouSee]

Thanks Ben!!!

[@coolsongs8862]

Holy Shit. This is epic and beautiful.

[@grobble7321]

violin is nice

[@lunatecx7646]

Grand song, it takes a couple of hearings to click but when it does maan

[@CainTheBoss]

Unfortunate this wont be on time skiffs but still excited for the new album nonetheless

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

In a way it's a really good thing. Time skiffs was recorded remotely because of covid. This song will likely be recorded without those limitations.

[@Danny__Noble]

They just released an official version

[@olseaweedbeardye8622]

ISNT IT NOOOOOOOWWW

[@hubblebublumbubwub5215]

I hope they release this before we all die in a nuclear war

[@nikolaskejd]

fucking beautiful

[@TimmyTurner-gn8np]

never heard thjis version before :)

[@justing2676]

Such an amazing tune!! third part: Once had an (old way?) cracks in all the cabinets streets of old games, coming of age you with an old dog act your age your a good dog what was his name?, coming of age any (home?) will do, (rice?) in all the (cabinets?) (_____ a day?), coming of age peanut butter go ‘round, bring your jam yeah pass it ‘round That was a way coming of age In the foggy water, I saw venom floating Justice, justice help her, Clean of all the ___ Once had an (old way?) cracks in all the cabinets streets of old games, coming of age peanut butter (cool out/ collab?) play that jam yeah bring it ‘round Tripping all day, coming of age just a frightened mother, looking for her daughter justice, justice wanders, looking for his mother Isn’t it now? Defeat. oh, no. not now, Repeat 3x In the foggy water, I saw venom floating justice, justice, help him clean up/off all the (burns?) Isn’t it noooww? Defeat. Oh no. not now, Repeat 6x

[@ace101ification]

Spot on for a lot. Any old "home" maybe. Only in "a day" maybe. Hard to hear details on live

[@noahhutchison7503]

Incredible

[@weekendwarrior6555]

Wow!

[@skyborax5159]

Was I the only one who thought they were saying feet when I saw it live

[@tylerfrancischine61]

I hope they play this on Avey's solo tour dear god

[@wtfitsafuntime]

bad news, friend, it's almost all cows

[@tylerfrancischine61]

@@wtfitsafuntime still good news, i'm loving the new record

[@justinbernstein1362]

Playing it on this mini AC tour

[@watchdogggs]

why why why would you talk over a song like this

[@Ler-ky1tz]

I thought the crowd chatter was some weird shit geologist was doing at first.

[@jakobus977]

no panda :(

[@muyangyan]

this isn't on time skiffs :( hopefully it'll get released on a companion EP

[@doxophobiac]

They started recording the follow up to Time Skiffs a few months after they finished it so presumably this will land on their next record!!!

[@piercedimare6782]

@@doxophobiac i wouldn’t count my chickens, but I really hope so.

[@patricklewis9787]

The newer versions kind of suck compared to this one ngl

[@thedoorwall]

Gross

[@Brendan-Black]

Meh.

[@ChefBYouSee]

Brendan Black get out of here

[@palbo4]

You're wrong

[@JackBz]

Brendan how could you

[@Danny__Noble]

Your comment is “meh”

[@piercedimare6782]

Extremely stupid thing to say. -Pierce