After their sold out show at the Astoria in July 2006 Brooklyn-based group ANIMAL COLLECTIVE bring their psychedelic melodic insanity to The Coronet on July 11th and will be an all ages show. This show replaces the now cancelled show at Koko on 17th July. The new album will be released on Domino Records later this year.
The four sonic adventurers deliver a live set that seems them weave their luscious, multi-layered web around naive chants, arcane fragile whispers and tribalistic drumming alongside deliciously skewed songs, heartbreaking hooks and deep pop sensibilities from album 'Feels'. Its a kind of "free-form folk pop" referencing The Beach Boys performed by Syd Barrett, the loopy psychedelia of Devendra Banhart or The Flaming Lips experiencing a mescaline meltdown...! But, crucially, it is Animal Collective’s natural affinity with pop music that makes up the crux of their sound. Whilst they may recall a wide array of past and present influences, it’s without ever aping them or sounding retro. And most of all, in whatever guise they assume, Animal Collective always manage to sound like noone but themselves – stunningly unique and resonating with a deeply commited self-belief.
The four sonic adventurers deliver a live set that seems them weave their luscious, multi-layered web around naive chants, arcane fragile whispers and tribalistic drumming alongside deliciously skewed songs, heartbreaking hooks and deep pop sensibilities from album 'Feels'. Its a kind of "free-form folk pop" referencing The Beach Boys performed by Syd Barrett, the loopy psychedelia of Devendra Banhart or The Flaming Lips experiencing a mescaline meltdown...! But, crucially, it is Animal Collective’s natural affinity with pop music that makes up the crux of their sound. Whilst they may recall a wide array of past and present influences, it’s without ever aping them or sounding retro. And most of all, in whatever guise they assume, Animal Collective always manage to sound like noone but themselves – stunningly unique and resonating with a deeply commited self-belief.
