(Domino)Psychedelic outliers like Animal Collective tend to set themselves up in opposition to pop music. With their obscurantist aliases (hello,Geologist), their expanding and contracting line-up (currently a trio), and their intrepid (brave in the face of danger) fusing of rustic campfire chant with layered,whimsical sonics, AnCo have, or over a decade,carved out a busy hinterland all their own.
The song hooks are lawful there – upfront, not buried. The beats are crunchy and crispContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com